The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World; Or, The History, Geography, and Antiquites of Chaldća, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia, Volume 2

George Rawlinson

Scribner, Welford and Company, 1871

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THE SECOND MONARCHY	1

Emblems of Asshur after Lajard	4

Emblems of the principal gods from an obelisk in the British Museum	5

Emblems of the sun and moon from the cylinders	7

Sacred Treefinal and most elaborate type Nimrud from the original in the British Museum	8

Sacrificial scene from an obelisk found at Nimrud ditto	13

The Moongod from a cylinder after Lajard	16

Emblems of the sun and moon from the cylinders	18

A Mede or Persian wearing a collar and earrings from Persepolis after Ker Porter	317

Colossal lion from Ecbatana after Flandin	321

RELIGION	322

Firetemples near NakhshiRustam ditto	345

CHAPTER VI	371

Lydian coins after Humphreys	407

THE FOURTH MONARCHY	435

View of the Lebanon range	442

Stele of Asshurizirpal with an altar in front Nimrud from the original	19

Winged figure in horned cap Nimrud from the original in the British Museum	29

The hawkheaded genius Khorsabad ditto	30

Evil genii contending Koyunjik after Boutcher	31

Sacrificial scene from an obelisk found at Nimrud ditto	35

Triangular altar Khorsabad after Botta	37

concluded	38

Figure of TiglathPileser I from an original drawing by Mr John Taylor	79

Plan of the palace of Asshurizirpal after Fergusson	92

Stele of Asshurizirpal with an altar in front Nimrud from the original in the British Museum	97

Plan of TakhtiSuleďman perhaps the Northern Ecbatana Sir H Rawlinson 271	105

Assyrian sphinx time of Asshurbanipal after Layard	199

Scythian soldiers from a vase found in a Scythian tomb	224

THE THIRD MONARCHY	251

Stone base of a pillar at Hamadan after Morier	266

Plan of the country about Hamadan after Flandin	267

Plan of TakhtiSuleďman perhaps the Northern Ecbatana Sir H Rawlinson	271

View of the great Rock of Behistun after Ker Porter	274

View in Mazanderanthe Caspian Sea in the distance after Fraser	278

251	284

Pigeontowers near Isfahan after Morier	285

Pigeontowers near Isfahan after Morier	297

The destructive locust Acridium peregrinum	299

The scorpion Scorpio crassicauda	300

Persepolitan horse perhaps Nisćan after Ker Porter	302

Arian physiognomy from Persepolis after Prichard	308

Arian physiognomy from Persepolis after Prichard	313

Bow and quiver from Persepolis after Flandin	314

Shield of a warrior from Persepolis after Flandin	315

Median shoe from Persepolis after Flandin	316

The Sea of Antioch from the east after Ainsworth	471

CHAPTER II	479

Hares from Babylonian cylinders after Lajard	490

Babylonian fish from the sculptures	492

Locusts from a cylinder	493

Susianian horses Koyunjik after Layard	494

Babylonian dog from a gem after Lajard	495

CHAPTER III	497

Heads of Babylonian men drawn by the author from the Assyrian sculptures in the British Museum	499

Head of a Babylonian woman ditto	500

Heads of Babylonians from the cylinders after Lajard	501

THE CAPITAL	510

Chart of the country round Babylon with the limits of the ancient city reduced from the map of M Oppert	512

View of the Babil mound from the Kasr after Oppert	522

Groundplan of the Babil mound with its rampart and traces of an old canal after Oppert and Selby	523

Groundplan of the Kasr mound after Oppert	524

Groundplan of the Amran mound ditto	526

General chart of the ruins of Babylon reduced from the map of Capt Selby	527

Chart of ancient Babylon	539

CHAPTER V	541

BirsiNimrud near Babylon	545

Elevation of the Birs restored	547

Part of a stone frieze from the Kasr mound Babylon after Layard	552

Pier of bridge at Babylon restored	554

Babylonian brick after Birch	555

Lion standing over a prostrate man Babylon from a sketch drawn on the spot by Claude Clerk Esq	558

Statuette of a mother and child found at Babylon after Ker Porter	559

Figure of a Babylonian king probably Merodachiddinakhi drawn for the present work from an engraved figure in the British Museum	560

Figure of a dog from a black stone of the time of Merodachiddinakhi found at Babylon drawn by the author from the original in the British Museum	561

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Palavras e frases frequentes

Abydenus ancient appears Arian Armenia army Asshur Asshur-bani-pal Asshur-izir-pal Assyrian Canon Assyrian kings Assyrian monarch Assyrian Texts Astyages author's Herodotus Babylon Babylonian Berosus Calah called Chaldćan CHAP character Chesney chief Compare conquest Ctesias Cyaxares cylinder Damascus defeated deities Diod east Ecbatana Egypt emblem Empire Esar-haddon Euphrates expedition feet gods Greeks Herod Herodotus Ibid Inscriptions des Sargonides Ishtar Ker Porter Khorsabad king of Assyria kingdom Kinneir Layard lion Medes Media mentioned Merodach miles monarch Monuments mound mountain Nebo neighbours Nimrud Nineveh Nineveh and Babylon obelisk Oppert palace perhaps Persian Phoenician portion prince probably Ptolemy Rawlinson Rawlinson's Essay regarded region reign revolt river royal Samaria Sargon sculptures seems Sennacherib Shalmaneser Shalmaneser II Shamas Shamas-Vul Sir H southern Strab Supra Susiana Susianians Syria tablet temple territory throne Tiglath-Pileser Tiglathi-Nin Tigris tion town tract tribes tribute Vul-lush worship Zagros καὶ

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Título	The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World; Or, The History, Geography, and Antiquites of Chaldća, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia, Volume 2 The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World; Or, The History, Geography, and Antiquites of Chaldća, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia, George Rawlinson
Autor	George Rawlinson
Ediçăo	2
Editora	Scribner, Welford and Company, 1871
Original de	Universidade de Princeton
Digitalizado	19 Abr 2008

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