CONTENTS
CHAPTER I—THE ASSYRIAN REVIVAL AND THE STRUGGLE FOR SYRIA
CHAPTER II—TIGLATH-PILESER III. AND THE ORGANISATION OF THE ASSYRIAN
CHAPTER III—SARGON OF ASSYRIA (722-705 B.C.)
List of Illustrations
009.jpg an Assyrian Horseman Armed With the Sword
010.jpg a Mounted Assyrian Archer With Attendant
012.jpg the Movable Sow Making a Breach in The Wall of A Fortress
013.jpg the Turreted Battering-ram Attacking The Walls Of A Town
014.jpg the Besieged Endeavouring to Cripple Or Destroy The Battering-ram
017.jpg the Escarpments of The Zab
021.jpg the Campaigns of Assur-nazir-pal in Nairi
022.jpg the Site of Shadikanni at Arban, on The Khabur
024.jpg One of the Winged Bulls Found at Arban
024b.jpg No. 1. Enameled Brick (nimrod). No. 2. Fragment Of Mural Painting (nimrod).
033.jpg the Campaigns of Assur-nazir-pal in Zamua
037.jpg the Zab Below The Passes of Alan, The Ancient Ilaniu
044.jpg the Campaigns of Assur-nazir-pal in Mesopotamia
050.jpg Campaigns of Assur-nazir-pal in Syria
052.jpg Bas-relief from a Building at Sinjirli
053.jpg JibrÎn, a Village of Conical Huts, on the Plateau Of Aleppo
054.jpg the War-chariot of The KhÂti Op The Ninth Century
055.jpg the Assyrian War-chariot of The Ninth Century B.c.
056.jpg a King of the KhÂti Hunting A Lion in His Chariot
058.jpg Religious Scene Displaying Egyptian Features
068.jpg Stele of Assur-nazir-pal at Calah
070.jpg the Winged Bulls Op Assur-nazir-pal
071.jpg Glazed Tile from Palace of Calah
072.jpg Lion from Assur-nazir-pal's Palace
074.jpg a Corner of the Ruined Palace Of Assur-nazir-pal
079.jpg the Two Peaks of Mount Ararat
080.jpg End of the Harvest—cutting Straw
083.jpg Fragment of a Votive Shield Of Urartian Work
084.jpg Site of an Urartian Town at Toprah-kaleh
085.jpg the Ruins of a Palace Of Urartu at Toprah-kaleh
086.jpg Temple of Khaldis at Muzazir
089.jpg Assyrian Soldiers Carrying off Or Destroying The Furniture of an Urartian Temple
090.jpg Shalmanesee Iii. Crossing the Mountains
093.jpg the People of Shugunia Fighting Against The Assyrians
094.jpg Prisoners from Shugunia, With Their Arms Tied And Yokes on Their Necks
094b.jpg Sacrifice Offered by Shalmaneser Iii.
095.jpg Costumes Found in the Fifth Tomb
100.jpg Shua, King of Gilzan, Bringing a War-horse Fully Caparisoned to Shalmaneser
101.jpg Dromedaries from Gilzan
105.jpg Tribute from Garparuda, King of the Patina
123.jpg the Moabite Stone of Stele Of Mesha
131.jpg Jehu, King of Israel, Sends Presents To Shalmaneser
137.jpg Elephant and Monkeys Brought As a Tribute To Nineveh by the People of Muzbi
142.jpg Stag and Lions of the Country Of Sukhi
144.jpg the Bronze-covered Gates of BalawÀt
156.jpg Triumphal Stele of Menuas at Kelishin
164.jpg Urartian Stele on the Rocks of Ak-keupbu
169.jpg Table of the Dynasty Of The Kings Of Assyria
180.jpg a Vista of the Asianic Steppe
188.jpg Specimens of Hebrew Pottery
189.jpg Israelites of the Higher Class in The Time Of Shalmaneser Iii
202.jpg Egyptian Altar at Deik-el-bahari
216.jpg Map of Campaigns Of Tiglath-pileser Iii. In Media
218.jpg Principal Pak of Mount Bikni (demavend)
221.jpg View of the Mountains Which Guard The Southern Border of Uartu
226a.jpg Plan of the Ancient City Of Zinjirli.
