Bible Dictionary: Assyria: Watered by the River Tigris

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Torrey's Topical Textbook

Genesis 2:14
And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goes toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.
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Babylonia and Assyria
... the sandy plateau to the west of the river where the ... known as the "older Bel." Nippur
was watered by the ... subduing that country as well as the future Assyria. ...
/.../early israel and the surrounding nations/chapter vi babylonia and assyria.htm

The Power of Assyria at Its Zenith; Esarhaddon and Assur-Bani-Pal
... connect Iran with the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates ... from Angora to Yuzgat crosses
the river not far ... his cause reached him even from Assyria, and Nineveh ...
/.../chapter iithe power of assyria 2.htm

The First Chaldaean Empire and the Hyksos in Egypt
... Chaldaea, Egypt, Assyria, and Persia presided in turn over its ... The valleys, too,
are watered only by springs ... Contract dated "the year the Tigris, river of the ...
/.../chapter ithe first chaldaean empire.htm

The Rise of the Assyrian Empire
... other by broken ridges of limestone, and watered by the ... the bas-reliefs and inscriptions
of Assyria.* It is ... other they had pushed beyond the river Balikh, and ...
/.../chapter iithe rise of the.htm

Chapter ii
... only a native from a well-watered region is ... agree that Hiddekel stands for the river
called in ... must mean "eastward." The Ashshur, or Assyria, referred to must ...
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The Assyrian Revival and the Struggle for Syria
... recognized the nominal suzerainty of Assyria, but refused to ... with fertile valleys,
sufficiently well watered to permit ... The river-bed is almost everywhere wide ...
/.../chapter ithe assyrian revival and.htm

Ancient Chaldaea
... the west towards the east in the direction of Assyria. ... east by the marshes which
border the river in its ... course, on the north by the badly watered and sparsely ...
/.../chapter iancient chaldaea.htm

The Medes and the Second Chaldaean Empire
... wall and the two escarpments allowed the river to be ... Exhausted by her recent struggle,
Assyria lay at his mercy ... in Cappadocia and in the regions watered by the ...
/.../chapter iiithe medes and the.htm

Syria at the Beginning of the Egyptian Conquest
... lower Zab, in the mountains on the east of Assyria. ... and fertile province, which was
so well watered that a ... On the left bank of the river, and almost opposite ...
/.../chapter iisyria at the beginning.htm

The First Theban Empire
History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 2. ... The soil was fertile,
well watered, and well tilled ... between the two arms of the river, were small ...
/.../chapter iiithe first theban empire.htm