character, rulers, artistic skill, 128;

invasion by, 331;

revolt of, 345, 374;

downfall of, 391 ff., 395;

Christians of, 485

Assyro-Babylonian language, the, widely known, 140, 275

Astamaku, city, 334

Aštarte (Istar) and the Asherah, 314

Astyages captured by Cyrus, 411

Ašur-nadin-âḫi of Assyria, 283