The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon - The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, - Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian - or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations.

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon, by George Rawlinson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Author: George Rawlinson Illustrator: George Rawlinson Release Date: July 1, 2005 [EBook #16164] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SEVEN GREAT MONARCHIES *** Produced by David Widger THE SEVEN GREAT MONARCHIES OF THE ANCIENT EASTERN WORLD; OR, THE HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND ANTIQUITIES OF CHALDAEA, ASSYRIA BABYLON, MEDIA, PERSIA, PARTHIA, AND SASSANIAN, OR NEW PERSIAN EMPIRE. BY GEORGE RAWLINSON, M.A., CAMDEN PROFESSOR OF ANCIENT HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD IN THREE VOLUMES. VOLUME II. WITH MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS CHAPTER I. EXTENT OF THE EMPIRE. CHAPTER II. CLIMATE AND PRODUCTIONS. CHAPTEE III. THE PEOPLE. CHAPTEE IV. THE CAPITAL. CHAPTER V. ARTS AND SCIENCES. CHAPTER VI. MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. CHAPTER VII. RELIGION. CHAPTER VIII. HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGY.