The Cambridge ancient history. Volume 3. Part 2, The Assyrian and Babylonian Empires and other states of the Near East, from the eighth to the sixth centuries B.C / edited by John Boardman [and three others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Boardman, John, 1927- editor.

Series:

Cambridge ancient history

The Cambridge ancient history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle East--History--To 622.

Middle East.

Assyria--History.

Assyria.

Babylon (Extinct city)--History.

Babylon (Extinct city).

Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 906 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1991.

Summary:

Volume III Part II carries on the history of the Near East from the close of Volume III Part I and covers roughly the same chronological period as Volume III Part III. During this period the dominant powers in the East were Assyria and then Babylonia. Each established an extensive empire which was based on Mesopotamia, and each in turn fell largely through internal strife. Assyrian might was reflected in the imposing palaces, libraries and sculptures of the Assyrian kings. Babylonian culture was outstanding in literature, mathematics and astronomy, and the great buildings of Nebuchadnezzar II surpassed even those of the Assyrian kings. Israel and Judah suffered at the hands of both imperial powers, Jerusalem being destroyed and part of the population deported to Babylon; and Egypt was weakened by an Assyrian invasion. The Phoenicians found a new outlet in colonising and founded Carthage. A number of small, vigorous kingdoms developed in Asia Minor, while from the north and north east the Scythian nomadic tribes pressed down upon Turkey and the Danube valley, but found their match in the Thracian tribes which held south-eastern Europe and parts of western Turkey. The burials of the chieftains of both peoples were remarkable for the great wealth of offerings.

Contents:

PART I ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA

Babylonia in the shadow of Assyria (747-626 B.C.) / J. A. Brinkman

Assyria: Tiglath-Pileser III to Sargon II (744-705 B.C.) / A. K. Grayson

Assyria: Sennacherib and Esarhaddon (704-669 B.C.) / A. K. Grayson

Assyria 668-635 B.C.: the reign of Ashurbanipal / A. K. Grayson

The fall of Assyria (635-609 B.C.) / Joan Oates

Assyrian civilization / A. K. Grayson

Babylonia 605-539 B.C. / D. J. Wiseman

The culture of Babylonia

Neo-Babylonian society and economy / M. A. Dandamaev

Babylonian mathematics, astrology, and astronomy / Asger Aaboe

First-millennium Babylonian literature / Erica Reiner

PART II THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN AND THE BLACK SEA

Israel and Judah from the coming of Assyrian domination until the fall of Samaria, and the struggle for independence in Judah (c. 750-700 B.C.) / T. C. Mitchell

Judah until the fall of Jerusalem (c. 700-586 B.C.) / T. C. Mitchell

The Babylonian Exile and the restoration of the Jews in Palestine (586-c. 500 B.C.) / T. C. Mitchell

Phoenicia and Phoenician colonization / W. Culican

Scythia and Thrace

The Scythians / T. Sulimirski and T. Taylor

Thrace before the Persian entry into Europe / G. Mihailov

Anatolia

The native kingdoms of Anatolia / M. Mellink

Anatolian languages / O. Masson

Egypt: the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Dynasties / T. G. H. James.

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