A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria, Vol. 1 (of 2)

THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CHALDÆO-ASSYRIAN CIVILIZATION.§ 1.—Situation and Boundaries of Chaldæa and Assyria.[Pg 1] The primitive civilization of Chaldæa, like that of Egypt, was cradled in the lower districts of a great alluvial basin, in which the soil was stolen from the sea by long continued deposits of river