The Great Empires of the Ancient East (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Egypt, Phoenicia, The Kings of Israel and Judah, Babylon, Parthia, Chaldea, Assyria, Media, Persia, Sasanian Empire & The History of HerodotusBy George Rawlinson
Length144h 35m
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The Great Empires of the Ancient East offers a lucid survey of the political, military, and cultural development of the earliest imperial powers of Western Asia, from Mesopotamian kingdoms to Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia. Written in the measured, synthetic style of Victorian historical prose, the book brings together classical testimony, biblical reference, and the then-emerging evidence of cuneiform archaeology. Its literary context is the nineteenth-century effort to reconcile ancient texts with new discoveries, transforming the "Orient" from legend into recoverable history. George Rawlinson, Camden Professor of Ancient History at Oxford and brother of the Assyriologist Sir Henry Rawlinson, was unusually placed to interpret these civilizations for an educated public. His scholarship was shaped by classical training, Anglican intellectual culture, and the excitement generated by archaeological breakthroughs at Nineveh, Babylon, and Persepolis. These influences encouraged him to present ancient Eastern empires as historically dynamic, morally complex, and foundational to later civilization. This book is recommended to readers seeking a learned, accessible introduction to ancient Near Eastern imperial history and to students of historiography interested in how Victorian scholars first organized the evidence of the ancient East.
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GenreHistory
Length144 hrs 35 mins
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Publish dateMay 28, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The History of the Byzantine Empire (Annotated)
2The Great Empires of the Ancient East
3Egypt
4I. The Land of Egypt.
5II. The People of Egypt.
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6III. The Dawn of History.
7IV. The Pyramid Builders.
8V. The Rise of Thebes to Power, and the Early Theban Kings.
9VI. The Good Amenemhat and His Works.
10VII. Abraham in Egypt.
11VIII. The Great Invasion—The Hyksôs or Shepherd Kings—Joseph and Apepi.
12IX. How the Hyksôs were Expelled from Egypt.
13X. Thothmes I., The First Great Egyptian Conqueror.
14XI. Queen Hatasu and Her Merchant Fleet.
15XII. Thothmes the Third and Amenhotep the Second.
16XIII. Amenhotep III. And His Great Works—The Vocal Memnon.
17XIV. Khuenaten and the Disk-Worshippers.
18XV. Beginning of the Decline of Egypt.
19XVI. Menephthah I., The Pharaoh of the Exodus.
20XVII. The Decline of Egypt Under the Later Ramessides.
21XVIII. The Priest-Kings—Pinetem and Solomon.
22XIX. Shishak and His Dynasty.
23XX. The Land Shadowing With Wings—Egypt Under the Ethiopians
24XXI. The Fight Over the Carcase—Ethiopia v. Assyria.
25XXII. The Corpse Comes to Life Again—Psamatik I. and His Son Neco.
26XXIII. The Later Saïte Kings.—Psamatik II., Apries, and Amasis.
27XXIV. The Persian Conquest.
28XXV. Three Desperate Revolts.
29XXVI. A Last Gleam of Sunshine—Nectanebo I.
30XXVII. The Light Goes Out in Darkness.
31Phoenicia
32Preface
33Chapter I—The Land
34Chapter II—Climate and Productions
35Chapter III—The People—Origin and Characteristics
36Chapter IV—The Cities
37Chapter V—The Colonies
38Chapter VI—Architecture
39Chapter VII—Æsthetic Art
40Chapter VIII—Industrial Art and Manufactures
41Chapter IX—Ships, Navigation, and Commerce
42Chapter X—Mining
43Chapter XI—Religion
44Chapter XII—Dress, Ornaments, and Social Habits
45Chapter XIII—Phoenician Writing, Language, and Literature
46Chapter XIV—Political History
471. Phoenicia, before the establishment of the hegemony of Tyre.
482. Phoenicia under the hegemony of Tyre (B.C. 1252-877)
493. Phoenicia during the period of its subjection to Assyria (B.C. 877-635)
504. Phoenicia during its struggles with Babylon and Egypt (about B.C.
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