Chaldea: From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria

by Zénaïde A. Ragozin

Asshurbanipal, King of Assyria, his Library, [100]-[112];

conquers Elam, destroys Shushan, and restores the statue of the goddess Nana to Erech, [194]-[195].

Asshur-nazir-pal, King of Assyria, size of hall in his palace at Calah (Nimrud), [63].

Assyria, the same as Upper Mesopotamia, [7];

rise of, [228].

Astrology, meaning of the word, [106];

a corruption of astronomy, [234];

the special study of priests, ib.

Astronomy, the ancient Chaldeans' proficiency in, [230];

fascination of, [231];