Voices of the Past from Assyria and Babylonia

Abraham Ahab Akkad Akkadian ancient antiquity Ashdod Asshur Asshurbanipal Asshurbanipal's Assyrian king Babylon Babylonian bas-reliefs Bêl Bêrôssos Bible Biblical Book of Genesis bricks British Museum called centuries before Christ Chaldæa Chaldees chapter Chedorlaomer civilisation clay conquest cuneiform Deluge divinity Dungi dynasty earth Egypt Elam Elamite Eri-Aku Esarhaddon Euphrates face fact father goddess gods Gudea heaven Hebrew Hezekiah hieroglyphic hundred inscriptions Ishtar Israel Judah Khammurabi Khâsisâdra King of Assyria Koyunjik Kudur-mabuk Lachish land language later Layard Library Lord Manasseh mighty monarch Moon-god mound Nabû-nahid narrative Nineveh origin palace Palestine perhaps phonetic possess probably race records reigned religious resemblance Rivers royal ruins Sargon seems Semitic Sennacherib Shalmaneser Shalmaneser II Shinar Shumer Shumerian Shumero-Akkads spirits stone story Sun-god tablet temple Terah thou thousand throne Tiglath-pileser Tiglath-pileser III Tigris tion tribute Ur-Gur words writing