tr,11a^^^TiSfrXS&wFRIEZE OF ARCHERS AT SUSA.^^^HI8attfc^grta, Uahglnnta, Aaagrta^^G. Honorable Doctor of CivilMASPERO, Laws,By Jlnand Fellow of s Oxford Member of;College,Queenthe Institute and Professor at the of FranceB Collegef Edited A. H. Professor of Oxford sSAYCE,by Assyriology,^ Translated M. L. Member ofMcCLURE,bythe Committee of the FundEgypt Exploration fi8mfjMH8w^^ 8s^M ^K ^^Sm^MVOL. VIII^Mover Twelve HundredContainingHColored Plates and IllustrationsSs8^ THE G R O L I E R SOCIETYM1 PUBLISHERS A A LONDONAM^^!5321JUNPrintedbyWILLIAM CLOWES AND LIMITEDSONS,LONDONCONTENTSCHAPTER I.PAGESENNACHERIB B.(705-681 C.)The of Sennacherib with Judaea andStruggle Destruction ofEgyptBabylon 3CHAPTER II.THE POWER OF ASSYRIA AT ITS ZENITH - -ESARHADDON AND ASSUR BANIPALThe Medes and Cimmerians: The of ofLydia Conquest Egypt, Arabia,and of Elam. 81CHAPTER III.THE MEDES AND THE SECOND CHALDEAN EMPIREThe Fall of Nineveh and the Rise of the Chaldaean and MedianThe XXVIthEmpires : andEgyptian Dynasty Cyaxares, Alyattes,Nebuchadrezzar 264LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONSPAGEFrieze of Archers at SusaFrontispieceseal with Cartouche of Sabaco . .11ClayA Phoenician with two banks of oars ...... 17galleyThe Pass of in Lebanon ........ 28Legnia,Guard at the water-mill .......... 29Sennacherib the submission of the Jews in his before Lachish 31receiving campA raid the woods and mountains ....... 43amongThe fleet of ...
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