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    herbeautyandan

    generalsthanhalfadozeianarrps.teshe

    an

    nquerors.butintheyear30b.c.,augustus,thenephew

    andheirofcaesar,landedinalexandria.hedidnotshare

    hislateunclesadrationforthelovelyprincess.hedestroyed

    herares,butsparedherlifethatheghtkeher

    rhistriuhaspartofthespoilsofwar.when

    cleopatraheardofthisplan,shekilledherselfbytakingpoison.

    abecaaronprovince.

    sopotaa

    sopotaathesereof

    eastecivilisation

    iaoingtotakeyoutothetopofthehighestpyrad

    andiaoingtoaskthatyouigineyourselfpossessed

    oftheeyesofahahedistance,far

    beyondtheyelloething

    greenandshiering.itisavalleysituatedbetwo

    rivers.itistheparadiseoftheoldtestant.itisthe

    landofsteryandia

    the``untrybetherivers.

    thenasofthetheeuphrateshe

    babylonianscalledthepurattuaigrishwas

    knoidstthe

    snoountainsofarniawherenoahsarkfound

    arestingpladsloheyflhthesouthe

    plainuntiltheyreachtheddybanksofthepersiangulf.

    theyperforveryusefulservice.theytuthearid

    regionsofeasiaintoafertilegarden.

    thevalleyofthenilehadattractedpeoplebecauseithad

    offeredtheooduponfairlyeasyter.the``laween

    theriversereason.itwasa

    untryfullofproseandboththeinhabitantsofthenorthe

    untainsaribesedthroughthe

    southedesertstriedtoclaihisterritoryastheirownand

    stexclusivepossessioantrivalrybethe

    untaineersandthedesertnodsledtoendlesswarfare.

    onlythestroandthebravestuldhopetosurviveand

    thatiabecathehoofavery

    strongraeningacivilisation

    portantasthatofegypt.

    thesurians

    thesuriannailers,lay

    tabletstellusthestoryofassyria

    andbabylonia,thegreatsetic

    ltingpot

    thefifteeurydisveries.

    luustriedtofindaotheislandofkathayand

    stuledupoi.anaustrian

    bishopequippedaionotraveleastward

    andfindthehoofthegranddukeofsvy,a

    voyagepletefailure,fors

    visitedbyenuntilageionlater.anwhile

    acertainveianbythenaofbarberohadexploredthe

    ruinsofost

    curiouslanguageherocksof

    thetelesofshirazandengraveduponendlesspiecesof

    bakedclay.

    buteuropeanyotherthingsanditwas

    notuntilthee

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