OF THE ANCIENT EASTERN WORLD; OR, THE HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND ANTIQUITIES OF CHALDAEA, ASSYRIA BABYLON, MEDIA, PERSIA, PARTHIA, AND SASSANIAN, OR NEW PERSIAN EMPIRE. BY GEORGE RAWLINSON, M.A., CAMDEN PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD IN THREE VOLUMES. VOLUME I. With Maps and Illustrations
CONTENTS
THE SECOND MONARCHY, Part 1.
CHAPTER I. DESCRIPTION OF THE COUNTRY
CHAPTER II. CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS
THE SECOND MONARCHY, Part 2.
CHAPTER III. THE PEOPLE
CHAPTER IV. THE CAPITAL
CHAPTER V. LANGUAGE AND WRITING
THE SECOND MONARCHY, Part 3.
CHAPTER VI. ARCHITECTURE AND OTHER ARTS.
THE SECOND MONARCHY, Part 4.
CHAPTER VII. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
THE SECOND MONARCHY, Part 4.
CHAPTER VIII. RELIGION
CHAPTER IX. CHRONOLOGY AND HISTORY
APPENDIX.
Illustrations
49. Signet of Kurri-galzu. King of Babylon
(drawn by the author from an impression in the
possession of Sir H. Rawlinson)
50. The Khabour, from near Arban, looking north (after Layard)
51. Koukab (ditto)
52. Lake of Khatouniyeh (ditto)
53. Colossal lion, near Seruj (after Chesney)
54. Plan of the ruins of Nimrud (Calah)
(reduced by the Author from Captain Jones’s survey)
55. Great wound of Nimrud or Calah (after Layard)
56. Hand-swipe, Koyunjik (ditto)
57. Assyrian lion, from Nimrud (ditto)
58. Ibex, or wild goat, from Nimrud (ditto)
59. Wild ass (after Ker Porter)
60. Leopard, from Nimrud (after Layard)
61. Wild ass, from Koyunjik (from an unpublished
drawing by Mr. Boutcher in the British Museum)
62. Gazelle, from Nimrud (after Layard)
63. Stag and hind, from Koyunjik (from an unpublished
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