A History, by Leonard W. King, M.A., F.S.A
by L. W. King
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About this eBook
- Author
- King, L. W. (Leonard William), 1869-1919
- Title
- A History of Sumer and Akkad An account of the early races of Babylonia from prehistoric times to the foundation of the Babylonian monarchy
- Credits
- Produced by Madeleine Fournier and Marc D'Hooghe (Images generously made available by the Hathi Trust.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia
- Subject
- Sumerians
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 49345
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/49345
- Release Date
- July 2, 2015
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.A HISTORY — OF — SUMER AND AKKAD — AN ACCOUNT OF THE EARLY RACES — OF BABYLONIA FROM PREHISTORIC — TIMES TO THE FOUNDATION OF — THE BABYLONIAN MONARCHY — BY
- 2.LEONARD W. KING, M.A., F.S.A. — Assistant in the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities, British Museum — WITH MAP, PLANS, AND ILLUSTRATIONS — PREFACE — CONTENTS — A HISTORY OF SUMER AND AKKAD — INTRODUCTORY: THE LANDS OF SUMER AND AKKAD — THE SITES OF EARLY CITIES AND THE RACIAL CHARACTER OF THEIR INHABITANTS — THE AGE AND PRINCIPAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF SUMERIAN CIVILIZATION — THE EARLIEST SETTLEMENTS IN SUMER; THE DAWN OF HISTORY AND THE RISE OF LAGASH — WARS OF THE CITY-STATES; EANNATUM AND THE STELE OF THE VULTURES — THE CLOSE OF UR-NINÂ'S DYNASTY, THE REFORMS OF URUKAGINA, AND THE FALL OF LAGASH — EARLY RULERS OF SUMER AND KINGS OF KISH — THE EMPIRE OF AKKAD AND ITS RELATION TO KISH — THE LATER RULERS OF LAGASH — THE DYNASTY OF UR AND THE KINGDOM OF SUMER AND AKKAD — THE EARLIER RULERS OF ELAM, THE DYNASTY OF ISIN, AND THE RISE OF BABYLON — THE CULTURAL INFLUENCE OF SUMER IN EGYPT, ASIA AND THE WEST
- 3.APPENDICES — RECENT EXPLORATIONS IN TURKESTAN IN THEIR RELATION TO THE SUMERIAN PROBLEM. — A CHRONOLOGICAL LIST OF THE KINGS AND RULERS OF SUMER AND AKKAD — I. THE EARLIEST RULERS OF SUMER AND AKKAD — II. THE DYNASTY OF AKKAD AND ITS SUCCESSORS — III. THE KINGDOM OF SUMER AND AKKAD
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