K- A -AHI BLACK STONE CONTRACT TABLET O F MARU DU N DIN , 6 page 9 . ANCIENT HISTORY FROM THE MONUMENTS. THE F BABYL I HISTORY O ONA, BY TH E LATE I GEO RGE S M TH, ES Q. , F T E EPA TM EN EN N I U IT ES B T S M E M O H T O F O I T T I I I H US U . D R R AL A Q , R ED ITED BY R EV. A . H . SAY CE, SSIST O E OR F C MP T VE P Y O O D NT P R F S S O O I HI O OG XF R . A A ARA L L , PU BLISHED U NDER THE DIRECTION O F THE COMM ITTEE O F GENERAL LITERATURE AND ED UCATION APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY FO R PROMOTING CH ISTI N K NOW E G R A L D E. LO NDON S O IETY F R P ROMOTING C H RI TI N NO C O S A K WLEDGE . SOLD A T THE DEPOSITORIES ’ G E T U EEN ST EET LINCO LN s-INN ExE 77, R A Q R , LDs ; OY EXCH N G E 8 PICC I Y 4, R AL A ; 4 , AD LL ; A ND B OO KSE E S ALL LL R . k t New Y or : P o t, Y oung, Co. LONDON WY M N A ND S ONS rm NTERs G E T UEEN ST EET A , , R A Q R , ' LrNCOLN s - xNN FIE DS w L . c. F P RE ACE . “ M R . GEO RGE S MI TH left his History of Babylonia a a a a an had in so ne rly complete st te, th t editor little a more to do th n to see it through the press, correct and a a a . one or two errors, m ke few dditions a has In the perform nce of this work, which been ai and a a a one of mingled p n ple sure, I h ve ch nged ’ the author s words and spelling only where there was an i Obvious oversight, throwing other correct ons into as as footnotes . My own responsibility for these , well ' a i a for other footnotes cont in ng dditions to the text, is a indica ted by a capital S . I have also to t ke upon myself the responsibility of the Appendix upon the a a a s as a me ning of the proper n mes, well of the t ble of B abylonia n kings and the l arger pa rt of the first a a introductory ch pter, of which only the first p ge or a a two were written by Mr. Smith. Br ckets m rk the in Th I n x i serted portion . e de is due to the k ndness r . of Mr. Greenwood Hi d Two expressions which will be met with in the a a a h book need short expl n tion . T e abbreviation A. th W . I denotes e series of volumes containing the ” f a cruci orm Inscriptions of Western Asi , published 209 29 7 3 6 P R EFACE. B t and f by the Trustees of the ri ish Museum, orming a collectionof texts for the use of As syrian students . “ ‘ ” The eponyms mentioned in the course of the work refer to the Assyrian mode of reckoning time . Each year was called after a particular officer or ” a a E on eponym , who g ve his n me to it, like the p y a a as a mous Archons t Athens. A new ye r w m rked “ ” “ a and by new eponym , hence the eponymy — of-such-and such a person beca me equivalent to “ ” - n - Th s the year so a d so . o e who wish to investi gate the subj ect further cannot do better than con ’ “ ” . a a sult Mr George Smith s Assyri n C non, one of the last productions of a scholar whose loss to a a an - Assyri n rese rch c not be over estimated . A E. A. H . S YC NTS T ABLE OF CONT E . L s of Bab i a W r a m a da a e i t ylon n Kings, ith thei pproxi te tes p g 9 TER I — I TROD U CT O a e 1 C HAP . N I N p g 3 P I I — TH E M TER YT CAL PER OD . C HA . HI I — O rigin and chronology of B abylonia n history Th e ten a nte — — diluvi a n kings of B erosus Th e Flood Th e Ga rden of Eden — The Izdhuba r or Nim rod