{"product_id":"2940015744200","title":"History of Egypt, Chald\u0026aelig;a, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 8 (of 12)","description":"_SENNACHERIB (705-681 B.C.)_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_THE STRUGGLE OF SENNACHERIB WITH JUDÆA AND EGYPT--DESTRUCTION OF\u003cbr\u003eBABYLON_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_The upheaval of the entire Eastern world on the accession of\u003cbr\u003eSennacherib--Revolt of Babylon: return of Merodach-baladan and his\u003cbr\u003eefforts to form a coalition against Assyria; the battle of Kish (703\u003cbr\u003eB.C.)--Belibni, King of Babylon (702-699 B.C.)--Sabaco, King of Egypt,\u003cbr\u003eAmenertas and Pionkhi, Shàbî-toku--Tyre and its kings after Ethbaal II.:\u003cbr\u003ePhoenician colonisation in Libya and the foundation of Carthage--The\u003cbr\u003eKingdom of Tyre in the time of Tiglath-pileser III. and Sargon:\u003cbr\u003eElulai--Judah and the reforms of Hezekiah; alliance of Judah and Tyre\u003cbr\u003ewith Egypt, the downfall of the Tyrian kingdom (702 B.C.)--The battle of\u003cbr\u003eAltaku and the siege of Jerusalem: Sennacherib encamped before Lachish,\u003cbr\u003ehis Egyptian expedition, the disaster at Pelusium._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_Renewed revolt of Babylon and the Tabal (699 B.C.); flight of the\u003cbr\u003epeople of Bît-Yakîn into Elamite territory; Sennacherib's fleet and\u003cbr\u003edescent on Nagitu (697-696 B.C.)--Khalludush invades Karduniash\u003cbr\u003e(695 B.C.); Nirgal-ushezib and Mushesîb-marduk at Babylon (693-689\u003cbr\u003eB.C.)--Sennacherib invades Elam (693 B.C.): battle of Khalulê (692\u003cbr\u003eB.C.), siege and destruction of Babylon (689 B.C.)--Buildings of\u003cbr\u003eSennacherib at Nineveh: his palace at Kouyunjik; its decoration with\u003cbr\u003ebattle, hunting, and building scenes._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration: 003.jpg PAGE IMAGE]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I--SENNACHERIB (705-681 B.C.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_The struggle of Sennacherib with Judæa and Egypt--Destruction of\u003cbr\u003eBabylon._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSennacherib either failed to inherit his father's good fortune, or\u003cbr\u003elacked his ability.* He was not deficient in military genius, nor in the\u003cbr\u003eenergy necessary to withstand the various enemies who rose against\u003cbr\u003ehim at widely removed points of his frontier, but he had neither the\u003cbr\u003eadaptability of character nor the delicate tact required to manage\u003cbr\u003esuccessfully the heterogeneous elements combined under his sway.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     * The two principal documents for the reign of Sennacherib\u003cbr\u003e     are engraved on cylinders: the Taylor Cylinder and the\u003cbr\u003e     Bellino Cylinder, duplicates of which, more or less perfect,\u003cbr\u003e     exist in the collections of the British Museum. The Taylor\u003cbr\u003e     Cylinder, found at Kouyunjik or Usebi-Yunus, contains the\u003cbr\u003e     history or the first eight years of this reign; the Bellino\u003cbr\u003e     Cylinder treats of the two first years of the reign.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe lacked the wisdom to conciliate the vanquished, or opportunely to\u003cbr\u003echeck his own repressive measures; he destroyed towns, massacred entire\u003cbr\u003etribes, and laid whole tracts of country waste, and by failing to\u003cbr\u003erepeople these with captive exiles from other nations, or to import\u003cbr\u003ecolonists in sufficient numbers, he found himself towards the end of\u003cbr\u003ehis reign ruling over a sparsely inhabited desert where his father had\u003cbr\u003ebequeathed to him flourishing provinces and populous cities. His was\u003cbr\u003ethe system of the first Assyrian conquerors, Shalmaneser III. and\u003cbr\u003eAssur-nazir-pal, substituted for that of Tiglath-pileser III. and\u003cbr\u003eSargon. The assimilation of the conquered peoples to their conquerors\u003cbr\u003ewas retarded, tribute was no longer paid regularly, and the loss of\u003cbr\u003erevenue under this head was not compensated by the uncertain increase\u003cbr\u003ein the spoils obtained by war; the recruiting of the army, rendered more\u003cbr\u003edifficult by the depopulation of revolted districts, weighed heavier\u003cbr\u003estill on those which remained faithful, and began, as in former times,\u003cbr\u003eto exhaust the nation. The news of Sargon's murder, published throughout\u003cbr\u003ethe Eastern world, had rekindled hope in the countries recently\u003cbr\u003esubjugated by Assyria, as well as in those hostile to her. Phoenicia,\u003cbr\u003eEgypt, Media, and Elam roused themselves from their lethargy and\u003cbr\u003eanxiously awaited the turn which events should take at Nineveh and\u003cbr\u003eBabylon. Sennacherib did not consider it to his interest to assume the\u003cbr\u003ecrown of Chaldæa, and to treat on a footing of absolute equality a\u003cbr\u003ecountry which had been subdued by force of arms: he relegated it to the\u003cbr\u003erank of a vassal state, and while reserving the suzerainty for himself,\u003cbr\u003esent thither one of his brothers to rule as king.*\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     * The events which took place at Babylon at the beginning of\u003cbr\u003e     Sennacherib's reign are known to us from the fragments of\u003cbr\u003e     Berosus, compared with the Canon of Ptolemy and Pinches'\u003cbr\u003e     Babylonian Canon. The first interregnum in the Canon of\u003cbr\u003e     Ptolemy (704-702 B.C.) is filled in Pinches' Canon by three\u003cbr\u003e     kings who are said to have reigned as follows: Sennacherib,\u003cbr\u003e     two years; Marduk-zâkir-shumu, one month; Merodach-baladan,\u003cbr\u003e     nine months.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080856617200,"sku":"2940015744200","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015744200","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}