Travels in Mesopotamia

With Researches on the Ruins of Nineveh, Babylon, and Other Ancient Cities

By: James Silk Buckingham

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Paperback | 29 December 2011

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Cornish-born writer, traveller and controversialist James Silk Buckingham (1786 1855) spent much of his early life as a sailor in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean and went on to publish accounts of his extensive travels to India, Palestine and Persia. His criticisms of the East India Company and the Bengal government led to his expulsion from India in 1823. In the 1830s he became a Member of Parliament and campaigned for social reforms and for the promotion of the temperance movement. He founded several journals, including the periodical The Athenaeum, covering a wide range of topics from literature to popular science. This illustrated two-volume work, published in 1827, recounts Buckingham's journey through Mesopotamia, giving descriptions of its ancient sites and opinions of its modern inhabitants. In Volume 1, Buckingham recounts in great detail his journey from the historic city, Aleppo in Syria to Sinjar (now in north-western Iraq)."

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Preface
Journey from Aleppo to the banks of the Euphrates
Passage of the River Euphrates, at Beer
From Beer, across the Plains of the Turcomans, to Orfah
Entry of the caravan into the city of Orfah
History and description of Orfah - the Edessa of the Greeks, and the Ur of the Chaldees
Further detention at Orfah: interior of the city, gardens, and entertainments
From Orfah to the Encampment of El MazÄür
From the Arab camp et El MazÄür, to Mardin
Entry into, and stay at, Mardin
Journey from Mardin to Diarbekr
Description of Diarbekr
From Diarbekr to Mardin, Dara, and Nisibis
From Nisibeen, across the Plain of Sinjar
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Travels in Mesopotamia

With Researches on the Ruins of Nineveh, Babylon, and Other Ancient Cities

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