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Identifier: dawnofcivilizati01masp (find matches)
Title: The dawn of civilization: Egypt and Chaldaea
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916
Subjects: Civilization
Publisher: London : S.P.C.K.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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484 TEE FIRST THE BAN EMPIRE. attempt the descent. The only channel at all available for transit runs fromthe village of Aesba on the Arabian side, winds capriciously from one bank toanother, and emerges into calm water a little above Nakhiet Wady Haifa.During certain days in August and September the natives trust themselvesto this stream, but only with boats lightly laden ; even then their escapeis problematical, for they are in hourly danger of foundering.1 As soon asthe inundation begins to fall, the passage becomes more difficult : by themiddle of October it is given up, and communication by water betweenEgypt and the countries above Wady Haifa is suspended until the return ofthe inundation. By degrees, as the level of the water becomes lower, remainsof wrecks jammed between the rocks, or embedded in sandbanks, emerge intoview, as if to warn sailors and discourage them from an undertaking so fraughtwith perils. . Usirtasen L realized the importance of the position, and fortifiedit

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  • booksubject:Civilization
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