Chapter XXXV: Part III: The History of Babylonia and Assyria

BASED CHIEFLY UPON THE FOLLOWING AUTHORITIES

E. BABELON, E. A. WALLIS BUDGE, F. DELITZSCH, JOSEPH HALÉVY, A. H.
L. HEEREN, H. V. HILPRECHT, F. HOMMEL, L. W. KING, A. H. LAYARD,
F. LENORMANT, G. C. C. MASPERO, JOACHIM MENANT, EDUARD MEYER, J.
OPPERT, J. P. PETERS, HUGO RADAU, HENRY RAWLINSON, R. W. ROGERS, A.
H. SAYCE, E. SCHRADER, C. P. TIELE, H. WINCKLER, A. WIEDEMANN

TOGETHER WITH AN ESSAY ON

THE RELATIONS OF BABYLONIA WITH OTHER SEMITIC COUNTRIES

BY

JOSEPH HALÉVY

WITH ADDITIONAL CITATIONS FROM

CLAUDIUS ÆLIANUS, C. J. BALL, G. B. BARTON, G. BERTIN, THE HOLY
BIBLE, P. E. BOTTA, D. G. BRINTON, EUGÈNE BURNOUF, ISAAC PRESTON
CORY, MICHAEL J. DE GOEJE, DIODORUS SICULUS, ADOLF ERMAN, E.
FLANDRIN, G. K. C. GERLAND, G. S. GOODSPEED, G. F. GROTEFEND, I.
GUIDI, H. GUNKEL, HERODOTUS, EDWARD HINCKS, MORRIS JASTROW, P.
JENSEN, ALFRED JEREMIAS, C. H. W. JOHNS, C. JOHNSTON, FLAVIUS
JOSEPHUS, A. H. KEANE, A. VON KREMER, CHRISTIAN LASSEN, J. F.
McCURDY, M. MONTGOMERY, J. P. MAHAFFY, J. DE MORGAN, G. NAGEL,
THEODOR NÖLDEKE, W. G. PALGRAVE, W. M. FLINDERS PETRIE, T. G.
PINCHES, PLINY MAJOR, QUINTUS CURTIUS, H. RASSAM, GEO. RAWLINSON,
KARL RITTER, G. C. E. DE SARZEC, V. SCHEIL, NATHAN SCHMIDT, GEORGE
SMITH, C. JULIUS SOLINUS, ALOYS SPRENGER, B. STADE, STRABO, W. H.
FOX TALBOT, G. WEBER, J. GARDNER WILKINSON, HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS,
W. WRIGHT

COPYRIGHT, 1904,

BY HENRY SMITH WILLIAMS.

_All rights reserved._

MESOPOTAMIA

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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INTRODUCTORY ESSAY. THE RELATIONS OF BABYLONIA WITH OTHER
SEMITIC COUNTRIES. BY JOSEPH HALÉVY 309

MESOPOTAMIAN HISTORY IN OUTLINE 318

CHAPTER I. LAND AND PEOPLE 337

CHAPTER II. OLD BABYLONIAN HISTORY 349

CHAPTER III. THE RISE OF ASSYRIA 366

CHAPTER IV. FOUR GENERATIONS OF ASSYRIAN GREATNESS 397

CHAPTER V. THE DECLINE AND FALL OF ASSYRIA 438

CHAPTER VI. RENASCENCE AND FALL OF BABYLON 446

CHAPTER VII. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA 460

CHAPTER VIII. THE RELIGION OF THE BABYLONIANS AND ASSYRIANS 515

CHAPTER IX. BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN CULTURE 534

APPENDIX A. CLASSICAL TRADITIONS 571