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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

1. Introduction.

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3. The Greek Sources of the Assyro-Babylonian History ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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4. The Greek Writings in the Light of Assyriology ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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5. Topography.

6. The Fruitfulness of Babylonia ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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7. Geography of Babylonia ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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8. The Size of Babylon ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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9. The Basin of Sippara ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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10. The Citadel and "Temple of Zeus Belos" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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11. History of the Empires of Western Asia.

12. Semiramis and Nitocris ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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13. The Duration of the Assyrian Power in Western Asia ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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14. The Founding and Duration of the Median Empire ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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15. Sennacherib's Expedition Against Egypt ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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16. The Fall of Nineveh ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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17. The Genealogy and the National Descent of Cyrus. ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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18. The Decline of the Median Power ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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19. The Fall of Babylon ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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20. Darius ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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