Myths of Babylonia and Assyria, by Donald A. MacKenzie, [1915]
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | | Page |
| | INTRODUCTION | xxi |
| I. | THE RACES AND EARLY CIVILIZATION OF BABYLONIA | 1 |
| II. | THE LAND OF RIVERS AND THE GOD OF THE DEEP | 21 |
| III. | RIVAL PANTHEONS AND REPRESENTATIVE DEITIES | 40 |
| IV. | DEMONS, FAIRIES, AND GHOSTS | 59 |
| V. | MYTHS OF TAMMUZ AND ISHTAR | 81 |
| VI. | WARS OF THE CITY STATES OF SUMER AND AKKAD | 109 |
| VII. | CREATION LEGEND: MERODACH THE DRAGON SLAYER | 138 |
| VIII. | DEIFIED HEROES: ETANA AND GILGAMESH | 163 |
| IX. | DELUGE LEGEND, THE ISLAND OF THE BLESSED, AND HADES | 190 |
| X. | BUILDINGS AND LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF BABYLON | 217 |
| XI. | THE GOLDEN AGE OF BABYLONIA | 240 |
| XII. | RISE OF THE HITTITES, MITANNIANS, KASSITES, HYKSOS, AND ASSYRIANS | 260 |
| XIII. | ASTROLOGY AND ASTRONOMY | 287 |
| XIV. | ASHUR THE NATIONAL GOD OF ASSYRIA | 326 |
| XV. | CONFLICTS FOR TRADE AND SUPREMACY | 356 |
| XVI. | RACE MOVEMENTS THAT SHATTERED EMPIRES | 376 |
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| CHAP. | | Page |
| XVII. | THE HEBREWS IN ASSYRIAN HISTORY | 394 |
| XVIII. | THE AGE OF SEMIRAMIS | 417 |
| XIX. | ASSYRIA'S AGE OF SPLENDOUR | 444 |
| XX. | THE LAST DAYS OF ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA | 477 |
| | INDEX | 501 |