{"product_id":"2940013359093","title":"A Primer of Assyriology [Illustrated]","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • illustrations\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents, linked Footnotes, and linked Index\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003eTHE COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE\u003cbr\u003eGeography — Population and Language — The Chaldaeans — The Kassi —  Natural Products — Canals — Architecture — Asphalt and Naphtha —  Character of the Babylonians and Assyrians  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II\u003cbr\u003eTHE DISCOVERY AND DECIPHERMENT OF THE INSCRIPTIONS\u003cbr\u003eThe Site of Babylon — The Site of Nineveh — Excavations — The Decipherment of the Inscriptions — The Decipherment tested —  Sumerian — Vannic — Other Languages — The origin of the Cuneiform Syllabary — Simplification of the Syllabary  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III\u003cbr\u003eBABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN HISTORY\u003cbr\u003eDifferent States in Babylonia — The first Empire — The monuments of Tello — Chronology — The United Monarchy — The rise of Assyria —  Babylon a sacred city — Tiglath-pileser I — The First Assyrian Empire — The Second Assyrian Empire — The Babylonian Empire — Cyrus and the Fall of Babylon — Belshazzar — Decay of Babylon  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV\u003cbr\u003eRELIGION\u003cbr\u003eThe religions of Babylonia and Assyria — Differences between Babylonian and Assyrian religion — Sumerian religion Shamanistic —  Two centres of Babylonian religion — Semitic influence — The goddess Istar — Bel-Merodach — Other deities — Sacred books and ritual — The Priests — The Temples — Astro-theology — Sacrifices and offerings — The Sabbath — Monotheistic tendency — The future life — Cosmology  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V\u003cbr\u003eBABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN LITERATURE\u003cbr\u003eAids to the reading of the texts — The libraries — Varieties of literature — The texts autotypes — Astronomy — Mathematics — Medicine and law — History and mythology — The Chaldaean epic and the Deluge — Epic of the Creation  \u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI\u003cbr\u003eSOCIAL LIFE\u003cbr\u003eThe Contract-tablets — Married Life — Burial — Slavery — Lowness of Wages — Property — Taxes — Prices — Usury — The Army — Navy — The Bureaucracy  \u003cbr\u003eAPPENDIX\u003cbr\u003eAssyrian Measures of Length — Measures of Capacity — Measures of Weight and Coinage — The Months of the Year  \u003cbr\u003eBabylonian Kings — Assyrian Kings — High Priests of Assur — Kings of Assyria  \u003cbr\u003eSynchronisms between Assyrian and Biblical History  \u003cbr\u003eThe Principal Deities of Babylonia and Assyria","brand":"PastIsProlog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145667559664,"sku":"2940013359093","price":3.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013359093_p0.jpg?v=1763579863","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013359093","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}