History of Babylonia and Assyria 2 Volume Set
History of Babylonia and Assyria 2 Volume Set
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GBPRobert W. Rogers (1864–1930), American professor of biblical exegesis, became fascinated by the Hebrew language as a boy, when trying to understand the Book of Job, and subsequently studied ancient languages and history in Leipzig and Oxford, where he became a friend of A. H. Sayce. In this two-volume 1901 work, he provides a history of the Mesopotamian civilisations, but begins with an extensive review of the archaeological and literary sources of information, opening with the earliest accounts of Western travellers. Volume 1 then continues with a discussion of the environment and resources, and the peoples and the chronology of the area, before beginning a narrative of Babylonian history. Volume 2 deals with the history of Assyria and of the Chaldean empire. The work, with its detailed review of and reliance on original sources, is still valuable as an introduction to a long period of ancient Middle Eastern history.
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July 2015Multiple copy pack
9781108083096
896 pages
240 × 187 × 52 mm
1.13kg
1 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- Volume 1: Preface
- Book I. Prolegomena:
- 1. Early travellers and early decipherers
- 2. Grotefend and Rawlinson
- 3. Early explorers in Babylonia
- 4. Explorations in Assyria and Babylonia, 1734–1820
- 5. Excavations in Assyria and Babylonia, 1843–54
- 6. The decipherment of Assyrian
- 7. The decipherment of Sumerian and Vannic
- 8. Explorations in Assyria and Babylonia, 1872–1900
- 9. The sources
- 10. The lands of Babylonia and Assyria
- 11. The peoples of Babylonia and Assyria
- 12. The chronology
- Book II. The History of Babylonia:
- 1. The history of Babylonia to the fall of Larsa
- 2. The first and second dynasties of Babylon
- 3. The Kassite dynasty
- 4. The dynasty of Isin. Volume 2: Book III. The History of Assyria:
- 1. The beginnings of Assyria
- 2. Tiglathpileser I and his sons
- 3. Increase of Assyrian power over Babylonia
- 4. Reign of Asshurnazirpal
- 5. Shalmaneser II to Asshur-Nirari II
- 6. The reigns of Tiglathpileser III and Shalmaneser IV
- 7. The reign of Sargon II
- 8. The reign of Sennacherib
- 9. The reign of Esarhaddon
- 10. The reign of Asshurbanapal
- 11. The fall of Assyria
- Book IV. The History of the Chaldean Empire:
- 1. The reign of Nabopolassar
- 2. The reign of Nebuchadrezzar
- 3. The last years of the Chaldean empire
- Appendices
- Indices.
