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