| Preface |
| Introduction |
| I | The Races and Early Civilization ofBabylonia |
| II | The Land of Rivers and the God of theDeep |
| III | Rival Pantheons and RepresentativeDeities |
| IV | Demons, Fairies, and Ghosts |
| V | Myths of Tammuz and Ishtar |
| VI | Wars of the City States of Sumer andAkkad |
| VII | Creation Legend: Merodach the DragonSlayer |
| VIII | Deified Heroes: Etana andGilgamesh |
| IX | Deluge Legend, the Island of theBlessed, and Hades |
| X | Buildings and Laws and Customs ofBabylon |
| XI | The Golden Age of Babylonia |
| XII | Rise of the Hittites, Mitannians,Kassites, Hyksos, and Assyrians |
| XIII | Astrology and Astronomy |
| XIV | Ashur the National God ofAssyria |
| XV | Conflicts for Trade andSupremacy |
| XVI | Race Movements that ShatteredEmpires |
| XVII | The Hebrews in Assyrian History |
| XVIII | The Age of Semiramis |
| XIX | Assyria's Age of Splendour |
| XX | The Last Days of Assyria andBabylonia |
| Index |