The Might That Was Assyria
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The Might That Was Assyria (1984; ISBN 0-283-98961-0) is written by Assyriologist
H. W. F. Saggs
. It illustrates the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Saggs spent half of his life, studying the ancient Assyrians, before he wrote this book.
Topics discussed in the book (the table of contents) include:
Part I
1. Assyria: Background and Beginnings
a. The Geographical Framework
b. Before History
c. The Dawn of History
d. Growth of Towns and Cities
2. Early Kings of Assyria
a. The Assyrian King List
b. The Third Dynasty of Ur
c. Ashur and Trade
3. Hurrian Interlude: Through Vassaldom to Independence
a. The Kingdom of Shamshi-Adad I
b. Hurrian Immigrants
c. The kingdom of Mittanni
d. Assyrian Independence
e. From Kingdom to Empire
4. Assyrian Expansion
a. Adad-Narari I
b. Shalmaneser I
c. Tukulti-Ninurta I
d. The Silence of Decline
5. The Middle Assyrian Empire
a. Assyrian Renewal
b. Aramaean Immigration
6. The Growth of the New Assyrian Empire
a. Military security and Economic Development
b. Ashur-Nasir-Pal II, The Imperial Strategist
c. Urartu, a Rival Kingdom
d. Weak Kings and Over-Mighty Governors
7. Imperial Prime
a. Administrative Reform
b. Policy towards vassal States
c. Expansion under Tiglath-Pileser III
d. The Accession of Sargon
e. Sennacherib
8. Zenith and Collapse
a. The Royal Succession
b. Ashurbanipal
c. The Downfall of the Empire
Part II
9. Assyrian Society and Customs
10. The Domestic Scene
11. Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Trade
12. Mastery over the Environment: The Assyrians and Natural Resources
13. The Supernatural World
14. Assyrian Medicine
15. Assyrian Art
16. The Assyrian Army
17. Assyrian Writing and Literature
18. The Rediscovery of Assyria
Assyriology
Assyriology is the archaeological, historical, and linguistic study of ancient Mesopotamia and the related cultures that used cuneiform writing. The field covers the Akkadian sister-cultures of Assyria and Babylonia, together with their cultural predecessor; Sumer...
H. W. F. Saggs
H. W. F. Saggs
Henry William Frederick Saggs was an English classicist and orientalist.-Biography:He was born in East Anglia in 1920. He studied theology at King's College London, graduating in 1942 and receiving a major injury in the Second World War. His brother, Arthur Roy Saggs, a sergeant in the RAF, known...
. It illustrates the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Saggs spent half of his life, studying the ancient Assyrians, before he wrote this book.
Topics discussed in the book (the table of contents) include:
Part I
1. Assyria: Background and Beginnings
a. The Geographical Framework
b. Before History
c. The Dawn of History
d. Growth of Towns and Cities
2. Early Kings of Assyria
a. The Assyrian King List
b. The Third Dynasty of Ur
c. Ashur and Trade
3. Hurrian Interlude: Through Vassaldom to Independence
a. The Kingdom of Shamshi-Adad I
b. Hurrian Immigrants
c. The kingdom of Mittanni
d. Assyrian Independence
e. From Kingdom to Empire
4. Assyrian Expansion
a. Adad-Narari I
b. Shalmaneser I
c. Tukulti-Ninurta I
d. The Silence of Decline
5. The Middle Assyrian Empire
a. Assyrian Renewal
b. Aramaean Immigration
6. The Growth of the New Assyrian Empire
a. Military security and Economic Development
b. Ashur-Nasir-Pal II, The Imperial Strategist
c. Urartu, a Rival Kingdom
d. Weak Kings and Over-Mighty Governors
7. Imperial Prime
a. Administrative Reform
b. Policy towards vassal States
c. Expansion under Tiglath-Pileser III
d. The Accession of Sargon
e. Sennacherib
8. Zenith and Collapse
a. The Royal Succession
b. Ashurbanipal
c. The Downfall of the Empire
Part II
9. Assyrian Society and Customs
10. The Domestic Scene
11. Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Trade
12. Mastery over the Environment: The Assyrians and Natural Resources
13. The Supernatural World
14. Assyrian Medicine
15. Assyrian Art
16. The Assyrian Army
17. Assyrian Writing and Literature
18. The Rediscovery of Assyria
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