The might that was Assyria /

The might that was Assyria /

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Author / Creator:Saggs, H. W. F.
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.
Subject:
Civilization.
Assyria -- History.
Assyria -- Civilization.
Middle East -- Assyria.
History.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13256203
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ISBN:031203511X
9780312035112
0283989610
9780283989612
Notes:Reprint: Originally published: London : Sidgwick & Jackson, 1984.
Includes bibliographical references.
committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Table of Contents:
  • 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.
  • 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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