The Greatness that was Babylon: A Survey of the Ancient Civilization of the Tigris-Euphrates Valley |
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Prehistoric Background I | 1 |
South Mesopotamia in the Third Millennium | 27 |
The Coming of Babylon | 62 |
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administration Agade Akkadian amongst Amorite ancient Mesopotamia Anzu Aramaeans Ashur Ashurbanipal Asia Minor Assyrian Babylon Cassite century Chaldean city-state civilization clay cult cuneiform death deity demons developed divine dynasty early East Egypt Elam empire Enki Enkidu Enlil epics Erech Ereshkigal Eridu Esarhaddon Euphrates evil father Gilgamesh give goddess gods Hammurabi human Inanna incantations inscriptions irrigation Ishtar kingship Kish known Lagash land language Larsa later laws letter lord magical Marduk mentioned Mesopotamia military millennium BC mountains myth Nabu-na'id Naram-sin Nineveh Ninurta Nippur official Old Babylonian omens origin period Persian plate priest referred reign religion religious represented ritual river royal ruler Sacred Marriage Sargon second millennium Semitic Sennacherib Shamash Shamshi-adad Shulgi slaves south Mesopotamia Sumer Sumerian King List Sun-god symbol Syria tablets tamkarum Tammuz temple estates texts third millennium Tiamat Tigris tion tomb trade Underworld Urartu Uruk Utanapishtim whilst wife Yasmah-adad ziggurat