tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">333.jpg Table of Kings Of Israel

334.jpg Sargon of Assyria and his Vizier

336.jpg Tailpiece

337.jpg Page Image

338.jpg Page Image

339.jpg Page Image

343.jpg Assyrian Soldiers Pursuing Kalda Refugees in A Bed of Reeds

344.jpg a Reed-hut of the Bedawin Of Irak

346.jpg Brick Bearing the Name of The Susian King Shilkhak-inshushinak

348.jpg Bas-relief of Nakam-sin, Tkansported to Susa By Shutkuk-nakhunta

349.jpg the Great Rock Bas-relief of MalamÎr

356.jpg IaubÎdi of Hamath Being Flayed Alive.

364.jpg Taking of a Castle in Zikartu

369.jpg Taking of the City Of KishÎsim by The Assyrians

372.jpg the Town of BÎt-bagaÎa Burnt by The Assyrians

373.jpg Table of Dynasties Of Tanis and Sais

374.jpg King Bocchoris Giving Judgment Between Two Women, Rival Claimants to a Child

375.jpg Sabaco

378.jpg Taking of a Town in Urartu by the Assyrians

379.jpg the Seal of Urzana, King Of MuzazÎr

379.jpg the Assyrians Taking a Median Town

396.jpb Stele at Larnaka

398.jpg Plan of the Royal City Of Dur-sharrukÎn

400.jpg Part of the Enamelled Course Of a Gate

402.jpg Bird's Eye View of Sargon's Palace At Dur-sharrukîn

403.jpg One of the Gates Of The Palace at Dur-sharrukÎn

404.jpg Plan of the Excavated Portions Of The Palace At Dur-sharrukÎn

405.jpg One of the Bronze Lions from Dur-sharrukÎn

406.jpg a Hunting Expedition in the Woods Near Dur-sharrukÎn

408.jpg the Ziggurat at Dur-sharrukin

409.jpg Section of a Bedroom in the Harem

410.jpg Main Door of the Harem at Duk-sharrukÎn

CHAPTER I—THE ASSYRIAN REVIVAL AND THE STRUGGLE FOR SYRIA

Assur-nazir-pal (885-860) and Shalmaneser III. (860-825)—The kingdom of Urartu and its conquering princes: Menuas and Argistis.

Assyria was the first to reappear on the scene of action. Less hampered by an ancient past than Egypt and Chaldæa, she was the sooner able to recover her strength after any disastrous crisis, and to assume again the offensive along the whole of her frontier line.