{"collection":"Ancient Near East","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/ane/mba/index.htm","path":"ane/mba/index.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/ane/mba/index.htm","text":"This volume of the Myths and Legends series covers\nthe still nascent subject of ancient Near Eastern mythology.\nBecause the primary documents had only been deciphered a few\ndecades prior to the writing of this book, Mackenzie necessarily\nhas to round out the exposition with a detailed history of the region,\nBiblical accounts, and speculative cross-cultural comparisons,\nparticularly to Hindu and Northern European mythology and folklore.\nThe picture emerges of the birth of the world culture in the\nregion which is today known as Iraq.\nBesides writing, codes of law, irrigation, mathematics, astronomy,\nurban life and many other innovations,\nthe fertile crescent developed a brutal form of despotism.\nThe history is a constant churn of wars, invasions, massacres,\ngenocide and regicide.\nThis work remains a decent introduction and reference work for the\nreligion, culture, history and general background\nof the ancient Near East, and well worth studying\nby anyone interested in the topic.","title":"Myths of Babylonia and Assyria Index","type":"page"}