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PREFACE

ILLUSTRATIONS

ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT

CHAPTER I—INTRODUCTION

(a) LAND AND PEOPLE

(b) SKETCH OF BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN HISTORY

CHAPTER II—EXCAVATIONS

CHAPTER III—DECIPHERMENT OF THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS

CHAPTER IV—CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS

CHAPTER V—ARCHITECTURE

MORTAR

STONE

WOOD

METAL

TEMPLES

PALACES

PRIVATE HOUSES

THE COLUMN

THE ARCH

CHAPTER VI—SCULPTURE

BAS-RELIEFS

SCULPTURE IN THE ROUND

CHAPTER VII—METALLURGY

CHAPTER VIII—PAINTING

CHAPTER IX—CYLINDER-SEALS [129]

CHAPTER X—SHELL-ENGRAVING AND IVORY-WORK

(A) SHELL-ENGRAVING

(B) IVORY-WORK

CHAPTER XI—TERRA-COTTA FIGURES AND RELIEFS

CHAPTER XII—STONEWARE AND POTTERY

CHAPTER XIII—DRESS, MILITARY ACCOUTREMENTS, ETC.

CHAPTER XIV—LIFE, MANNERS, CUSTOMS, LAW, RELIGION

(A) THE EARLY SUMERIAN PERIOD

(B) THE KHAMMURABI PERIOD

(C) THE ASSYRIAN ERA

(D) BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN SYMBOLISM

(E) BABYLONIAN ESCHATOLOGY

A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY

LIST OF THE MORE IMPORTANT KINGS AND RULERS AND A BRIEF CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY

MAPS

INDEX