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[13] From there they proceeded two stages, eight parasangs, crossing on their way two canals, one by a stationary bridge and the other by a bridge made of seven boats. These canals issued from the Tigris river, and from them, again, ditches had been cut that ran into the country, at first large, then smaller, and finally little channels, such as run to the millet fields in
Greece
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Then they reached the Tigris river, near which was a large and populous city named Sittace, fifteen stadia from the river.
Then they reached the Tigris river, near which was a large and populous city named Sittace, fifteen stadia from the river.
Anabasis. Xenophon. Carleton L. Brownson (Translator). Cambridge, MA. 1921-1922.
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