History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria in the Light of Recent Discovery (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Archaeology, Egypt, and Mesopotamian EmpiresBy H. R. Hall, L. W. King
Length9h 18m
About this audiobook
History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria in the Light of Recent Discovery surveys the ancient Near East through the transformative lens of archaeology, epigraphy, and comparative history. Ranging from monumental Egypt to the cuneiform cultures of Mesopotamia and the interconnected worlds of Syria and Assyria, the volume combines narrative history with material evidence, inscriptions, dynastic reconstruction, and cultural interpretation. Its significance lies in showing how newly recovered tablets, tombs, temples, and royal records reshaped older classical and biblical understandings of antiquity. H. R. Hall and L. W. King were leading scholar-curators associated with the British Museum's expanding engagement with Egyptian and Mesopotamian antiquities. Their work belongs to a formative moment in modern Oriental studies, when excavation and decipherment were rapidly revising the chronology and political history of the ancient world. Together, their expertise brings Egyptology and Assyriology into dialogue, illuminating the shared diplomatic, religious, and imperial currents that linked these civilizations. This volume is recommended for readers seeking a historically grounded introduction to the ancient Near East as understood through early archaeological discovery. It offers a valuable window onto both the civilizations it describes and the scholarly methods that first brought them into modern historical consciousness.
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GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length9 hrs 18 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateNov 21, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria in the Light of Recent Discovery
3PREFACE
4EGYPT AND MESOPOTAMIA
5In the Light of Recent Excavation and Research
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6CHAPTER I—THE DISCOVERY OF PREHISTORIC EGYPT
7CHAPTER II—ABYDOS AND THE FIRST THREE DYNASTIES
8CHAPTER III—MEMPHIS AND THE PYRAMIDS
9CHAPTER IV—RECENT EXCAVATIONS IN WESTERN ASIA AND THE DAWN OF CHALDÆAN HISTORY
10CHAPTER V—ELAM AND BABYLON, THE COUNTRY OF THE SEA AND THE KASSITES
11CHAPTER VI—EARLY BABYLONIAN LIFE AND CUSTOMS
12CHAPTER VII—TEMPLES AND TOMBS OF THEBES
13CHAPTER VIII—THE ASSYRIAN AND NEO-BABYLONIAN EMPIRES IN THE LIGHT OF
14CHAPTER IX—THE LAST DAYS OF ANCIENT EGYPT
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