The first great powers : Babylon and Assyria / Arthur Cotterell
- Author:
- Cotterell, Arthur
- Published:
- London : C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 2019.
- Copyright Date:
- ©2019
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 301 pages : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Sumer and Akkad -- The Sumerian city-states -- Akkadian aggression -- The third dynasty of Ur -- 2.The First Babylonian Hegemony -- Hammurabi's accession -- The annexations -- The end of Babylon's first dynasty -- Kassite Babylon -- 3.The Rise and Domination of Assyria -- The Assyrian revival -- The reign of Tiglath-pileser III -- Assyrian zenith -- The fall of Assyria -- 4.The Mesopotamian Way of War -- Early conflicts -- The Assyrian war machine -- Advances in weaponry -- 5.Kingship in Mesopotamia -- The first kings -- The heroic ruler -- Babylonian and Assyrian kings -- Alexander's divinity -- 6.The Imperial Capitals: Ashur, Nineveh and Babylon -- Ashur, the first Assyrian capital -- Nineveh, the last Assyrian capital -- Babylon, wonder of the world -- 7.The Religion of Babylon and Assyria -- The Sumerian pantheon -- The rise of Marduk -- The Assyrian gods -- 8.Babylonian and Assyrian Society -- An agricultural revolution -- Hammurabi's Babylon -- Assyrian society -- 9.The Babylonian Revival -- The reign of Nebuchadrezzar II -- Nebuchadrezzar II's successors -- The Nabonidas enigma -- The Persian conquest -- 10.The Jewish Exile -- The northern threat -- Nebuchadrezzar II's advance south -- The fall of Jerusalem -- The Book of Daniel.
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- ISBN:
- 1787382117 (hardcover)
9781787382114 (hardcover) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Endowment Note:
- Class of 1984 Endowed Book Fund
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