﻿MODERN 
  LIFE 
  IN 
  THE 
  CRADLE 
  OF 
  CIVILIZATION 
  

  

  Photograph 
  by 
  Eric 
  Keast 
  Burke 
  

  

  "POLISHING 
  THE 
  HANDLE 
  ON 
  THE 
  BIG 
  FRONT 
  DOOR" 
  

   Door 
  knockers 
  arc 
  popular 
  in 
  the 
  larger 
  centers 
  of 
  population 
  in 
  Mesopotamia 
  and 
  are 
  made 
  in 
  large 
  quantities 
  

   bv 
  the 
  brass 
  founders 
  in 
  the 
  bazaars. 
  The 
  brass 
  commonly 
  used 
  throughout 
  the 
  East 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  golden 
  hue, 
  but 
  recently 
  

   white 
  brass, 
  made 
  by 
  increasing 
  the 
  zinc 
  content 
  of 
  the 
  alloy, 
  is 
  becoming 
  common. 
  Bronze 
  was 
  more 
  often 
  used 
  

   in 
  olden 
  times, 
  but 
  was 
  called 
  brass. 
  

  

  VI 
  

  

  