id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt nnc1.0114647001 NONE The Euphrates and the Tigris; a narrative of discovery and adventure with a description of the ruins of Babylon and Nineveh 1881 .txt text/plain 25545 1378 72 epoch, it would seem to have been of little importance ; certainly inferior to the great Assyrian capital, represented as saying: "Of the great waters, like great river which had been the source of Babylon's to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken banks of the river are occupied by Arab villages. in sight of the tower of El-Kaim, and, soon afterwards, of the waters of the great Euphrates, sparkling in the sunshine, at El-Werdi. of the Tigris, and the ruins of the great cities on its Bagdad has the appearance of a great city; and, left bank of the river is situated another, less considerable, and yet of sufficient importance to pass for Moreover, the position of this ancient and celebrated city, on a great navigable river which flows the great empire cities of the Ancient riches of great cities, had been succeeded by ruins ./cache/nnc1.0114647001.pdf ./txt/nnc1.0114647001.txt