Nineveh and Its Remains: With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldæan Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, Or Devil-worshippers, and an Enquiry Into the Manners and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians, Volym 2J. Murray, 1849 |
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CHAP XII | 44 |
System of Irrigation adopted by the ancient Assyrians Want | 68 |
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