One of the world's leading authorities offers an accessible and up-to-date account of a great civilisation, the city of Babylon. It lay at the heart of the empires of Hammurabi, Nebuchadnezzar and Alexander and played a crucial role in the origins of written myth, legends, law and astronomy.
One of the world's leading authorities offers an accessible and up-to-date account of a great civilisation, the city of Babylon. It lay at the heart of the empires of Hammurabi, Nebuchadnezzar and Alexander and played a crucial role in the origins of written myth, legends, law and astronomy.
Stephanie Dalley is a member of the Oriental Institute, University of Oxford and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow of Somerville College. She has excavated in the Middle East and published cuneiform texts found in Iraq, Syria and Jordan, and in museums in Baghdad, Oxford, London and Edinburgh. She is the author of The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon (2013), which formed the basis for a successful TV documentary. Her other books include Myths from Mesopotamia (1986), The Legacy of Mesopotamia (1998), Mari and Karana: Two Old Babylonian Cities (1984) and Esther's Revenge at Susa (2007), some of which have been translated into other languages. She has lectured worldwide including at universities, schools and societies, and taught for three decades at the Oriental Institute. She is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.
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Preface List of illustrations and maps Timeline Chart of ancient languages 1. Land and peoples: an introduction 2. Discoveries and excavations 3. First kings, to the great rebellion c.1894-1732 4. Law, education, literature: the path to supremacy 5. From the great rebellion to the end of the first dynasty c.1732-1592 6. The next 6 centuries: Kassite, Sealander, and Elamite kings: c.1593-979 7. In the shadow of Assyria 978-625 8. Independence under soldier-kings, from Nabopolassar to Nebuchadnezzar II 625-562 9. Nabonidus, Cyrus II The great, and Cambyses 556-522 10. Part I from Darius I to Darius III 521-331 Part II Alexander III of Macedon, The Great, and Civil War 331-c.129 Part III Seleucus I to the first parthian conquest 11. First parthian conquest 141 BC to the visit of trajan in AD 116 Appendix. Genesis 14:1-16 and possible links with foreign rulers early in the reign of Hammurabi Bibliography Index.
Preface List of illustrations and maps Timeline Chart of ancient languages 1. Land and peoples: an introduction 2. Discoveries and excavations 3. First kings, to the great rebellion c.1894-1732 4. Law, education, literature: the path to supremacy 5. From the great rebellion to the end of the first dynasty c.1732-1592 6. The next 6 centuries: Kassite, Sealander, and Elamite kings: c.1593-979 7. In the shadow of Assyria 978-625 8. Independence under soldier-kings, from Nabopolassar to Nebuchadnezzar II 625-562 9. Nabonidus, Cyrus II The great, and Cambyses 556-522 10. Part I from Darius I to Darius III 521-331 Part II Alexander III of Macedon, The Great, and Civil War 331-c.129 Part III Seleucus I to the first parthian conquest 11. First parthian conquest 141 BC to the visit of trajan in AD 116 Appendix. Genesis 14:1-16 and possible links with foreign rulers early in the reign of Hammurabi Bibliography Index.
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