later name for "Shumir and Accad" and for "Chaldea," [237].
Baghdad, capital of the Arabs' empire in Mesopotamia, [5];
its decay, [6].
Bassorah, see [Busrah.]
Bedouins, robber tribes of, [8];
distinctively a nomadic people, [116]-[118].
Bel, third god of the first Babylonian Triad, [239];
meaning of the name, [240];
one of the "twelve great gods," [246];