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According to Philostratus, [1] Euphrates was a native of Tyre, and according to Stephanus of Byzantium, [2] of Epiphania in Syria; whereas Eunapius calls him an Egyptian.. At the time when Pliny the Younger served in Syria (c. 81 AD), he became acquainted with Euphrates, and seems to have formed an intimate friendship with him.
Lake Assad is a large lake in Syria on the Euphrates River formed by the construction of the Tabqa Dam in 1973. The sites of Tell Abu Hureyra and Mureybet ancient Mesopotamian cities of the Euphrates, are underneath this lake. There are three dams along the Euphrates in Syria: First, the Baath Dam (Arabic: سد البعث, lit.
General Matthew Bunker Ridgway (March 3, 1895 – July 26, 1993) was a senior officer in the United States Army, who served as Supreme Allied Commander Europe (1952–1953) and the 19th Chief of Staff of the United States Army (1953–1955).
William Powell Frith. The Salon d'Or, Homburg, 1871. Rhode Island School of Design Museum Le Tapis Vert (Gambling at Baden-Baden), 1883 engraving by William Ridgway, after an 1867 painting by Gustave Doré. Salon D'Or, Homburg, is an 1871 oil painting by William Powell Frith.
Sir William Ridgeway FBA FRAI (6 August 1853 – 12 August 1926) was an Anglo-Irish classical scholar and the Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge. [ 1 ] Early life and education
William went bankrupt in 1848, although the Bell Works remained in the family. [11] William's son, Edward John (1814–96) was also very active, [12] and his two sons took the businesses into the 20th century. Edward John's sister Emma married a Francis Morley (d. 1883) who was one of a number of other names of partners appearing in business ...
In 1879, married Jane Fenwick, the second daughter of Rear-Admiral William Henry Fenwick (1827–1906). When in Oak Bay, British Columbia, he commissioned architect William Ridgway Wilson (1863–1957) to design and build a mansion for them (The Oak Bay street where they lived was later renamed Clive Drive). They were the parents of three ...
Originating in Turkey, the Euphrates flows through Syria and Iraq to join the Tigris in the Shatt al-Arab in Iraq, which empties into the Persian Gulf. The Euphrates is the fifteenth-longest river in Asia and the longest in Western Asia, at about 2,780 km (1,730 mi), with a drainage area of 440,000 km 2 (170,000 sq mi) that covers six countries.