Mesopotamia, ‘the land between the rivers, ‘ has been brought by Time’s revolution once more into the foreground of the history of the world. The plains where Abraham, Isaac and Jacob tended their flocks and herds; where the hosts of Sennacherib, Shalmaneser and Alexander contended for ‘world-power’ in their day; where the Arabs, heirs of ancient civilisations, reared a civilisation of their own until it fell under the blight of Turkish dominion: have become once more the battle-ground of opposing armies, the representatives of conflicting spirits and ideals.
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 160 ● ISBN 9781501430091 ● 文件大小 1.0 MB ● 出版者 Jester House Publishing ● 发布时间 1910 ● 下载 24 个月 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 4997361 ● 复制保护 无