Buch, Englisch, 896 Seiten, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1089 g
Buch, Englisch, 896 Seiten, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1089 g
Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
ISBN: 978-1-108-08309-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Robert W. Rogers (1864–1930), American professor of biblical exegesis, became fascinated by the Hebrew language as a boy, when trying to understand the Book of Job, and subsequently studied ancient languages and history in Leipzig and Oxford, where he became a friend of A. H. Sayce. In this two-volume 1901 work, he provides a history of the Mesopotamian civilisations, but begins with an extensive review of the archaeological and literary sources of information, opening with the earliest accounts of Western travellers. Volume 1 then continues with a discussion of the environment and resources, and the peoples and the chronology of the area, before beginning a narrative of Babylonian history. Volume 2 deals with the history of Assyria and of the Chaldean empire. The work, with its detailed review of and reliance on original sources, is still valuable as an introduction to a long period of ancient Middle Eastern history.
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Volume 1: Preface; Book I. Prolegomena: 1. Early travellers and early decipherers; 2. Grotefend and Rawlinson; 3. Early explorers in Babylonia; 4. Explorations in Assyria and Babylonia, 1734–1820; 5. Excavations in Assyria and Babylonia, 1843–54; 6. The decipherment of Assyrian; 7. The decipherment of Sumerian and Vannic; 8. Explorations in Assyria and Babylonia, 1872–1900; 9. The sources; 10. The lands of Babylonia and Assyria; 11. The peoples of Babylonia and Assyria; 12. The chronology; Book II. The History of Babylonia: 1. The history of Babylonia to the fall of Larsa; 2. The first and second dynasties of Babylon; 3. The Kassite dynasty; 4. The dynasty of Isin. Volume 2: Book III. The History of Assyria: 1. The beginnings of Assyria; 2. Tiglathpileser I and his sons; 3. Increase of Assyrian power over Babylonia; 4. Reign of Asshurnazirpal; 5. Shalmaneser II to Asshur-Nirari II; 6. The reigns of Tiglathpileser III and Shalmaneser IV; 7. The reign of Sargon II; 8. The reign of Sennacherib; 9. The reign of Esarhaddon; 10. The reign of Asshurbanapal; 11. The fall of Assyria; Book IV. The History of the Chaldean Empire: 1. The reign of Nabopolassar; 2. The reign of Nebuchadrezzar; 3. The last years of the Chaldean empire; Appendices; Indices.
