Up and down its narrow valleys and across its great plain went the pomp and panoply of the ancient world, and its more commonplace
traffic as well: rich argosies from far Babylon, carrying the wares down to Egypt; royal messengers of the great kings who ruled in Persepolis, bearing decrees for the officer in
charge at the frontier station of Assouan; plenipotentiaries of Hatti and of Egypt, seeking a modus vivendi in the political stresses of the thirteenth century; conquerors with their chariots and footmen and their tale of atrocities behind and yet before; wandering bands of foot - loose adventurers, seeking a good land where they might strike roots into the soil - all these and hosts of others were led among the Palestinian hills where went the great trunk roads of the ancient world, camped in the plains, bartered in the little cities, or stayed to
lay permanent claim to some hit of the land.
Many people do not realize that a police officer may
lay charges against you under both the Highway
Traffic Act and the Criminal Code at the same time.
They are prosecuted under provincial and federal legislations like the
Traffic Safety Act, Gaming and Liquor Act, Fisheries Act, Aeronautics Act, Fair Trade Act, and numerous other acts and regulations unlike criminal
charges which are
laid under the Criminal Code of Canada or the Drugs and Substances Act.