A History of Babylon, from the Foundation of the Monarchy to the Persian Conquest
A History of Babylon, from the Foundation of the Monarchy to the Persian Conquest was published in 1915 by Leonard W. King, keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities at the British Museum, as the second part of his history of Babylonia. King discusses Babylon's place in ancient history and the German excavations of the city, then the chronology of its dynasties, the West Semitic first dynasty and the age of Hammurabi and his laws, the Kassite kings and their relations with Egypt and the Hittites, the long Assyrian domination and the Neo-Babylonian empire of Nebuchadnezzar until Cyrus took the city. A final chapter weighs Babylon's influence on Greece and Palestine. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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