_ Thebes, the flood is even higher.--ED.
[8] An enclosing case.
[9] 525 B.C.--ED.
[10] The chronology of early Egyptian history is uncertain. Civilization
existed in this land much earlier than was formerly supposed.--ED.
[11] According to Petrie ("History of Egypt," New York, 1895, i., 40)
_twenty years_ were consumed.--ED.
[12] Perrot and Chipiez ("History of Ancient Egyptian Art," London.
1883, i., 365) give 340 feet by 170.--ED.
[13] Probably much earlier than this.--ED.
[14] The Louvre Museum in Paris has an excellent collection of Egyptian
subjects.
CHAPTER IV
ASSYRIANS AND BABYLONIANS
CHALDEA
=The Land.=--From the high and snowy mountains of Armenia flow two
deep and rapid rivers, the Tigris to the east, the Euphrates to the
west. At first in close proximity, they separate as they reach the
plain. The Tigris makes a straight course, the Euphrates a great
detour towards the sandy deserts; then they unite before emptying into
the sea. The country which they embrace is Chaldea. It is an immense
plain of extraordinarily fertile soil; rain is rare and the heat is
overwhelming.
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