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Title: The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Asian World
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Author: George Rawlinson

Editor: David Widger

Release Date: May 18, 2009 [EBook #28871]

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*** 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)

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Plate 7
10. Cuneiform inscriptions (drawn by the Author, from bricks in the British Museum)
11. Chaldaean tablet (after Layard)
12. Signet-cyli