226b.jpg One of the Gates Of Zinjirli Restored
227.jpg Bird's-eye View of the Royal Castle Of Zinjirli As Restored
232.jpg Tiglath-pileser Iii. In his State Chariot
235.jpg the Rock and Citadel of Van at The Present Day
236.jpg Entrance to the Modern Citadel of Van from The Westward
241.jpg Hebrew Inscription on the Siloam Aqueduct
243.jpg the Great Temple of Bubastis Duringnaville's Excavations
244.jpg Picture in the Hall of The Harps In The Fifth Tomb
245.jpg Gate of the Festival Hall at Bubastis
248.jpg Small Bronze Sphinx of Siamun
249.jpg Ruins of the Temple at Khninsu After Naville's Excavations
252.jpg Table of Pharaohs Of the Xxiith Dynasty
253.jpg King Petubastis at Prayer
255.jpg View of a Part Of the Ruins Of Napata
256.jpg Gebel-barkal, the Sacred Mountain of Napata
257.jpg Ruins of the Temple Of Amon at Napata
258.jpg Plan of the Temple Of Amon at Napata
260a.jpg a Nearly Pure Ethiopian Type
260b.jpg Mixed Negro and Ethiopian Type
262.jpg Map of Middle Egypt During the Campaign Of Pionkhi
262.jpg Ruins of Oxyrrhynchos and the Modern Town Of Bahnesa
266.jpg King NamrÔti Leading a Horse to PiÔnkhi
267.jpg Ruins of the Temple Of Thoth, at Hermopolis The Great
276.jpg King Tafnakhti Presents a Field to Tumu and To Bastit
282.jpg Map the Kingdom of Damascus
289b.jpg List of the Kings Of Damascus
290.jpg Arab Meharis Ridden Down by the Assyrian Cavalry
292.jpg Table of This Babylonian Dynasty
298.jpg Map of the Assyrian Empire Under Tiglath-pileser Iii.
312.jpg Tiglath-pileser Iii. Besieging a Revellious City.
314.jpg a Herd of Horses Brought in As Tribute
315.jpg a Typical Cappadocian Horse
317.jpg the Foundatins of a Bît-khil.ni
318.jpg Base of a Column at Zinjireli
320.jpg Stele Or Bel-harran-beluzur.
322.jpg Manuscript on Papyrus in Hieroglyphics
323.jpg Cone Bearing the Name of Kashta and Of His Daughter Amenertas
333.jpg Table of Kings Of Israel
334.jpg Sargon of Assyria and his Vizier
343.jpg Assyrian Soldiers Pursuing Kalda Refugees in A Bed of Reeds
344.jpg a Reed-hut of the Bedawin Of Irak
346.jpg Brick Bearing the Name of The Susian King Shilkhak-inshushinak
348.jpg Bas-relief of Nakam-sin, Tkansported to Susa By Shutkuk-nakhunta
349.jpg the Great Rock Bas-relief of MalamÎr
356.jpg IaubÎdi of Hamath Being Flayed Alive.
364.jpg Taking of a Castle in Zikartu
369.jpg Taking of the City Of KishÎsim by The Assyrians
372.jpg the Town of BÎt-bagaÎa Burnt by The Assyrians
373.jpg Table of Dynasties Of Tanis and Sais
374.jpg King Bocchoris Giving Judgment Between Two Women, Rival Claimants to a Child
378.jpg Taking of a Town in Urartu by the Assyrians
379.jpg the Seal of Urzana, King Of MuzazÎr
379.jpg the Assyrians Taking a Median Town
398.jpg Plan of the Royal City Of Dur-sharrukÎn
400.jpg Part of the Enamelled Course Of a Gate
402.jpg Bird's Eye View of Sargon's Palace At Dur-sharrukîn
403.jpg One of the Gates Of The Palace at Dur-sharrukÎn
404.jpg Plan of the Excavated Portions Of The Palace At Dur-sharrukÎn
405.jpg One of the Bronze Lions from Dur-sharrukÎn
406.jpg a Hunting Expedition in the Woods Near Dur-sharrukÎn
408.jpg the Ziggurat at Dur-sharrukin
409.jpg Section of a Bedroom in the Harem
410.jpg Main Door of the Harem at Duk-sharrukÎn
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I—SENNACHERIB (705-681 B.C.)
CHAPTER II—THE POWER OF ASSYRIA AT ITS ZENITH; ESARHADDON AND ASSUR-BANI-PAL
CHAPTER III—THE MEDES AND THE SECOND CHALDÆAN EMPIRE
List of Illustrations
011.jpg Clay Seal With Cartouche of Sabaco
017.jpg a Phoenician Galley With Two Banks of Oars
018.jpg Map of Kingdom Of Tyre, the Campaign Of Sennacherib
023.jpg Map of the Campaign Of Sennacherib in Judea
028.jpg the Pass of Legnia, in Lebanon
028b.jpg Esneh—principal Abyssinian Trading Village
030.jpg Sennacherib Receiving the Submissions of The Jews
042.jpg a Raid Among the Woods and Mountains.
048.jpg Map the Nar-marratum in The Time of Sennacherib
049.jpg the Fleet of Sennacherib on The Nar-marratum
052.jpg a Skirmish in the Marshes
054.jpg the Horse of Nergal-ushezÎb Falling in The Battle
063.jpg the Mounds of Nineveh Seen from The Terrace Of A House in Mosul
065.jpg King Sennacherib Watching the Transport of A Colossal Statue
066.jpg Assyrian Bas-reliefs at Bavian
069.jpg Great Assyrian Stele at BaviaÎt.
073.jpg an Assyrian Cavalry Raid Through the Woods
074.jpg (and 75) Transport of a Winged Bull on A Sledge.
