THESUMERIANNAILWRITERS, WHOSECLAYTABLETSTELLUSTHESTORYOFASSYRIAANDBABYLONIA, THEGREATSEMITICMELTING-POT
, avoyagewhichledtocompletefailure, .
ButEuropewasbusywithmanyotherthingsanditwasnotuntiltheendoftheeighteenthcenturythatthefirst "cuneiforminscriptions" (so-calledbecausetheletterswerewedge-shapedandwedgeiscalled "Cuneus" inLatin) werebroughttoEuropebyaDanishsurveyor, -masterbythenameofGrotefendhaddecipheredthefirstfourletters, theD, theA, theRandtheSH, , HenryRawlinson, whofoundthefamousinscriptionofBehistun, gaveusaworkablekeytothenail-writingofwesternAsia.
Comparedtotheproblemofdecipheringthesenailwritings, , theearliestinhabitantsofMesopotamia, whohadhitupontheideaofscratchingtheirwordsintabletsofclay, , whendrawnwithanailintoabricklookedasfollows: Thissignhoweverwastoocumbersomeandafterashortwhilewhenthemeaningof "heaven" .
ATOWEROFBABEL
, , ortowersofBabel.
Inthefortiethcenturybeforeourera, -poweredbytheAkkadians, oneofthemanytribesfromthedesertofArabiawhospeakacommondialectandwhoareknownasthe "Semites," becauseintheoldendayspeoplebelievedthemtobethedirectdescendantsofShem, , theAkkadianswereforcedtosubmittotheruleoftheAmorites, , whomyouwillalsomeetintheOldTestament, , Ashur, whocalledthemselvesAssyriansandwhomadethecityofNinevehthecenterofavastandterribleempirewhichconqueredallofwesternAsiaandEgyptandgatheredtaxesfromcountlesssubjectracesuntiltheendoftheseventhcenturybeforethebirthofChristwhentheChaldeans, alsoaSemitictribe, , thebestknownoftheirKings, encouragedthestudyofscience, , theyinturnwereoverthrownbyAlexandertheGreat, whoturnedtheFertileValley, theoldmelting-potofsomanySemiticraces, , theTurks, andMesopotamia, thesecondcentreoftheworld'scivilisation, becameavastwildernesswherehugemoundsofearthtoldastoryofancientglory.
NINEVEH
THEHOLYCITYOFBABYLON
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