Contents

pp v-x

List of maps

pp xi-xi

List of text-figures

pp xii-xiv

Preface

pp xv-xx

PART I - ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA

21 - Babylonia in the shadow of Assyria (747–626 B.C.)

pp 1-70

22 - Assyria: Tiglath-Pileser III to Sargon II (744–705 B.C.)

pp 71-102

23 - Assyria: Sennacherib and Esarhaddon (704–669 B.C.)

pp 103-141

24 - Assyria 668-635 B.C.: the reign of Ashurbanipal

pp 142-161

25 - The fall of Assyria (635–609 B.C.)

pp 162-193

26 - Assyrian civilization

pp 194-228

27 - Babylonia 605–539 B.C.

pp 229-251

28 - The culture of Babylonia

28a - Neo-Babylonian society and economy

pp 252-275

28b - Babylonian mathematics, astrology, and astronomy

pp 276-292

28c - First-millennium Babylonian literature

pp 293-321

PART II - THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN AND THE BLACK SEA

29 - Israel and Judah from the coming of Assyrian domination until the fall of Samaria, and the struggle for independence in Judah (c. 750–700 B.C.)

pp 322-370

30 - Judah until the fall of Jerusalem (c. 700–586 B.C.)

pp 371-409

31 - The Babylonian Exile and the restoration of the Jews in Palestine (586–c. 500 B.C.)

pp 410-460

32 - Phoenicia and Phoenician colonization

pp 461-546

33 - Scythia and Thrace

33a - The Scythians

pp 547-590

33b - Thrace before the Persian entry into Europe

pp 591-618

34 - Anatolia

34a - The native kingdoms of Anatolia

pp 619-665

34b - Anatolian languages

pp 666-676

35 - Egypt: the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Dynasties

pp 677-747

Chronological Table

pp 748-749