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

George Rawlinson

Dodd, Mead,, 1881 - Assyria - 1730 pages

Contents

• THE SECOND MONARCHY: 1
• Emblems of the sun and moon from the cylinders: 7
• Sacrificial scene from an obelisk found at Nimrud ditto: 13
• Figure of TiglathPileser I from an original drawing by Mr John: 17
• CHAPTER IX: 43
• Plan of the palace of Asshurizirpal after Fergusson: 92
• Israelites bringing tribute to Shalmaneser II Nimrud ditto: 105
• Assyrian sphinx time of Asshurbanipal after Layard: 193
• Scythian soldiers from a vase found in a Scythian tomb: 224
• APPENDIX: 245
• THE THIRD MONARCHY: 251
• Stone base of a pillar at Hamadan after Morier: 266
• View of the great Rock of Behistun after Ker Porter: 274
• Pigeontowers near Isfahan after Morier: 285
• The destructive locust Acridium peregrinum: 299
• The scorpion Scorpio crassicauda: 300
• Persepolitan horse perhaps Nisæan after Ker Porter: 302
• Arian physiognomy from Persepolis after Prichard: 308
• Mede or Persian carrying a bow in its case from Persepolis after Ker Porter: 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
• 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
• APPENDIX: 432
• View of the Lebanon range: 442
• 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
• 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
• 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

Popular passages

Page 166 - And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand : and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

Page 120 - And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.

Page 125 - So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

Page 140 - agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, ' and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every ' one of his fig-tree, and drink ye every one the waters of ' his cistern : until I come and take you away to a land like ' your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread

Page 433 - I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth...

Page 38 - And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.

Page 125 - Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything : let them not feed, nor drink water...

Page 160 - The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; Because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, Broken the everlasting covenant. Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, And they that dwell therein are desolate: Therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, And few men left.

Page 191 - I seek comforters for thee? art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets : and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

Page 168 - Gordon ; and every day, from the rising up of the sun to the going down of the same, pray for his health and vigour.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World: Or, The History, Geography, and Antiquites of Chaldœa, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia, Volume 2; Volume 2 of The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World, George Rawlinson; The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World: Or, The History, Geography, and Antiquites of Chaldœa, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia, George Rawlinson
• Author: George Rawlinson
• Illustrated by: George Rawlinson
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: Dodd, Mead,, 1881
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: Oct 27, 2006
• Length: 1730 pages