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        2 Political history of the Assyrian empire (934–610 BC)
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        Francis Joannès
        
                                    
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                                            Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
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                            The Age of Empires
- Introduction 1
- 1 The world of the peoples of Mesopotamia 7
- 2 Political history of the Assyrian empire (934–610 BC) 27
- 3 Control of the imperial territory 53
- 4 The centre of Assyrian government 78
- 5 Babylonia: from kingdom to empire (900–539 BC) 112
- 6 Society and economy in the neo-Babylonian period 143
- 7 Religion and culture in Babylonia in the first millennium BC 175
- 8 Achaemenid Babylonia (539–331 BC) 203
- 9 From the Seleucids to the Parthians (331 BC to AD 75) 226
- Conclusion 261
- Political chronology 264
- Glossary 268
- Bibliography 279
- Sources of the texts quoted 281
- Index 284
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS v
- 
                            The Age of Empires
- Introduction 1
- 1 The world of the peoples of Mesopotamia 7
- 2 Political history of the Assyrian empire (934–610 BC) 27
- 3 Control of the imperial territory 53
- 4 The centre of Assyrian government 78
- 5 Babylonia: from kingdom to empire (900–539 BC) 112
- 6 Society and economy in the neo-Babylonian period 143
- 7 Religion and culture in Babylonia in the first millennium BC 175
- 8 Achaemenid Babylonia (539–331 BC) 203
- 9 From the Seleucids to the Parthians (331 BC to AD 75) 226
- Conclusion 261
- Political chronology 264
- Glossary 268
- Bibliography 279
- Sources of the texts quoted 281
- Index 284