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The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1
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Publisher: Maryambooks
Pages: 146
Weight: 0.45
Height: 0.31 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
T he Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1: Chaldaea by George Rawlinson is a historical account written in the mid19th century. This volume serves as an exploration of one of the five significant ancient kingdoms, Chaldaea, focusing on its geography, history, people, and contributions to civilization. The text promises a detailed insight into how Chaldaea, located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, played a central role in the advancements of early human societies. At the start of the book, the author sets the stage for understanding Chaldaea by examining its geographical significance. The narrative describes the land's features, such as its arid deserts and fertile plains primarily sustained by the rivers, which have made the region viable for agriculture and settlement throughout history. Rawlinson further discusses the climate, flora, and fauna of the area, emphasizing its agricultural productivity, which was famed in antiquity for its ability to yield substantial grain harvests. This opening portion establishes a foundation for a deeper exploration of the people who inhabited Chaldaea and their contributions to human history, setting the reader up for a detailed journey through the ancient world.
The broad belt of desert which traverses the eastern hemisphere, in a general direction from west to east (or, speaking more exactly, of W. S. W. to N. E. E.), reaching from the Atlantic on the one hand nearly to the Yellow Sea on the other, is interrupted about its centre by a strip of rich vegetation, which at once breaks the continuity of the arid region, and serves also to mark the point where the desert changes its character from that of a plain at a low level to that of an elevated plateau or table-land. West of the favored district, the Arabian and African wastes are seas of sand, seldom raised much above, often sinking below, the level of the ocean; while east of the same, in Persia, Kerman, Seistan, Chinese Tartary, and Mongolia, the desert consists of a series of plateaus, having from 3000 to nearly 10,000 feet of elevation. The green and fertile region, which is thus interposed between the highland and the lowland deserts, participates, curiously enough, in both characters. Where the belt of sand is intersected by the valley of the Nile, no marked change of elevation occurs; and the continuous low desert is merely inter-
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