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The Seven Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World / George Rawlinson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, [2004]Copyright date: ©2004Description: 1 online resource (0 p.) : 758Content type:
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  • 9781593331696
  • 9781463209506
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  • 930
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- PREFACE TO FIVE GREAT MONARCHIES -- PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION -- PREFACE TO THE SIXTH MONARCHY -- PREFACE TO SEVENTH MONARCHY -- CONTENTS OF VOL. I. -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS-VOL. I. -- LIST OF AUTHORS AND EDITIONS -- THE FIRST MONARCHY. CHALDÆA -- CHAPTER I. GENERAL VIEW OF THE COUNTRY -- CHAPTER II. CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS. -- CHAPTER III. THE PEOPLE. -- CHAPTER IV. LANGUAGE AND WRITING -- CHAPTER V. ARTS AND SCIENCES. -- CHAPTER VI. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS -- CHAPTER VII. RELIGION. -- CHAPTER VIII . HISTORY AliD CHRONOLOGY. -- THE SECOND MONARCHY. ASSYRIA. -- CHAPTER I. DESCRIPTION OP THE COUNTRY. -- CHAPTER II. CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS. -- CHAPTER III. THE PEOPLE. -- CHAPTER IV. THE CAPITAL. -- CHAPTER V. LANGUAGE AND WRITING. -- CHAPTER VI. ARCHITECTURE AND OTHER ARTS. -- CHAPTER VII. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS -- CHAPTER VIII. RELIGION. -- CHAPTER IX. CHRONOLOGY AND HISTORY. -- APPENDIX A. OF THE MEANINGS OF THE ASSYRIAN ROYAL NAMES. -- APPENDIX B. NAMES OF ASSYRIAN KINGS -- NOTES TO THE FIRST MONARCHY. -- NOTES TO THE SECOND MONARCHY.
Summary: In 1862, George Rawlinson published his The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World. Later, he published his The Sixth Great Oriental Monarcy (1873) on Parthi, and The Seventh Great Oriental Monarchy (1876) on Sassania. This new reissue brings together all three volumes and includes 758 woodcut engravings.
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Frontmatter -- PREFACE TO FIVE GREAT MONARCHIES -- PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION -- PREFACE TO THE SIXTH MONARCHY -- PREFACE TO SEVENTH MONARCHY -- CONTENTS OF VOL. I. -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS-VOL. I. -- LIST OF AUTHORS AND EDITIONS -- THE FIRST MONARCHY. CHALDÆA -- CHAPTER I. GENERAL VIEW OF THE COUNTRY -- CHAPTER II. CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS. -- CHAPTER III. THE PEOPLE. -- CHAPTER IV. LANGUAGE AND WRITING -- CHAPTER V. ARTS AND SCIENCES. -- CHAPTER VI. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS -- CHAPTER VII. RELIGION. -- CHAPTER VIII . HISTORY AliD CHRONOLOGY. -- THE SECOND MONARCHY. ASSYRIA. -- CHAPTER I. DESCRIPTION OP THE COUNTRY. -- CHAPTER II. CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS. -- CHAPTER III. THE PEOPLE. -- CHAPTER IV. THE CAPITAL. -- CHAPTER V. LANGUAGE AND WRITING. -- CHAPTER VI. ARCHITECTURE AND OTHER ARTS. -- CHAPTER VII. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS -- CHAPTER VIII. RELIGION. -- CHAPTER IX. CHRONOLOGY AND HISTORY. -- APPENDIX A. OF THE MEANINGS OF THE ASSYRIAN ROYAL NAMES. -- APPENDIX B. NAMES OF ASSYRIAN KINGS -- NOTES TO THE FIRST MONARCHY. -- NOTES TO THE SECOND MONARCHY.

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In 1862, George Rawlinson published his The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World. Later, he published his The Sixth Great Oriental Monarcy (1873) on Parthi, and The Seventh Great Oriental Monarchy (1876) on Sassania. This new reissue brings together all three volumes and includes 758 woodcut engravings.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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