Chaldea from the earliest times to the rise of Assyria : (treated as a general introduction to the study of ancient history) / by Zénaïde A. Ragozin
1887. London : T. Fisher Unwin. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth, now in a protective plastic wrapper. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #442354
Physical description: xx, 381 pages frontispiece, illustrations, map (1 folded) 21 cm. Contents: Introduction: 1. Mesopotamia- the mounds -- the first searchers -- 2. Layard and his work -- 3. The ruins -- 4. The Book of the past -- the library of Nineveh -- Chaldea: 1. Nomads and settlers -- the four stages of culture -- 2. The great races -- chaper X of Genesis -- 3. Turanian Chaldea -- Shumir and Accad. -- the beginnings of religion -- 4. Cushites and Semites -- early Chaldean history -- 5. Babylonian religion -- 6. Legends and stories -- 7. Myths -- heroes and the mythical epos -- 8. Religion and mythology -- Idolatory and anthropormorphism -- the Chaldean legends and the Book of Genesis -- retrospect. Subjects: Civilization, Ancient. Babylonia History. Iraq History.
Price: €30.00