088.jpg View of HamadÂn and Mount Elvend in Winter
090.jpg Asia Minor in the 7th Century
095.jpg Monument Commemorative of Midas
097.jpg the Mother-goddess Between Lions
098.jpg the Mother-goddess and Atys
099.jpg the God Men Associated With The Sun and Other Deities
104.jpg the Steep Banks of The Halys Failed to Arrest Them
105.jpg View Ovek the Plain of Sardes
106.jpg the Axe Borne by Zeus Labraundos
110.jpg a Conflict With Two Griffins.
111.jpg Scythians Armed for War
115.jpg Inhabited Caves on the Banks of The Halys
131.jpg the Town of Kharkhar With Its Triple Rampart
137.jpg Shabitoku, King of Egypt
139.jpg Taharqa and his Queen DikahÎtamanu
142.jpg the Column of Taharqa, at Karnak
143.jpg the Hemispeos Op HÂthor and BÎsÛ, At Gebel-barkal
144.jpg Entrance to the Hemispeos of BÎsÛ (bes), At Gebel-barkal
156.jpg Southern Promontory at the Mouth of The Nahr-el-kelb
157.jpg Stele of Esarhaddon at the Nahr-el-kelb
161.jpg Assyrian Sphinx in Egyptian Style Supporting The Base of a Column
168.jpg Assur-banipal As a Bearer of Offerings
169.jpg Sihamash-shumukin As a Bearer of Offerings
174.jpg MontumihÂÎt, Prince of Thebes
190.jpg Mural Decorations from the Grottoes
191.jpg King Tanuatamanu in Adoration Before the Gods Of Thebes
195.jpg Assyrian Helmet Found at Thebes
198.jpg a Lion Issuing from Its Cage
206.jpg Ituni Breaks his Bow With a Blow of His Sword, And Gives Himself up to the Executioner
209.jpg Urtaku Cousin of TiummÂn, Surrendering to An Assyrian
210.jpg the Last Arrow of TiummÂn and his Son
211.jpg Death of TiummÂn and his Son
212.jpg Khumb.n-igash Proclaimed King
215.jpg the Head of Thumman Sent to Nineveh
216.jpg Assur-bani-pal Banqueting With his Queen
217.jpg Two Elamite Chiefs Flayed Alive After the Battle Of TullÎz
228.jpg the Eastern World in The Reign of Assur-bani-pal
240.jpg Battle of the Cimmerians Against The Greeks Accompanied by Their Dogs
251.jpg Statues of the Gods Carried off by Assyrian Soldiery
260.jpg Prayer in the Desert After Painting by Gerome
268.jpg and 269.jpg Table of Median Dynasty
274.jpg Map of the Lands Created by Ahura-mazda
269.jpg NisÆan Houses Harnessed to a Royal Chariot
282.jpg Scene in the Mountains of Persia.
285.jpg Head of a Persian Archer
290.jpg a Herd of Wild Goats—a Bas-relief Of the Time Of Assur-bani-pal
290b Illustrated Manuscript in Heiroglyphics
294.jpg Remains of Assur-bani-pal's Wall at Nippur
297.jpg Medic and Persian Foot-soldiers
302.jpg Part of the Fosse at Nineveh
308.jpg Scythians Tending Their Wounded
311.jpg Iranian Soldier Fighting Against the Scythians
330. Map of the Eastern World in The Time Of Nebuchadnezzar
335.jpg Three Hoplites in Action
338.jpg Statue of a Theban Queen
347.jpg the Saite Fortress of Daphne
355.jpg Chamber and Sarcophagus of an Apis
356.jpg the Great Gallery of The Serapeum
358.jpg Chieck Beled—Gizeh Museum
359.jpg Memphite Bas-relief of the Saite Epoch
364.jpg Decorations on the Wrappings of a Mummy.
390.jpga View in the Mountains of The Messogis
396b.jpg the Entrance to The Sanctuary of Pteria
398.jpg One of the Processions in The Ravine Of Pteria
404.jpg an Egyptian Vessel of the Saite Period
405.jpg the Ancient Head of The Red Sea, Now The Northern Extremity of the Bitter Lakes
417.jpg the Façade of The Great Temple Of Abu-simbel
422.jpg Apries, from a Sphinx in the Louvre
423.jpg Stele of Nebuchadrezzar
427.jpg Prisoners Under Torture Having Their Tongues Torn Out
428.jpg a King Putting out the Eyes of A Prisoner
430b.jpg a People Carried Away Into Captivity
430.jpg Table of the Kings Of Judah
436.jpg Bronze Lion of Bohbait
437.jpg the Small Obelisk in The Piazza Della Minerva At Home
440.jpg the Oasis of Amok and The Spring Of The Sun
440b.jpg Portion of the Ruins Of Cyrene
443.jpg Map of Lybia in the Vith Century B.c.
444.jpg Weighing Silphium in Presence of King Arkesilas
456.jpg City Defended by a Triple Wall
457.jpg Probable Section of the Triple Wall Of Babylon
458.jpg Fragment of a Babylonian Bas-relief
459.jpg Ruins of the ZiggurÂt Of The Temple Of Bel
460.jpg the Stone Lion of Babylon