legends p age 33 A TER I I I — LDE O R OU T B BYLO S . CH P . C HA A, H A NIA — — Nipur a nd U r U rukh a nd his buildings Th e religion and — — — civiliza tion of U r Dungi The kings of Ka rra k Th e rise of Page 63 TER V — P ER BYLO B A. C HAP I . U P A NI — - - — —Naram Cities of U pper B abyloni a Agu kak rimi S argon I . — — — S in Ham murabi Babylon m ade th e ca pita l The successors H am m ab and a d a — I of ur i , the K ssite yn sty ntercourse with — As syria The A ssyrian conquest of Babylonia page 75 — V THE E M B . C HAPTER . LA ITES IN ABYLONIA — Elam or S usia na Inva sions of Babylonia by Kudur -nanhundi — — — and Chedorla om er Kudur -M abuk Flood a t Babylon Wa rs B b a d — N b d and Ma between a ylon n Assyria e ucha nezza r I . t uduk -nadin -a hi S even unknown kings page 90 TER V —TH E P ER OD O F E ASSYR RS C HAP L I TH IAN WA . — - — O bscure kings Nabu-p al idina and Ass ur-nazir-paJ Disputed — — — succession Conquests of S halm m ese r Th e Chaldees Ma — — — t uduk -za kir -izkur S emira mi s The e ra of Nabonassar The Babylonian campaigns of Tiglath -pileser page 1 00 A E F E 8 T BL O CONT NTS . — - CHAPTER VIL MERODAC H BALADAN AND THE UC o r B DESTR TION ABYLON . — da -ba ada a d a Ba b a d Mero ch l n, the Ch l e n , conquers ylon Defe te — — by S a rgon S argon king of Babylon for five yea rs H agisa — — Meroda ch-baladan retakes Babylon Battle of Kisu Belibni ’ — - — governor of Babylon Assur na din-sum S enna cherib s na va l — — expedition to Nagitu Revolt of S uzub Elam devastated by — — the Assyria ns Battle of Kh alule Destruction of Babylon b a b a e I I y S enn cheri . p g 5 P —TH E R U O F A TER VI II . LE E SSYR S C HA TH IAN . - — - The successors of Assur na din -sum Nabu -zir napisti-esir — Ba bylon rebuil t by Esar-h addon S ucceeded by his son S a ul — — — m ugina Wa rs with El am Revolt of B abylonia Crushed — - by A ssur-b ani -pal S a ul Mugina perishes in the flam es of his — — pala ce Nabopolassa r a ppointed governor H e m arries the — daughter of Cyax ares of Media The fall of Nineveh p age I 37 — C TER I X. THE EM RE O F N EB U C D EZZ R HAP PI HA N A . R — — ise of the B abylonia n Em pire Egypt and Medi a Ne buchad nezzar and b — , his conquests uildings Destruction of Jerusalem — — I a E S T r —Th e d m L d — nv sion of gypt iege of y e king o of y ia B - — abylon a dorned Cha racter of Nebucha dnezza r Evil — — Merodach His m urder Ne rgalsha rezer p age 1 5 2 C X —T HAPTER . HE D ECLINE AND FALL O F THE B BYLO EM RE A NIAN PI . — — Laborosoa rchod Nab d Bab fortified—Ast a es and — oni us ylon y g b Bab — Bab a b the Cyru—s Cyrus esieges ylon ylon t ken y Per Sia ns The D a rius of Daniel - Return of the Jews from exil e — mb — — Ca yses and S m e rdis D a rius Hystaspe s Revolt and a Bab — c pture of ylon S econd revolt of Babylon under Arahu - B b — a ylon ta ken Decline of Babylon page 1 70 LIST OF BABYLONIAN KIN GSJ WITH THEIR APPROXIMAT E DAT ES . a nd A b (Fr om B erosus y denus . ) — THE MY T HICAL P ERIO D B EFO R E THE DELUGE. ” Al f l d of P l for 1 0 a or a orus o Bab . y on, the Shepher the eop e, s ri, ye rs f P a ntibibla for a r Ala a rus o r Ala s aru s o o a . p , p ), 3 s ri, ye rs Am e lon o r Amilla ru s of P a ntibibla for 1 a o r 6 80 t a .