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ve Elements of the Population 13-21 Sec. 4. The Wedges 21-33 Sec. 5. The History of Chaldaea and Assyria 33-55 Sec. 6. The Chaldaean Religion 55-89 Sec. 7. The People and Government 89-113 CHAPTER II. THE PRINCIPLES AND GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CHALDAEO-ASSYRIAN ARCHITECTURE. Sec. 1. Materials 114-126 Sec. 2. The General Principles of Form 126-146 Sec. 3. Construction 146-200 Sec. 4. The Column 200-221 Sec. 5. The Arch 221-236 Sec. 6. Secondary Forms 236-260 Sec. 7. Decoration 260-311 Sec. 8. On the Orientation of Buildings and Foundation Ceremonies 311-322 Sec. 9. Mechanical Resources 322-326 Sec. 10. On the Graphic Processes Employed in the Representations of Buildings 327-334 CHAPTER III. FUNERARY ARCHITECTURE. Sec. 1. Chaldaean and Assyrian Notions as to a Future Life 335-355 Sec. 2. The Chaldaean Tomb 355-363 CHAPTER IV. RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE. Sec. 1. Attempts to Restore the Principal Types 364-382 Sec. 2. Ruins of Staged Towers 382-391 Sec. 3. Subordinate Types of the Temple 391-398 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PLATES. I. Babil _To face page_ 154 II. Rectangular Chaldaean temple 370 III. Square double-ramped Chaldaean temple 378 IV. Square Assyrian temple 380 FIG. PAGE 1. Brick from Erech 24 2. Fragment of an inscription engraved upon the back of a statue from Tello
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