Underwood & Underwood 



RUINS OF THE GORGEOUS PALACE OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR: BABYLON, MESOPOTAMIA 



The civilization of Italy is young compared to the duration of civilization in the Euphrates 

 Valley, if we calculate that the culture of modern Rome is approximately 2.800 years old. 

 \ssuming that the civilization of the Euphrates perished with the destruction of Babylon m 

 535 B. C. (see pas?e' 161), we know that it was already 3.300 years old, for back in 3800 K. U 

 there were already in existence on the hanks of the Euphrates cities with culture and society 

 and literature almost as complex as that of today. 



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