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order. Nor fnes the Grced literature furnish III
| with marc ttan fnDieE.
Thanks. then. to recovered recor,ls Of tho a.
syrian confIuorpr4 l}fnseiver, ITO galu
A NEW tNaIuur
Into tho political ttrl,sslcs Of those petty king
slnms and natsonnlitics hetticd along tho shore
" TIM Mediterranean Sea. We SEQ them pressct
together. Al II hY gIindiisR n'll!1tonos. by the
two largo empircs Of Egypt III tlle South, ind ol
htayriA ia the North, WHO v;o and etFneEo with
oacli other for tho dominion Of tho world Out
OF large number Of l'ttlo Kingdoms, present.
ing az many riios Of scattered old om!,irs, tie
Kingdom Of Assyria rlaes abovs l}abylonia, it1
fival. In tho fourteenth ccutury, bafu,o our eTa.
growing tlkc an avalanche, "halo 1t p,,shes ita
conquesta onward TO force 81! those nasouH stand
taking advantage Of Egrpt'n temporary OK.
hAustion. Thus among tho number al Kinua
defeated and compelled 70 par largo tribute 10
l,cnaltIes for ha defensive alliance with ilazaei.
King Of Aran, and afterwards Je!ln. tho ron Of
NttnhlI regarded by tho A.Ay1tans "a bqtour;ur
to thu houna Of 0mri. We discern tlls Era,t
power in Tue NORTH Interfering with tho politics
soon Opposing him until Shananeser Completes
hEr doom by bcaieging her capital, and Ssrrun.
scan:olY mentioned In tho Dib!e, leads IEoaoa'
hes King, With %. cog inhabitants, away - cap
Tho fuller nans OF jeLoallaz. nta TernricI 80
tributaries to T,gfAth ptlesor. and ws NAV pro-
sumo tha 'dolatry Of Alag 70 have stood ii near
relation to Ills sympathy with A.Hy,ia, wlici,
causcd his escape for tho time. Bit Hsrcor's
following campaigns, advancing along tho sea-
shore as far. down ~ rhilistia, inspired Eaynt
With fear, while thoy ontranped Judea Into lao-
serous temptations OF leaning toward tie ous
warning ytce Ia lifted. Indeed, The keeu. .+,ohted
prophet proved > wse. statesman. when
sn1gon tsamp!ed Ashd,d. The noishbor .nl
prophet 4ud Kins OF judah hoped. 'est Ana .hap 1'
tho etlrrtng nnws chn1o Of saEguns having bocn
murdered IN hia palace, and Of Mcrodaci BAL
adam, tlo Dabylonssn KinB'a having shaken OF
tho yoke ct Aasyria. Is.I.h fols inspired to 10
ueHH But fow yca1s elapsed. Until Seliipa-
cherib imposed again bis yoke upon ali The pn-
t,ons. fettered before by his father to Assyrias
throne. Hezakah, thsn, had to pay tlo pcnalty
aud, "iuclosodin bis fort1osB Of Jerusalem like
Gagged bird" he Was forced to givo away Lis
daughters, hia ennuchs. and large treasured AZ =
price Tor ILLS afo and his muci.-rcducod King
dom. scooch, King Of Egypt, too, nas utter Do
feat Of the srmr ho scnt Tor sho assistsnco OF
Philistla, compelled to pay tributes to As,yrin.
5tll tho helping hand Of God way not
mining. IS tho triumphant march Of scnua-
Of Ethiopia, and nost probably also bY plaques,
arising from tho route through the Arabian
wilderneaa Which afterwards causot tho com.
plant of Asarhaddon4 when he resumed hIs
fathers campaigns. Assurbauial, tho Ear1ap-
apalus Of tho Grseks At last succeeded ia aub-
duiog Egypt and In surrounding AasYrta with
tho mont brilliant fame aud splcudor. but, whoa
oloslng hla unequaled career, ho lcfs an exhaust
oyerthro~n by Dabylouit.
