The Passing of the Empires: 850 B.C. to 330 B.C.

The Passing of the Empires: 850 B.C. to 330 B.C.

History, Ancient

G. Maspero

New York : Appleton

1900

edited by A.H. Sayce ; translated by M.L. McClure

xii, 824 pages : illustrations, maps, 3 color plates ; 28 cm.

The Assyrian revival and the struggle for Syria -- Tiglath-Pileser III and the organisation of the Assyrian empire from 745 to 722 B.C. -- Sargon of Assyria and Sennacherib (722-681 B.C.) -- The power of Assyria at its zenith : Esarhaddon and the Assur-Bani-Pal -- The medes and the second Chaldaean empire -- The Iranian conquest -- The last days of the old eastern world.

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