| CHAPTER | PAGE | | I. | Introduction— | | (a) Land and People | 1 | | (b) Sketch of Babylonian and Assyrian History | 28 | | II. | Excavations | 40 | | III. | Decipherment of the Cuneiform Inscriptions | 85 | | IV. | Cuneiform Inscriptions | 95 | | V. | Architecture | 119 | | VI. | Sculpture | 181 | | VII. | Metallurgy | 242 | | VIII. | Painting | 270 | | IX. | Cylinder-Seals | 284 | | X. | Shell-Engraving and Ivory-work | 309 | | XI. | Terra-cotta Figures and Reliefs | 317 | | XII. | Stoneware and Pottery | 325 | | XIII. | Dress, Military Accoutrements, etc. | 337 | | XIV. | Life, Manners, Customs, Law, Religion | 364 | | Short Bibliography | 406 | | List of the more important Kings and Rulers and a Brief Chronological Summary | 408 | | Index | 411 |
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