
- 230 pages
- English
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A Short History of Babylon
About this book
The history of the Babylonian Empire commences with Nabopolassar, who appears to have mounted the throne in the year B.C. 625; but to understand the true character of the kingdom which he set up, its traditions and its national spirit, we must begin at a far earlier date. We must examine, in however incomplete and cursory a manner, the middle period of Babylonian history, the time of obscurity and comparative insignificance, when the country was as a general rule, subject to Assyria, or at any rate played but a secondary part in the affairs of the East. We shall thus prepare the way for our proper subject, while at the same time we shall link on the history of the Fourth to that of the First Monarchy, and obtain a second line of continuous narrative, connecting the brilliant era of Cyaxares and Nebuchadnezzar with the obscure period of the first Cushite kings...
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Table of contents
- EXTENT OF THE EMPIRE.
- CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS.
- THE PEOPLE.
- THE CAPITAL.
- ARTS AND SCIENCES.
- MANNERS AND CUSTOMS.
- RELIGION.
- HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGY.