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The Assyrians and the Greek General Xenophon
A Greek general came upon what used to be some of the grandest cities in the world, a couple hundred years after their grandeur had passed. He talked about these, I always call them ghost cities because they're cities that are literally just turning to dust. And Xenophon described how tall the walls were, how big the city's circumference were, and all these kinds of things.