6 Society and economy in the neo-Babylonian period

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1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. The Age of Empires
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 The world of the peoples of Mesopotamia 7
6. 2 Political history of the Assyrian empire (934–610 BC) 27
7. 3 Control of the imperial territory 53
8. 4 The centre of Assyrian government 78
9. 5 Babylonia: from kingdom to empire (900–539 BC) 112
10. 6 Society and economy in the neo-Babylonian period 143
11. 7 Religion and culture in Babylonia in the first millennium BC 175
12. 8 Achaemenid Babylonia (539–331 BC) 203
13. 9 From the Seleucids to the Parthians (331 BC to AD 75) 226
14. Conclusion 261
15. Political chronology 264
16. Glossary 268
17. Bibliography 279
18. Sources of the texts quoted 281
19. Index 284