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Title: The student's manual of ancient geography, based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography
Year: 1861 (1860s)
Authors: Smith, William, 1813-1893, ed
Subjects: Geography, Ancient
Publisher: London, J. Murray
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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iles S.E. of Babylon: (iii.) Accad with the remains atAkker-knf, near Baghdad: ^iv.) Calneh with the classical Ctesiphon:(v.) Ellasar with Senkereh, about 15 miles S.E. of Warka. The fame ofthese cities, however, was wholly eclipsed by the rise of the laterca^pital on the banks of the Euphrates—the Babylon of history, towhich the name of Babel was transferred—the ruins of which at Uillahstill strike the beholder with astonishment. This city is described atlength in a future chapter. (3.) Capitals of Assyria.—These are described in the following termsin the Bible:— Out of that land went forth Asshur, and buildedXineveh. and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, and Resen between Xinevehand Calah: the same is a great city (Gen. x. 11, 12). The identifica-tion of these places is not yet satisfactorily settled. The moundsopposite Mosul, named Kouyunjik and Xehhi Yunus, no doubt representXineveh, or a portion of it: it has been further conjectured that, the Chap. 1, CAPITALS OF ASSYRIA. 13
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Map to illustrate the Capitals of Babylonia and Assyria. city may have extended over the whole quadrangular space inclosedbetween the four points, Kouyunjik. Nimroud, Khorsabad, and Kaixanles,in which case Jonahs description of it as a city of three days journeywould be strictly verified: this, however, is not decided. If Calah beidentified v^Ath. Kcdah-Shergat^ as the name suggests, then Nimroud vfowldi.naturally represent the great city of Resen, which, according to theBible, was between Calah and Nineveh. Rehoboth or Rehoboth Ircannot be fixed at a,ny place: the name describes the broad, openstreets of an Oriental town. § 14. With regard to the opinions of the Hebrews as to the form,the size, and divisions of the earth, our information is but scanty,being derived wholly from scattered notices, many of which occur 14 THE WOELD AS KXOWX TO THE HEBREWS. Book I. in the poetical books of the Bible, and do not admit of being con-strued too rigidly. (1.) The earth was circular (Is. xl. 2

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