Word: babel
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...scene of the first act is laid in a plain near Babylon. Queen Semiramais of Egypt is visiting King Nimrod at the time when the tower of Babel is nearing completion, but which has been delayed by disputes between the builders, the firm of Hem and Haw. King Nimrod with difficulty evades the blandishments of the queen. The scene of the second act is laid at the bast of the tower of Babel. Hem and Haw settle their differences and attempt to complete the tower when they are frustrated by that famous catastrophe. The nation of Babylon is disorganized...
Scribner's--"The Towers of Babel," by A. D. Ficke...