Roosevelt Standard | 1931-05-28 | Page 7 | Population of Babylon Has Been Overestimated

population laton of babylon has been overestimated ta there j e re b have ave been various attempts tem p t q b by y comparing its area with the area of modern cities to estimate the population of ancient babylon Ha bylon on tile the lowest calculi tion it would be found supposing ll it to have borne any considerable resemblance to a european city to have hare had a population of f the map of asiatic turkey shows that the extent of country around babylon aval available lable for agricultural purposes must lime hate beon been quite in adequate to supply the necessary demands for anything like such sach an immense population perhaps on the whole sas sacs a recent writer one way may estimate the population at from to this IPOS ion derives support from the fact that Sel ucla with a lation of Is stated by strabo and pliny to have beer been about half tile the size of babylon in the days of 0 her greatest glory