Assyria From the Earliest Times to the Fall of Nineveh (Classic Reprint)
Assyria From the Earliest Times to the Fall of Nineveh (Classic Reprint)

Author: George Smith

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-10

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9780331613858

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Excerpt from Assyria From the Earliest Times to the Fall of Nineveh Th! Following history of Assyria is designed to give some of the results attained from the translations of the Cuneiform in scriptions, which contain the records of the Assyrian empire. Prominence has been given to the incidents of the period when Assyria came in contact with Palestine, and the bearing of some of these is pointed out; but it is rather intended that the reader should compare for himself the history here given from the Assy rian with the parallel account of the Books of Kings. Beside the direct account of persons and events given in the Bible, there is a mass of evidence and illustration on manners and customs, lan guage and literature, tending to throw light on the earlier books of the Bible, which renders the study of Assyrian so important and desirable. An examination of the dates in this history will show that many of them do not agree with the authorized system of chronology in the margins of the Bible. Here I must note that, although there is a striking agreement in the order and substance of the events mentioned in both histories, there sometimes appears to be cousi derable difference as to the dates. As this is an Assyrian history, I have taken the dates as they appear to stand in the Assyrian re cords; but it must be remembered that many of the Assyrian chro nological documents are mutilated and incomplete, and that the Assyrians are not always correct in the statements of their histories. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Assyria from the Earliest Times to the Fall of Nineveh
Assyria from the Earliest Times to the Fall of Nineveh

Author: George Smith

Publisher: Sagwan Press

Published: 2018-01-31

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9781376373752

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Nineveh, the Great City
Nineveh, the Great City

Author: Lucas Pieter Petit

Publisher:

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789088904974

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This lavishly illustrated volume contains more than 65 chapters by international specialists, providing a detailed and thorough study of the Ancient city of Nineveh, the once-flourishing capital of the Assyrian Empire in present-day Iraq.

The Ancient Assyrians
The Ancient Assyrians

Author: Mark Healy

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2023-07-20

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1472848071

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Drawing on 30 years of scholarship, this is a unique, richly illustrated history of the Ancient Assyrian Army and Empire. For the greater part of the period from the end of the 10th century to the 7th century BC, the Ancient Near East was dominated by the dynamic military power of Assyria. This book examines the empire that is now acknowledged as the first 'world' empire, and thus progenitor of all others. Fully illustrated in colour throughout, with photographs of artefacts, drawings and maps, it focuses on the Assyrian Army, the instrument that secured such immense conquests, now regarded by historians as being the most effective of pre-classical times. It was not only responsible for the creation of history's first independent cavalry arm, but also for the development of siege weapons later used by both Greece and Rome. There is a great deal of visual evidence showing how this army evolved over three centuries. During the rediscovery and excavation of the Assyrian civilisation in the mid-19th century, many wall reliefs and artefacts were recovered, and the enormous amount of research carried out by Assyriologists since that time has revealed the immense impact of the Assyrian Empire on history. Such has been the scale of archaeological discovery in more recent years that it is now possible to give the actual names of chariot/cavalry unit commanders. Drawing on this rich scholarship, and utilising the fantastic collections of museums around the world, Mark Healy presents a unique new history of this fascinating army and empire.