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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Asian World, by George Rawlinson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Asian World A Linked Index to the Project Gutenberg Editions Author: George Rawlinson Editor: David Widger Release Date: May 18, 2009 [EBook #28871] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SEVEN GREAT MONARCHIES *** Produced by David Widger THE SEVEN GREAT MONARCHIES OF THE ANCIENT ASIAN WORLD By George Rawlinson AN INDEX Edited by David Widger Project Gutenberg Editions George Rawlinson (1812-1902) Chaldaea, Assyria, Media, Babylon, Persia, Parthia, Sassanian Empire; And The History of Phoenicia CONTENTS Click on the ## before each title to go directly to a linked index of the detailed chapters and illustrations ## Chaldaea ## Assyria ## Media ## Babylon ## Persia ## Parthia ## Sassanian Empire and ## History of Phoenicia VOLUMES, CHAPTERS AND STORIES Chaldaea PREFACE TO FIVE GREAT MONARCHIES. PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION. PREFACE TO THE SIXTH MONARCHY. PREFACE TO SEVENTH MONARCHY. REFERENCES THE FIRST MONARCHY. CHALDAEA. CHAPTER I. GENERAL VIEW OF THE COUNTRY CHAPTER II. CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS CHAPTER III. THE PEOPLE CHAPTER IV. LANGUAGE AND WRITING CHAPTER V. ARTS AND SCIENCES CHAPTER VI. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS CHAPTER VII. RELIGION CHAPTER VIII. HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGY List of Illustrations Plate 1 1. Plan of Mugheir ruins (after Taylor) Plate 2 2. Ruins of Warka (Erech) (after Loftus) Plate 3 3. Akkerkuf (after Ker Porter) 4. Hamman (after Loftus) Plate 4 5. Tel-Ede (ditto) 6. Palms (after Oppert) Plate 5 7. Chaldaean reeds, from an Assyrian sculpture (after Layard) Plate 6 8. Wild sow and pigs, from Koyunjik (Layard) 9. Ethiopians (after Prichard) 10. Cuneiform inscriptions (drawn by the Author, from bricks in the British Museum) Page 42 Plate 7 10. Cuneiform inscriptions (drawn by the Author, from bricks in the British Museum) 11. Chaldaean tablet (after Layard) 12. Signet-cyli
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