Jahns Biblical Archaeology

in the threshold, we shall not now discuss the situation of the countries, mentioned Gen. 10: o ? 10, etc., shall say nothing respecting the origin of the Tigris and Euphrates, and shall omit the geography of Asia Minor nnd Greece. We proceed, therefore, to state in a lew words the situation of those countries, which occur more frequently in the Bible. § 5. Aram E A. The region, which in the Bible is denominated Aram, cx, is a vast tract, extending from Mount Taurus south as far as Damascus and Babylonia, and from the Mediterranean Sea in aiI chapter{Section 46 § 0. ARAMEA. eastern direction beyond the Tigris into Assyria. Different parts of it are called by different names. I. Aram beth Rechob, airn rva cs, otherwise called Assyria; in the most limited meaning of the term, it was a small province or peninsula surrounded by the Tigris, and the less and greater Zab. Its extent was increased in the progress of time by the addition of seven other provinces, and in the age of Isaiah and Ahaz, it became, by the accession of other territories still, which extended into Syria and Palestine, the very large empire of Assyria. Its metropolis, Nineveh, was situated on the eastern shore of the Tigris, nearly opposite the site of Mosul at the present day. It was laid waste in the year 877 before Christ by Arbaces and Belesis, but was rebuilt; it was laid waste again by Cyaxares I. and Nabopolassar in the year 625 before Christ, and ever afterwards remaine...