{"collection":"Ancient Near East","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/ane/mba/mba02.htm","path":"ane/mba/mba02.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/ane/mba/mba02.htm","text":"Myths of Babylonia and Assyria, by Donald A. MacKenzie, [1915]\nCONTENTS\n| CHAP. | | Page | \n| | INTRODUCTION | xxi | \n| I. | THE RACES AND EARLY CIVILIZATION OF BABYLONIA | 1 | \n| II. | THE LAND OF RIVERS AND THE GOD OF THE DEEP | 21 | \n| III. | RIVAL PANTHEONS AND REPRESENTATIVE DEITIES | 40 | \n| IV. | DEMONS, FAIRIES, AND GHOSTS | 59 | \n| V. | MYTHS OF TAMMUZ AND ISHTAR | 81 | \n| VI. | WARS OF THE CITY STATES OF SUMER AND AKKAD | 109 | \n| VII. | CREATION LEGEND: MERODACH THE DRAGON SLAYER | 138 | \n| VIII. | DEIFIED HEROES: ETANA AND GILGAMESH | 163 | \n| IX. | DELUGE LEGEND, THE ISLAND OF THE BLESSED, AND HADES | 190 | \n| X. | BUILDINGS AND LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF BABYLON | 217 | \n| XI. | THE GOLDEN AGE OF BABYLONIA | 240 | \n| XII. | RISE OF THE HITTITES, MITANNIANS, KASSITES, HYKSOS, AND ASSYRIANS | 260 | \n| XIII. | ASTROLOGY AND ASTRONOMY | 287 | \n| XIV. | ASHUR THE NATIONAL GOD OF ASSYRIA | 326 | \n| XV. | CONFLICTS FOR TRADE AND SUPREMACY | 356 | \n| XVI. | RACE MOVEMENTS THAT SHATTERED EMPIRES | 376 | \n| | p. xiv | | \n| CHAP. | | Page | \n| XVII. | THE HEBREWS IN ASSYRIAN HISTORY | 394 | \n| XVIII. | THE AGE OF SEMIRAMIS | 417 | \n| XIX. | ASSYRIA'S AGE OF SPLENDOUR | 444 | \n| XX. | THE LAST DAYS OF ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA | 477 | \n| | INDEX | 501 |","title":"Myths of Babylonia and Assyria: Contents","type":"page"}