But there wo perceive With AUe The wonderful
Ways Of Providence, which, by the same kind OF
instinct that n1akcs the ant provide f'od for the
coming winter. prevails upon nations alsa to
treasnIe up in duo time
THE A.rE FRUITS Or THEIR MENTAL CULTURE
Al il thov would antlcipntu their approaching
late. Aeautbantta, like tie laat Kingn Of Judah.
collected all tho literary productions Of bin coun-
try. aud savod them for futuie ages. His own
records. Wherein he boaats OF having By Lis con-
qucsts recovered tho image Of The goidcsB Mann,
carried of by tho Kings Of Elam to shusnau,
their capital, 1866 years before betrays his zeal
for ths preservation Of the susiquc. monuments
Of Meaopo.am'a, which arc III our days ,nado to
tell Buch 4 Nondrous tale OF tho mat.
For these inscsiptiops found In tho record
chamber OF King sardanapalus do not merely
present us history OF AssysiA reaching up 10
the, n,netoenth century, but con,sin originals
gathsred. and copies with foundations caused to
be made By him Of recorda, made thirty nud forty
centuries before he christiau En- whom Mcso-
assdsass asa s c9 Gs'asf c M s e sos ay
the Caspian Sea, whero Abraham stAstod from On
big way to Halau and Canaan. There
Older Documents present a much older form
ure-writiog like tho Hieroglyphlcs, and .t tho
casno time also different language which, by its
mopo5ylatlo character, shows aflinities with The
Ghiness and Hungarian languagos belonging to
tho so'caliea ruranian stock. This lapguago
YVES laod BY prlosts "a a holy onc In prayera aud
songs. or in thoir magic formulas applied for
casting out OF protecting againBt evil spirits. II
must have been the language Of tho people lsy-
ing there before the sons OF Cu4h conquered
Ind XII II fEa~
tue force OF tho warriors, they prevailed upon
them to adopt their far superior culture. For
not only had they Invented the art Of writing.
but also oxact measurements Of time and Of
tho who!e civilized mankind. ILcy had tam
pies built TO tho sun. moon, aud starr,
and at The aamn tins ohseryalorica far
thelr astronomors to watch the statry heaven
most accu1ato calculations. 60 that the Chaidean
prlcala could presenk m astronomical tablet Of
1900 years to Alexander tho Great 1ley llad
divided tho month into four divisions OF astou
their planetary gods, and It ia to them that wa
ows tho na,nos OF Our weak days. Even tho
Seventh day, as devoted to rest and named after
tSelr to- anprome go1 has heen found with them.
through tho Twelve A!gns OF tho Zodiac, |
and woro adjusted to the .olar year by occasional
intorcalations. Ths eua.dial aud tho astrolabo,
LQla AIp SA1lg tuF6AtlUu. 1lIuG uUcS uOk Qll0W
mo to enlarge upon chnracteriz'ng their i'd |
vancod state Of cultu1e manifested by thcr skill
Of nssng metals and thntr hushandry, tor which |
thoY made tho same e1tensiYe uEo Of irrigation
II their rivals did In Egypt.
What interests ua moat ID tho vaat literature /
they produced and the religious forms they be-
queathed to roatoity, 10 illustrate this. will |
oaly dTsl1 upon tho famous aeF'es Of twelve tab
THE FLOOD LEGEND
forms 4 ratt. THelyo adventures are relhtod
there, most probably in connection With tho pas.
sago OF tho sln through tho twelve
s!gns Of tho Zodiac, Of = hero, whose
1aue Is read in tho Chaldean form |
[zdulbar, meaning "the hEebrand," aoo.her
word for tho sun. Hia ooeds Ecniud altogether
u the tHelve lAbols Of Hercules aud of Hamsou.
he Joassh Hercules. 1Ie IL represented a. a
mighty giant and conquoror of many cities.
silling lions aud nonRte.s. Having tr{imphpi
,yer all h!s enclnles, he falls victim to woman,
whose lo1o turns, lika that Of Doilah Or po,apKa
nto hatred and curse. but FlTebfand's"
oyo Ia the Goddess Of loyo horsoif, nemoa