THE SEVEN GREAT MONARCHIES

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.

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Illustrations

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Plate 22

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)

Plate 23

51. Koukab (ditto)
52. Lake of Khatouniyeh (ditto)
53. Colossal lion, near Seruj (after Chesney)

Plate 24

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)

Plate 25

56. Hand-swipe, Koyunjik (ditto)
57. Assyrian lion, from Nimrud (ditto)
58. Ibex, or wild goat, from Nimrud (ditto)

Plate 26

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 Wild ass, from Koyunjik (from an unpublished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)

Plate 27

62. Gazelle, from Nimrud (after Layard)
63. Stag and hind, from Koyunjik (from an unpublished
drawing by Mr. Boutcher in the British Museum)
64. Fallow deer, from Koyunjik (after Layard)

Plate 28

65. Hare and eagles, from Nimrud (ditto)
66. Hare, from Khorsabad (after Botta)
67. Chase of wild ox, from Nimrud (after Layard)
68. Vulture, from Nimrud (ditto)
69. Vulture feeding on corpse, Koyunjik (ditto)

Plate 29

70. Ostrich, from a cylinder (after Cullimore)
71. Ostrich, from Nimrud (after Layard)
72. Partridges, from Khorsabad (after Botta)
73. Unknown birds, Khorsabad (ditto)

Plate 30

74. Assyrian garden and fish-pond, Koyunjik (after Layard)
75. Bactrian or two-humped camel, from Nimrud (ditto)
76. Mesopotamian sheep (ditto)
77. Loading a camel, Koyunjik (ditto)
78. Head of an Assyrian horse, Koyunjik (ditto)

Plate 31

79. Assyrian horse, from Nimrud (ditto)
80. Mule ridden by two women, Koyunjik (after Layard

Plate 32

81. Loaded mule, Koyunjik (ditto)
82. Cart drawn by mules, Koyunjik (ditto)
83. Dog modelled in clay, from the palace of
Asshur-bani-pal, Koyunjik, (drawn by the Author
from the original in the British Museum)

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