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Identifier: cu31924091767503 (find matches)
Title: History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia and Assyria
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry), 1845-1933 McClure, M. L., d. 1918
Subjects: Civilization, Ancient History, Ancient
Publisher: London : Grolier Society
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
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302 THE MEDES AND THE SECOND CHALDEAN EMPIRE being only about 870 yards in length, was rendered inac-cessible by a muddy stream, while the north wall, some2150 yards long, was protected by a wide moat whichcould be filled from the waters of the Khuzur. Theeastern front had for a long time depended for its safetyon a single wall reinforced by a moat, but Sennacherib,
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PART OF THE FOSSE AT NIXEVEH. deeming it insufficiently protected against a sudden attack,had piled up obstacles in front of it, so that it nowpresented a truly formidable appearance. It was skirtedthroughout its whole length by a main rampart, 5400yards long, which described a gentle curve from northto south, and rose to a height of about 60 feet, beingprotected by two small forts placed close to the maingates. The fosse did not run along the foot of the wall,but at a distance of about fifty yards in front of it, and 1 Drawn by Boudier, from a sketch in Layard. THE DBPENOB OF NINEVEH 303 was at least some 20 feet deep and over 160 feet in width.It was divided into two unequal segments by the Khuzur:three large sluice-gates built on a level with the wall andthe two escarpments allowed the river to be dammed back,so that its waters could be diverted into the fosse and thuskeep it full in case of siege. In front of each segmentwas a kind of demi-lune, and—as though this was notprecaut

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