CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
|---|---|---|
| I. | On the Beautiful Blue Danube | [1] |
| II. | The Euxine and the Bosphorus in Story, Myth And Legend | [35] |
| III. | Roma Nova | [51] |
| IV. | The Hellespont and Homer’s Troy | [76] |
| V. | The Cradle of the Osmanlis | [94] |
| VI. | Home Life of the Osmanlis in Anatolia | [121] |
| VII. | The Bagdad Railway | [151] |
| VIII. | In the Footsteps of the Crusaders | [171] |
| IX. | In Historic Cilicia Campestris | [193] |
| X. | Islam Past and Present | [220] |
| XI. | Along the Trade Routes of the Near East | [253] |
| XII. | From the Euphrates to the Tigris | [278] |
| XIII. | The Churches of the East | [303] |
| XIV. | Nineveh and Its Wonders | [341] |
| XV. | Floating Down the Tigris in a Kelek | [370] |
| XVI. | Bagdad | [402] |
| XVII. | Motoring in the Garden of Eden | [437] |
| XVIII. | Babylon | [471] |
| Index | [517] |
FROM BERLIN TO
BAGDAD AND BABYLON
CHAPTER I
ON THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBE
Wenn ich dann zu Nacht alleine
Dichtend in die Wellen schau’,
Steight beim blanken Mondenscheine
Auf die schmucke Wasserfrau
Aus der Danau,
Aus der schönen, blauen Danau.[1]
Beck