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waters of the Euphrates to the westward, as a result of which at times the Euphrates at this point has been entirely dry. This deflection of See also:

WATER

water has also seriously interfered with the See also:

palm groves, the cultivation of which constitutes a large See also:

PART

part of the See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry of the surrounding See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country along the See also:

RIVER

river. The bazaars of Hillah are relatively large and well supplied. Many of the houses in the town are built of See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick, not a few bearing an inscription of See also:

NEBUCHADREZZAR, or NEBUCHADNEZZAR

Nebuchadrezzar, obtained from the ruins of See also:

BABYLON (mod. Hillah)

Babylon, which See also:

lie less than an See also:

HOUR

hour away to the See also:

north.

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