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sopotaa
sopotaathesendcentreof
eastecivilisation
iaoingtotakeyoutothetopofthehighestpyrad
andiaoingtoaskthatyouigineyourselfpossessed
oftheeyesofahahedistance；far
beyondtheyelloething
greenandshieringitisavalleysituatedbetwo
riversitistheparadiseoftheoldtestantitisthe
landofsteryandia
the‘‘untrybetherivers
thenasofthetheeuphrateshe
babylonianscalledthepurattuandthetigrishwas
knoidstthe
snoountainsofaiawherenoahsarkfound
arestingplaceandsloheyflohroughthesouthe
plainuntiltheyreachtheddybanksofthepersiangulf
theyperforveryusefulservicetheytuthearid
regionsofeasiaintoafertilegarden
thevalleyofthenilehadattractedpeoplebecauseithad
offeredtheooduponfairlyeasyterthe‘‘landbetween
theriversereasonitwasa
untryfullofproseandboththeinhabitantsofthenorthe
untainsandthetribesedthroughthe
southedesertstriedtoclaihisterritoryastheirownand
stexclusivepossessionthenstantrivalrybethe
untaineersandthedesertnodsledtoendlesswarfare
onlythestrongestandthebravestuldhopetosurviveand
thatiabecathehoofavery
strongraeningacivilisation
portantasthatofegypt
thesurians
thesuriannailers；lay
tabletstellusthestoryofassyria
andbabylonia；thegreatsetic
ltingpot
thefifteenthcenturydisveries
luustriedtofindaotheislandofkathayand
stuleduponaneedntinentanaustrian
bishopequippedanexpeditionotraveleastward
andfindthehoofthegranddukeofsvy；a
voyagepletefailure；fors
visitedbyenuntilagenerationlateranwhile
acertainveianbythenaofbarberohadexploredthe
ruinsofost
curiouslanguageherocksof
thetelesofshirazandengraveduponendlesspiecesof
bakedclay
buteuropeanyotherthingsanditwas
notuntilthee
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第9节
ndoftheeighteenthcenturythatthefirst
‘‘inscriptionssocalledbecausetheletterswere
inwere
broughttoeuropebyadanishsurveyor；nadniebuhr
thenittookthirtyyearsbeforeapatientgeschool
sterbythenaofgrotefendhaddecipheredthefirstfour
letters；thed；thea；therandthesh；thenaofthepersian
kingdariusandanothertyyearshadtogoby
untilabritishofficer；henryraous
inscriptionofbehistun；gaveusaothenail
ingofeasia
paredtotheproblefdecipheringthesenailings；
thejobofchaollionhadbeenaneasyonethe
egyptiansusedpicturesbutthesurians；theearliest
inhabitantsofsopotaa；upontheideaof
scratchingtheirabletsofclay；haddiscardedpictures
entirelyandhadevolvedasystefvshapedfiguresh
shotlennectionhthepicturesoutofhey
hadbeendevelopedafeplesi
aninthebeginningastar；hanailinto
abricklookedasfollo｝thissignhooo
cuersoandafterashorteaningof
‘‘heavenplified
inthisadeitevenreofapuzzle
inthesa｛illust｝into｛illust｝
andafishchangedfroillust｝into｛illust｝thesun
e｛illust｝
iferianscripttodayakean
｛illust｝looklike｛illust｝thissystefingdownour
ideaslooksratherpliorethanthirtycenturies
iteriansandthebabyloniansand
theassyriansandthepersiansandallthedifferentraces
heirothefertilevalley
thestoryofsopotaaisoneofendlesswarfareand
nquestfirstthesurianscafrohenorththey
ountainsthey
hadbeenaccustodtoheirgodsonthetopsof
hillsaftertheyhadenteredtheplaintheynstructedartificial
littlehillsontopofheybuilttheiraltarsthey
didnotknoobuildstairsandtheythereforesurrounded
theirtohslopinggalleriesourengineers
haveborroayseeinourbigrailroad
stationsonefloortoanother
ayhaveborrothesurians
buteriansirelyab
sorbedbythoseracesthatenteredthefertilevalleyatalater
datetheirtoidsttheruinsof
sopotaathejeheyintoexile
inthelandofbabylonandtheycalledtheowersofbabilli；
ortowersofbabel
inthefortietherianshad
enteredsopotaatheyerwardsover
poanytribesfrohe
desertofarabiandialectandwhoare
knoites；becauseintheoldendayspeoplebelieved
theobethedire；oneofthe
threesonsofnoahathousandyearslater；theakkadians
ittotheruleofthearites；another
seticdeserttriberabibuilthielf
agnificentpalaceintheholycityofbabylonandwho
gavehispeopleasetoflaadethebabylonianstate
thebestadnisteredeireoftheancientthe
hittites；youeetintheoldtestant；over
ranthefertilevalleyanddestroyedevertheyuldnot
carryauhefollowers
ofthegreatdesertgod；ashur；selvesassyrians
andadethecityofninevehthecenterofavast
andterribleeireeasiaand
egyptandgatheredtaxesfrontlesssubjectracesuntil
theendoftheseventhcenturybeforethebirthofchristwhen
theitictribe；reestablishedbabylonand
dethatportantcapitalofthatday
nebuchadnezzar；thebestknoheirkings；enuraged
thestudyofsodeknoy
andtheticsisallbaseduponcertainfirstprinciplesh
hechaldeansintheyear538bca
crudetribeofpersianshepherdsinvadedthisoldlandand
overthrepireofthechaldeanstwohundredyears
later；theyintuhrohegreat；
eltingpotofsony
setietherons
andaftertherons；theturks；andsopotaa；thesend
centreoftheeavastwildeess
oundsofearthtoldastoryofancientglory
ses
thestoryofses；theleaderofthe
jewishpeople
sotiduringthetiethcenturybeforeourera；
asllanduniortanttribeofseticshepherdshadleft
itsoldho；outh
oftheeuphrates；andhadtriedtofindneureshin
thedoinofthekingsofbabyloniatheyhadbeendriven
aovedward
lookingforalittlepieceofunoccupiedterritoryhey
ghtsetuptheirtents
thistribeofshepherdshehebrewsor；as
；thejeheyhadwanderedfarandwide；
andafteyyearsofdrearyperegrinationstheyhadbeen
givenshelterinegyptforrethanfivecenturiesthey
haddongtheegyptiansandheiradopteduntry
hadbeenoverrunbythehyksosraudersasitold
youinthestoryofegypttheyhadnagedtoketheelves
usefultotheforeigninvaderandhadbeenleftinthe
undisturbedpossessionoftheirgrazingfieldsbutaftera