Book contents
- The City of Babylon
- The City of Babylon
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations and Maps
- Preface
- Conventions
- Timeline
- Written Languages and Their Scripts
- 1 Land and Peoples
- 2 Discoveries and Excavations
- 3 First Kings to the End of the Great Rebellion, c. 1894–c. 1732
- 4 Law, Education, Literature, and the Path to Supremacy
- 5 From the Great Rebellion to the End of the First Dynasty, c. 1732–1592
- 6 The Next Six Centuries
- 7 In the Shadow of Assyria, 978–625
- 8 Empire
- 9 From the Death of Nebuchadnezzar II to the Death of Cambyses, 561–522
- 10 Darius I to Alexander, and Seleucid to Parthian Rule
- 11 First Parthian Conquest, 141 BC, to the Visit of Trajan in AD 116
- Appendix: Genesis 14:1–16 and Possible Links with Foreign Rulers Early in the Reign of Hammurabi
- Bibliography
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 June 2021
Book contents
- The City of Babylon
- The City of Babylon
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations and Maps
- Preface
- Conventions
- Timeline
- Written Languages and Their Scripts
- 1 Land and Peoples
- 2 Discoveries and Excavations
- 3 First Kings to the End of the Great Rebellion, c. 1894–c. 1732
- 4 Law, Education, Literature, and the Path to Supremacy
- 5 From the Great Rebellion to the End of the First Dynasty, c. 1732–1592
- 6 The Next Six Centuries
- 7 In the Shadow of Assyria, 978–625
- 8 Empire
- 9 From the Death of Nebuchadnezzar II to the Death of Cambyses, 561–522
- 10 Darius I to Alexander, and Seleucid to Parthian Rule
- 11 First Parthian Conquest, 141 BC, to the Visit of Trajan in AD 116
- Appendix: Genesis 14:1–16 and Possible Links with Foreign Rulers Early in the Reign of Hammurabi
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The City of BabylonA History, c. 2000 BC – AD 116, pp. v - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021