Title: The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Asian World
Author: George Rawlinson
Editor: David Widger
Release date: May 18, 2009 [eBook #28871]
Most recently updated: November 11, 2023
Language: English
Credits: Produced by David Widger
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## Chaldaea ## Assyria ## Media ## Babylon ## Persia ## Parthia ## Sassanian Empire and ## History of Phoenicia |
PREFACE TO FIVE GREAT MONARCHIES. PREFACE TO THE SIXTH MONARCHY. |
CHAPTER I. | GENERAL VIEW OF THE COUNTRY |
CHAPTER II. | CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS |
CHAPTER III. | THE PEOPLE |
CHAPTER IV. | LANGUAGE AND WRITING |
CHAPTER V. | ARTS AND SCIENCES |
CHAPTER VI. | MANNERS AND CUSTOMS |
CHAPTER VII. | RELIGION |
CHAPTER VIII. | HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGY |
1. Plan of Mugheir ruins (after Taylor) 2. Ruins of Warka (Erech) (after Loftus) 3. Akkerkuf (after Ker Porter) 4. Hamman (after Loftus) 5. Tel-Ede (ditto) 6. Palms (after Oppert) 7. Chaldaean reeds, from an Assyrian sculpture (after Layard) 8. Wild sow and pigs, from Koyunjik (Layard) 9. Ethiopians (after Prichard) 10. Cuneiform inscriptions (drawn by the Author, from bricks in the British Museum) 10. Cuneiform inscriptions (drawn by the Author, from bricks in the British Museum) 11. Chaldaean tablet (after Layard) 12. Signet-cylinder (after Ker Porter) 13. Bowariyeh (after Loftus) 14. Mugheir Temple (ditto) 15. Ground-plan of ditto (ditto) 16. Mugheir Temple, restored (by the Author) 17. Terra-cotta cone, actual size (after Loftus) 18. Plan and wall of building patterned with cones (after Loftus) 19. Ground-plan of chambers excavated at Abu-Shahrein (after Taylor) 20. Brick vault at Mugheir (ditto) 21. Chaldaean dish-cover tombs (ditto) 21. Chaldaean dish-cover tombs (ditto) 22. Chaldaean jar-coffin (ditto) 23. Section of drain (ditto) 24. Chaldaean vases of the first period (drawn by the Author from vases in the British Museum) 25. Chaldaean vases, drinking-vessels, and amphora of the second period (ditto) 26. Chaldaean lamps of the second period (ditto) 27. Seal-cylinder on metal axis (drawn and partly restored by the Author) 28. Signet-cylinder of King Urukh (after Ker Porter) 29. Flint knives (drawn by the Author from the originals in the British Museum) 30. Stone hammer, hatchet, adze, and nail (chiefly after Taylor) 31. Chaldaean bronze spear and arrow-heads (drawn by the Author from the originals in the British Museum) 32. Bronze implements (ditto) 33. Flint implement (after Taylor) 34. Ear-rings (drawn by the Author from the originals in the British Museum) 16 35. Leaden pipe and jar (ditto) 36. Bronze bangles (ditto) 37. Senkareh table of squares 38. Costumes of Chaldaeans from the cylinders (after Cullimore and Rich) 39. Serpent symbol (after Cullimore) 40. Flaming Sword (ditto) 41. Figure of Nin. the Fish-God (Layard) 42. Nin's emblem. the Man Bull (ditto) 43. Fish symbols (after Cullimore) 44. Bel-Mer dash (ditto) 45. Nergal's emblem, the Ilan-Lion (Layard) 46. 47. Clay images of Ishtar (after Cullimore and Layard) 48. Nebo (drawn by the Author from a statue in the British Museum) |
CHAPTER I. | DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY |
CHAPTER II. | CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS |
CHAPTER III. | THE PEOPLE |
CHAPTER IV. | THE CAPITAL |
CHAPTER V. | LANGUAGE AND WRITING |
CHAPTER VI. | ARCHITECTURE AND OTHER ARTS |
CHAPTER VII. | MANNERS AND CUSTOMS |
CHAPTER VIII. | RELIGION |
CHAPTER IX. | CHRONOLOGY AND HISTORY |
CHAPTER I. | DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY. |
CHAPTER II. | CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS. |
CHAPTER III. | CHARACTER, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. |
CHAPTER IV. | RELIGION. |
CHAPTER V. | LANGUAGE AND WRITING. |
CHAPTER VI. | CHRONOLOGY AND HISTORY. |
Map Plate I. Plate II. Plate III. Plate IV. Plate V. Plate VI. Plate VII. |
CHAPTER I. | EXTENT OF THE EMPIRE. |
CHAPTER II. | CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS. |
CHAPTEE III. | THE PEOPLE. |
CHAPTEE IV. | THE CAPITAL. |
CHAPTER V. | ARTS AND SCIENCES. |
CHAPTER VI. | MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. |
CHAPTER VII. | RELIGION. |
CHAPTER VIII. | HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGY. |
APPENDIX. | |
A. | STANDARD INSCRIPTION OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR. |
B. | ON THE MEANINGS OF BABYLONIAN NAMES. |
CHAPTER I. | EXTENT OF THE EMPIRE. |
CHAPTER II. | CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS. |
CHAPTER III. | CHARACTER, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. |
CHAPTER IV. | LANGUAGE AND WRITING. |
CHAPTER V. | ARCHITECTURE AND OTHER ARTS. |
CHAPTER VI. | RELIGION. |
CHAPTER VII. | CHRONOLOGY AND HISTORY. |
CHAPTERS I. to XIV. CHAPTERS XV. to XXVIII. |
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