CONTENTS
| 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 andRulers and a Brief ChronologicalSummary | [408] | |
| Index | [411] | |