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According to Strabo, the district within which Nineveh stood was called Aturia, which seems to be the word Assyria slightly corrupted, as we know that it habitually was by the Persians. The neighboring plain country he divides into four regions Dolomene, Calachene, Chazene, and Adiabene.
Of Dolomene, which Strabo mentions but in one place, and which is wholly omitted by other authors, no account can be given. Chazene, like Dolomene, is a term which cannot be explained. Adiabene, on the contrary, is a well-known geographical expression.
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