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Myths of Babylonia and Assyria takes a look at the ancient history and mythology of Mesopotamia. The audiobook examines the myths and legends of Babylonia and Assyria, and how these ancient tales reflect the beliefs and development of early civilization. The audiobook begins with the early Sumerian Age and concludes 30 centuries later with the Greek Empire.

Originally published in 1915, this book is a fascinating look at the ancient civilisations of Babylonia and Assyria. Chapters cover deities, demons, ghosts, the myths of Tammuz and Ishtar, the creation and deluge legends, the heroes Etana and Gilgamesh, the laws and customs of Babylon, the rise of the Hittites, Hyksos, Kassites and the Mitannians, ancient astrology and astronomy, the golden age and the last days of Babylon and Assyria. With over 40 illustrations in both colour and chrome, this makes for a very readable book for anyone interested in these ancient people.

Ancient Babylonia has made stronger appeal to the imagination of Christendom than even Ancient Egypt, because of its association with the captivity of the Hebrews, whose sorrows are enshrined in the familiar psalm: By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; Yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows.... In sacred literature proud Babylon became the city of the anti-Christ, the symbol of wickedness and cruelty and human vanity. Early Christians who suffered persecution compared their worldly state to that of the oppressed and disconsolate Hebrews, and, like them, they sighed for Jerusalem—the new Jerusalem.

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The Races and Early Civilization of Babylonia The Land of Rivers and the God of the DeepRival Pantheons and Representative DeitiesDemons, Fairies, and GhostsMyths of Tammuz and IshtarWars of the City States of Sumer and AkkadCreation Legend: Merodach the Dragon SlayerDeified Heroes: Etana and GilgameshDeluge Legend, the Island of the Blessed, and HadesBuildings and Laws and Customs of BabylonThe Golden Age of BabyloniaRise of the Hittites, Mitannians, Kassites, Hyksos, and AssyriansAstrology and AstronomyAshur the National God of AssyriaConflicts for Trade and SupremacyRace Movements that Shattered EmpiresThe Hebrews in Assyrian HistoryThe Age of SemiramisAssyria's Age of SplendourThe Last Days of Assyria and Babylonia