The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 29National Geographic Society, 1916 - Geography Indexes kept up to date with supplements. |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 55
Page 129
... Babylonia the surplus water was drawn off directly by a great canal sys tem , the banks of whose ancient arteries still stretch in formidable ridges across the plain . FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY Under the system of irrigation both ...
... Babylonia the surplus water was drawn off directly by a great canal sys tem , the banks of whose ancient arteries still stretch in formidable ridges across the plain . FLOWING WITH MILK AND HONEY Under the system of irrigation both ...
Page 131
Underwood & Underwood A PICTURESQUE SCENE ON THE EUPHRATES BELOW BABYLON Babylonia is a great delta like that of the Nile - a flat alluvial plain which has been entirely formed by the silt brought down by the great Tigris and Euphrates ...
Underwood & Underwood A PICTURESQUE SCENE ON THE EUPHRATES BELOW BABYLON Babylonia is a great delta like that of the Nile - a flat alluvial plain which has been entirely formed by the silt brought down by the great Tigris and Euphrates ...
Page 132
... Babylonia . " It came to pass , as they journeyed from the east , that they found a plain in the land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there . And they said one to another , ' Go to , let us make brick , and burn them thor- oughly . ' And ...
... Babylonia . " It came to pass , as they journeyed from the east , that they found a plain in the land of Shinar ; and they dwelt there . And they said one to another , ' Go to , let us make brick , and burn them thor- oughly . ' And ...
Page 133
... Babylonia was then one vast network of canals . Around the whole country spread a Chinese wall inverted , a great moat , water - filled , at once to keep out the alien stranger and to fill up the network of canals . At the same time ...
... Babylonia was then one vast network of canals . Around the whole country spread a Chinese wall inverted , a great moat , water - filled , at once to keep out the alien stranger and to fill up the network of canals . At the same time ...
Page 134
... Babylonians , some four thousand years before Christ , they were already a civilized , metal - using people , living ... Babylonia , tells us of kings before the Deluge who reigned for incredible pe- riods - 36,000 years in one instance ...
... Babylonians , some four thousand years before Christ , they were already a civilized , metal - using people , living ... Babylonia , tells us of kings before the Deluge who reigned for incredible pe- riods - 36,000 years in one instance ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acres ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL American ancient animal army Asia Assyrian Autochrome Babylon Babylonia Bell blueberry bushels butter Canada civilization coast color corn crop cultivated Curtis & Miller Cuzco DAVID FAIRCHILD Department of Agriculture earth England Europe farm farmer feet fish fishery flowers forest garden glaciers Hiram Bingham human hundred important Inca Indians industry John Claude White King Lake land live Machu Picchu Mary Vaux Walcott meat ment miles millions mountains NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE National Geographic Society National Park O. F. Cook Ollantaytambo oyster Peru Peruvian Photograph by Curtis Photograph by Hiram Photograph by O. F. Photograph from U. S. plant potato pounds production race region river ruins sheep slopes soil South species stone tablet telephone temple terraces thousand tilefish tion trees U. S. Department Underwood & Underwood United Urubamba valleys walls Washington wheat wild yield