Clay Cylinder of Tiglath-pileser I.
Present Day Primers
Primer of Assyriology
BY
A. H. SAYCE, LL.D.
PROFESSOR OF ASSYRIOLOGY, OXFORD
AUTHOR OF 'FRESH LIGHT FROM THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS'
'ASSYRIA, ITS PRINCES, PRIESTS, AND PEOPLE,' ETC.
WITH SEVEN ILLUSTRATIONS
THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY
56 PATERNOSTER ROW AND 65 ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD
First Edition, September, 1894.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | |
| CHAPTER I | |
| THE COUNTRY AND ITS PEOPLE | |
| Geography—Population and Language—The Chaldaeans—The Kassi—Natural Products—Canals—Architecture—Asphalt and Naphtha—Character of the Babylonians and Assyrians | 7 |
| CHAPTER II | |
| THE DISCOVERY AND DECIPHERMENT OF THE INSCRIPTIONS | |
| The Site of Babylon—The Site of Nineveh—Excavations—TheDecipherment of the Inscriptions—The Decipherment tested—Sumerian—Vannic—Other Languages—The origin of theCuneiform Syllabary—Simplification of the Syllabary | 18 |
| CHAPTER III | |
| BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN HISTORY | |
| Different States in Babylonia—The first Empire—The monumentsof Tello—Chronology—The United Monarchy—The rise of Assyria—Babylon a sacred city—Tiglath-pileser I—The First AssyrianEmpire—The Second Assyrian Empire—The Babylonian Empire—Cyrusand the Fall of Babylon—Belshazzar—Decay of Babylon | 42 |
| CHAPTER IV | |
| RELIGION | |
| The religions of Babylonia and Assyria—Differences betweenBabylonian and Assyrian religion—Sumerian religion Shamanistic—Two centres of Babylonian religion—Semitic influence—The goddessIstar—Bel-Merodach—Other deities—Sacred books and ritual—ThePriests—The Temples—Astro-theology—Sacrifices and offerings—TheSabbath—Monotheistic tendency—The future life—Cosmology | 80 |
| CHAPTER V | |
| BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN LITERATURE | |
| Aids to the reading of the texts—The libraries—Varieties ofliterature—The texts autotypes—Astronomy—Mathematics—Medicineand law—History and mythology—The Chaldaean epic and theDeluge—Epic of the Creation | 95 |
| CHAPTER VI | |
| SOCIAL LIFE | |
| The Contract-tablets—Married Life—Burial—Slavery—Lowness ofWages—Property—Taxes—Prices—Usury—The Army—Navy—TheBureaucracy | 109 |
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