Chaldea - From the Earliest Times to the Rise of Assyria

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Chaldea, by Zénaïde A.RagozinThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: ChaldeaFrom the Earliest Times to the Rise of AssyriaAuthor: Zénaïde A. RagozinRelease Date: February 20, 2008 [eBook #24654]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHALDEA*** E-text prepared by Thierry Alberto, Brownfox,and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team(http://www.pgdp.net) SHAMASH THE SUN-GOD. (From the Sun Temple atSippar.) SHAMASH THE SUN-GOD. (From the SunTemple at Sippar.)CHALDEAFROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO THE RISE OF ASSYRIA(TREATED AS A GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF ANCIENT HISTORY)BYZÉNAÏDE A. RAGOZINMEMBER OF THE "SOCIÉTÉ ETHNOLOGIQUE" OF PARIS; OF THE "AMERICAN ORIENTAL SOCIETY";CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE "ATHÉNÉE ORIENTAL" OF PARIS; AUTHOR OF "ASSYRIA," "MEDIA," ETC."He (Carlyle) says it is part of his creed that history is poetry, could we tell it right."—Emerson.FOURTH EDITIONLondonT. FISHER UNWINPATERNOSTER SQUARENEW YORK: G. P. PUTNAM'S SONSMDCCCXCIIITO THE MEMBERS OFTHE CLASS,IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF MANY HAPPY HOURS, THIS VOLUME AND THE FOLLOWING ONES AREAFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED BY THEIR FRIEND.The Author.Idlewild ...