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Image:Title: The five great monarchies of the ancient eastern world; or, The history, geography, and antiquites of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidfivegreatmonarch011862rawl) Year: 1862 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1862) (1860s (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1860) ) Authors: Rawlinson, George, 1812-1902 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorRawlinson__George__1812_1902) Subjects: Mauritius Export Development and Investment Authority (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectMauritius_Export_Development_and_Investment_Authority) History, Ancient (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectHistory__Ancient) Publisher: London, J. Murray (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherLondon__J__Murray) Contributing Library: Boston Public Library (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorBoston_Public_Library) Digitizing Sponsor: Internet Archive (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorInternet_Archive) Text Appearing Before Image: No. 2. Text Appearing After Image: a. Sun-dried brick under head. b. Copper bowl. c. Small cylinder of meteoric stone; remainsof thread going round arm-bone. (1. Pieces of cylindrical meteoric stone. e. Pieces of bamboo. /. Jars and utensils for food and water,made of baked clay; remains of date-stonesin the shallow dish. and at Tel~el-Lalim/ is almost as eccentric as the pre-ceding. Two large open-mouthed jars (ri and b),shaped like the largest of the water-jars at present inuse at Baghdad, are taken, and the body is disposed Journal of the Asiatic Society, vol. xv. pp. 413, 414. 112 : THE FIKST MONARCHY. Chap. V. inside them with the usual accompaniments of dishes,vases, and ornaments. The jars average from twoand a half feet to three feet in depth, and have adiameter of about two feet; so that they would readilycontain a full-sized corpse if it was slightly bent at a Chaldsean jar-coffin. the knees. Sometimes the two jars are of equal size,and ar€ simply united at their mouths by a layer ofbitumen (dd), but more c Iran's supremacy breaks down. @MichaelRubin1971 @AEI Malcolm Hoenlein @Conf_of_pres Michael Rubin is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, where he specializes in Iran, Turkey, and the broader Middle East. He also regularly teaches classes at sea about Middle East conflicts, culture, terrorism, and the Horn of Africa to deployed US Navy and Marine units. Relevant articles: · https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/06/19/the-caesar-act-and-a-pathway-out-of-conflict-in-syria/ · https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/lebanon-ambassador-hezbollah-shea-media-ban/2020/06/28/15adec2a-b89f-11ea-9a1d-d3db1cbe07ce_story.html · https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/.premium-iraq-s-leadership-is-finally-setting-limits-on-iranian-intervention-1.8962450