Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters (Clas...
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Excerpt from Babylonian and Assyrian Laws, Contracts and Letters
The people, who were so highly educated, so deeply religious, so humane and intelligent, who developed such just laws, and such permanent institutions, are not unprofit able acquaintances. A right-thinking citizen of a modern city would probably feel more at home in ancient Babylon than in mediaeval Europe. When we have won our way through the difficulties of the language and th...