Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Preface to the Revised Edition xiii
6. Prefatory Note 1
7. Introduction: Assyriology- Why and How? 7
8. I. The Making of Mesopotamia 31
9. II. Go to, let us build us a city and a tower! 74
10. III. Regnum a gente in gentem transfertur 143
11. IV. Nah ist-und schwer zu fassen der Gott 171
12. V. Laterculis coctilibus 228
13. VI. There are many strange wonders, but nothing more wonderful than man 288
14. Epilogue 332
15. Appendix: Mesopotamian Chronology of the Historical Period 335
16. Notes 349
17. Bibliographical Notes 388
18. Glossary of Names and Terms 398
19. Index 419