Southern Mesopotamia is an alluvial country, and the ancient cities,

Southern Mesopotamia is an alluvial country, and the ancient cities, which doubtless marks the sites of the oldest settlements in the land, are situated in the alluvial marshy plain between the Tigris and the Euphrates; so that all traces of the Neolithic culture of the country has disappeared, buried deep beneath city-mounds, clay and marsh.


A. , which doubtless marks the sites of the oldest settlements in the land, are situated in the alluvial marshy plain between the Tigris and the Euphrates; so that all traces of the Neolithic culture of the country has

B. , which doubtless marks the sites of the oldest settlements in the land, are situated in the alluvial marshy plain among the Tigris and the Euphrates; as a consequence, all traces of the Neolithic culture of the country would have certainly

C. , which doubtless mark the sites of the oldest settlements in the land, are situated in the alluvial marshy plain between the Tigris and the Euphrates, so that all traces of the Neolithic culture of the country have

D. , which doubtless mark the sites of the oldest settlements in the land, are situated in the alluvial marshy plain between the Tigris and the Euphrates; however, all traces of the Neolithic culture of the country

E. that doubtless mark the sites of the oldest settlements in the land, are situated in the alluvial marshy plain among the Tigris and the Euphrates; however, all traces of the Neolithic culture of the country has