[12] A History of the Babylonians and Assyrians, p. 74. [↑]
[13] In the Tell-el-Amarna letters, Western-Asian monarchs are eloquent in their requests for gold from Egypt. In one a Babylonian king “asks for much gold” and complains that the last supply was base, and that there was “much loss in melting”. [↑]
[14] Sino-Iranica: Chinese Contributions to the History of Civilization in Ancient Iran. Chicago, 1919. [↑]
[16] The Relationship between the Geographical Distribution of Megalithic Monuments and Ancient Times. Manchester, 1915. [↑]
[17] Mrs. Hawes, Gournia, p. 33. [↑]
[18] The Dawn of Mediterranean Civilization, pp. 62–3. [↑]
[19] Elliot Smith, The Ancient Egyptians, pp. 41 et seq. [↑]
[20] It seems ridiculous to suggest that irrigation had origin in mid-Asia and not in areas like the deltas of Egypt and Sumeria. [↑]