CONTENTS.
Charles Chipiez
CHAPTER I.
THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CHALDÆO-ASSYRIAN CIVILIZATION.
PAGE
§ 1.
Situation and Boundaries of ChaldÆa and Assyria
1-8
§ 2.
Nature in the Basin of the Euphrates and Tigris
8-13
§ 3.
The Primitive Elements of the Population
13-21
§ 4.
The Wedges
21-33
§ 5.
The History of ChaldÆa and Assyria
33-55
§ 6.
The ChaldÆan Religion
55-89
§ 7.
The People and Government
89-113
CHAPTER II.
THE PRINCIPLES AND GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CHALDÆO-ASSYRIAN ARCHITECTURE.
§ 1.
Materials
114-126
§ 2.
The General Principles of Form
126-146
§ 3.
Construction
146-200
§ 4.
The Column
200-221
§ 5.
The Arch
221-236
§ 6.
Secondary Forms
236-260
§ 7.
Decoration
260-311
§ 8.
On the Orientation of Buildings and Foundation Ceremonies
311-322
§ 9.
Mechanical Resources
322-326
§ 10.
On the Graphic Processes Employed in the Representations of Buildings
327-334
CHAPTER III.
FUNERARY ARCHITECTURE.
§ 1.
ChaldÆan and Assyrian Notions as to a Future Life
335-355
§ 2.
The ChaldÆan Tomb
355-363
CHAPTER IV.
RELIGIOUS ARCHITECTURE.
§ 1.
Attempts to Restore the Principal Types
364-382
§ 2.
Ruins of Staged Towers
382-391
§ 3.
Subordinate Types of the Temple
391-398
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