Produced by David Widger
THE SEVEN GREAT MONARCHIES OF THE ANCIENT ASIAN WORLD
By George Rawlinson
AN INDEX
Edited by David Widger
Project Gutenberg Editions
George Rawlinson (1812-1902)
Chaldaea, Assyria, Media, Babylon, Persia, Parthia,
Sassanian Empire; And The History of Phoenicia
CONTENTS
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## Chaldaea
## Assyria
## Media
## Babylon
## Persia
## Parthia
## Sassanian Empire
and
## History of Phoenicia
VOLUMES, CHAPTERS AND STORIES
Chaldaea
PREFACE TO FIVE GREAT MONARCHIES.
PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION.
PREFACE TO THE SIXTH MONARCHY.
PREFACE TO SEVENTH MONARCHY.
REFERENCES
THE FIRST MONARCHY.
CHALDAEA.
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
List of Illustrations
Plate 1
1. Plan of Mugheir ruins (after Taylor)
Plate 2
2. Ruins of Warka (Erech) (after Loftus)
Plate 3
3. Akkerkuf (after Ker Porter)
4. Hamman (after Loftus)
Plate 4
5. Tel-Ede (ditto)
6. Palms (after Oppert)
Plate 5
7. Chaldaean reeds, from an Assyrian sculpture (after Layard)
Plate 6
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)
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Plate 7
10. Cuneiform inscriptions (drawn by the Author, from bricks in the British Museum)
11. Chaldaean tablet (after Layard)
12. Signet-cylinder (after Ker Porter)
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Plate 8
13. Bowariyeh (after Loftus)
14. Mugheir Temple (ditto)
Plate 9
15. Ground-plan of ditto (ditto)
16. Mugheir Temple, restored (by the Author)
17. Terra-cotta cone, actual size (after Loftus)
Plate 10
18. Plan and wall of building patterned with cones (after Loftus)
19. Ground-plan of chambers excavated at Abu-Shahrein (after Taylor)
Plate 11
20. Brick vault at Mugheir (ditto)
21. Chaldaean dish-cover tombs (ditto)
Plate 12
21. Chaldaean dish-cover tombs (ditto)
22. Chaldaean jar-coffin (ditto)
23. Section of drain (ditto)
Plate 13
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)
Plate 14
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)
Plate 15
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)
Plate 16
32. Bronze implements (ditto)
33. Flint implement (after Taylor)
34. Ear-rings (drawn by the Author from the originals
in the British Museum) 16
Plate 17
35. Leaden pipe and jar (ditto)
36. Bronze bangles (ditto)
Plate 18
37. Senkareh table of squares
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Plate 19
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)
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Plate 20
45. Nergal's emblem, the Ilan-Lion (Layard)
Plate 21
46. 47. Clay images of Ishtar (after Cullimore and Layard)
48. Nebo (drawn by the Author from a statue in the British Museum)
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Assyria
THE SECOND MONARCHY
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
REFERENCES
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Media
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.
List of Illustrations
Map
Plate I.
Plate II.
Plate III.
Plate IV.
Plate V.
Plate VI.
Plate VII.
Babylon
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.
List of Illustrations
Map
Plate VII.
Plate VIII.
Plate IX.
Plate X.
Plate XI.
Plate XII.
Plate XIII.
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Plate XIV.
Plate XV.
Plate XVI.
Plate XVII.
Plate XVIII.
Plate XIX.
Plate XX.
Plate XXI.
Plate XXII.
Plate XXIII.
Plate XXIV.
Plate XXV.
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Persia
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.
Begin CHAPTER I.
Parthia
CHAPTER I.