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 CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CHALD/EO-ASSYRIAN CIVILIZATION. PAGK i. Situation and Boundaries of Chaldoea and Assyria i 8 2. Nature in the Basin of the Euphrates and Tigris 8 13 3. The Primitive Elements of the Population 13 21 4. The Wedges 2133 5. The History of Chaldrea and Assyria 33 55 6. The Chaldrean- Religion 5589 7. The People and Government 89113 CHAPTER II. THE PRINCIPLES AND GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CHALD/KO-ASSYRIAN ARCHITECTURE. i. Materials 114 126 2. The General Principles of Form 126 146 3. Construction 146 200 4. The Column 200 221 5. The Arch 221 236 6. Secondary Forms 236 260 7. Decoration 260 311 8. On the Orientation of Buildings and Foundation Ceremonies. . 311 322 9. Mechanical Resources 322 326 10. On the Graphic Processes Employed in the Representations of Buildings 3 2 7 334