The might that was Assyria /
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| Author / Creator: | Saggs, H. W. F. |
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| Imprint: | London : Sidgwick & Jackson ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1990, ©1984. |
| Description: | xii, 340 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Sidgwick & Jackson great civilization series Sidgwick & Jackson great civilization series. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13256203 |
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| 500 | |a Reprint: Originally published: London : Sidgwick & Jackson, 1984. | ||
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| 505 | 0 | |a 1. Assyria: Background and beginnings -- The geographical framework -- Before history -- The dawn of history -- Growth of towns and cities -- 2. Early kings of Assyria -- The Assyrian king list -- The third dynasty of Ur -- Ashur and trade -- 3. Hurrian interlude: Through vassaldom to independence -- The kingdom of Shamshi-Adad I -- Hurrian immigrants -- The kingdom of Mittanni -- Assyrian independence -- From kingdom to empire -- 4. Assyrian expansion -- Adad-narari I -- Shalmaneser I -- Tukulti-Ninurta I -- The silence of decline -- 5. The middle Assyrian empire -- Assyrian renewal -- Aramaean immigration -- 6. The growth of the new Assyrian empire -- Military security and economic development -- Ashur-nasir-pal II, the imperial strategist -- Urartu, a rival kingdom -- Weak kings and over-mighty governors -- 7. Imperial prime -- Administrative reform -- Policy towards vassal states -- Expansion under Tiglath-Pileser III -- The accession of Sargon -- Sennacherib -- 8. Zenith and collapse -- The royal succession -- Ashurbanipal -- The downfall of the empire. | |
| 505 | 0 | |a 9. Assyrian society and customs -- Assyrians: a nation, not a race -- Social classes -- The agricultural basis of Assyrian life -- Poor peasants, serfs and slaves -- Childbirth and infant mortality -- Marriage -- Sexual life -- Education -- King and court -- 10. The domestic scene -- Clothing -- Footwear -- Jewelery -- Hair and headgear -- Household furnishings -- Storage equipment -- Water supply -- Weights and measures -- 11. Agriculture, animal husbandry and trade -- Agriculture -- Animal husbandry -- Trade -- 12. Mastery over the environment: The Assyrians and natural resources -- Chemical technology -- Town planning -- Animal power and land transport -- 13. The supernatural world -- Polytheism -- Incipient monotheism -- The temples -- Astrology -- Witches and wizards -- 14. Assyrian medicine -- The Assyrian view of disease -- The physician in practice -- Medicinal materials -- 15. Assyrian art -- Bas reliefs -- Sculpture in the round -- Carved ivories -- Cylinder seals -- 16. The Assyrian army -- Antecedents of Assyrian militarism -- Psychological warfare -- The army on campaign -- Assyrian motivation, drive and achievement -- 17. Assyrian writing and literature -- Assyrian royal inscriptions -- Limu lists -- Astrological reports -- Oracles -- Letters -- Economic documents -- Laws -- Texts directly borrowed from Babylonia -- Omen texts -- Scribal education texts -- Rituals and incantation series -- Myths and epics -- Wisdom literature -- Other classes of texts -- 18. The rediscovery of Assyria -- Travellers' tales -- Decoding the inscriptions -- Botta, Layard, and Rawlinson: the fathers of Assyriology -- Place and Rassam -- International expeditions. | |
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