Ancient Iraq

Third Edition

By: Georges Roux

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Paperback | 27 August 1992 | Edition Number 3

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First published in 1964, Ancient Iraq is the classic work on Mesopotamia and the great civilizations that sprung from the region bounded by the Euphrates and Tigris. It remains an invaluable primer for anyone fascinated by the extraordinary ruins and artworks which have emerged from generations of archaeological digs. The book gives a lively, comprehensive account, from the earliest city fragments through the Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians and Babylonians through to its decline under Hellenistic rule.

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List of Plates
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
List of Maps
Foreword to the Third Edition
Introduction to the First Edition
The Geographical Setting	p. 1
The Twin Rivers	p. 4
Regional Variations	p. 9
Trade Routes	p. 12
In Search of the Past	p. 17
The Buried Cities of Iraq	p. 18
Dating the Past	p. 22
Archaeological Research in Iraq	p. 27
From Cave to Farm	p. 33
Palaeolithic	p. 34
Mesolithic	p. 40
Neolithic	p. 42
From Village to City	p. 48
The Hassuna Period	p. 49
The Samarra Period	p. 53
The Halaf Period	p. 55
The Ubaid Period	p. 59
Birth of a Civilization	p. 66
The Uruk Period	p. 68
The Jemdat Nasr Period	p. 76
The Sumerian Problem	p. 80
The Gods of Sumer	p. 85
The Sumerian Pantheon	p. 86
Tales of Creation	p. 93
Life, Death and Destiny	p. 98
An Age of Heroes	p. 104
From 'Adam' to the Deluge	p. 105
The Great Flood	p. 109
Dynasties of Supermen	p. 114
The Story of Gilgamesh	p. 117
The Early Dynastic Period	p. 122
The Archaeological Context	p. 125
The Sumerian City-states	p. 130
Early Sumerian Rulers	p. 133
Outline of History	p. 138
The Akkadians	p. 146
The Semites	p. 147
Sargon of Akkad	p. 151
The Akkadian Empire	p. 155
The Great Kingdom of Ur	p. 161
Ur-Nammu and Gudea	p. 162
Shulgi, Amar-Sin and the Sumerian Empire	p. 168
The Fall of Ur	p. 175
The Amorites	p. 179
Isin, Larsa and Babylon	p. 181
Eshnunna and Assur	p. 185
Mari and the Kingdom of Upper Mesopotamia	p. 188
Hammurabi	p. 195
The Statesman	p. 197
The Lawgiver	p. 201
In the Days of Hammurabi	p. 208
The God in his Temple	p. 209
The King in his Palace	p. 214
The Citizen in his House	p. 220
New Peoples	p. 225
The Indo-Europeans	p. 226
Asia Minor and the Hittites	p. 230
Hurrians and Mitannians	p. 233
Syria and Egypt	p. 237
The Kassites	p. 241
Hammurabi's Successors	p. 243
Iraq under Kassite Rule	p. 246
Kassites, Assyrians and the Oriental Powers	p. 253
Egypt versus Mitanni	p. 254
The Time of Suppiluliumas	p. 257
Assur and Susa versus Babylon	p. 261
The Time of Confusion	p. 266
Israelites and Phoenicians	p. 268
The Neo-Hittites	p. 271
The Aramaeans	p. 273
The Dark Age of Mesopotamia	p. 277
The Rise of Assyria	p. 282
Genesis of an Empire	p. 283
Ashurnasirpal	p. 288
Shalmaneser III	p. 295
The Assyrian Empire	p. 300
Assyrian Eclipse	p. 301
Tiglathpileser III	p. 305
Sargon II	p. 310
The House of Sargon	p. 318
Sennacherib	p. 319
Esarhaddon	p. 324
Ashurbanipal	p. 329
The Glory of Assyria	p. 337
The Assyrian State	p. 338
The Assyrian Army	p. 346
Assyrian Arts	p. 350
The Scribes of Nineveh	p. 355
Mesopotamian Science	p. 357
Mathematics and Astronomy	p. 362
Medicine	p. 366
The Chaldaean Kings	p. 372
The Fall of Nineveh	p. 372
Nebuchadrezzar	p. 377
The Fall of Babylon	p. 381
The Splendour of Babylon	p. 389
Babylon, the Great City	p. 390
The New Year Festival	p. 397
Economic Life	p. 401
Death of a Civilization	p. 405
The Achaemenian Period	p. 406
The Hellenistic Period	p. 412
The Parthian Period	p. 418
Epilogue	p. 423
List of Abbreviations	p. 429
Bibliography and Notes	p. 433
Chronological Tables	p. 499
Maps	p. 517
Index	p. 527
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