The Civilization of Babylonia and Assyria: Its Remains, Language, History, Religion, Commerce, Law, Art, and Literature

xxv, 515 pp. Includes map and 164 illustrations. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles and gilt decor of lion on front board. CONTENTS: Excavations at Babylonian and Assyrian Sites; The Decipherment of the Cuneiform Script; Survey of Babylonian and Assyrian History; The Gods of Babylonia and Assyria; The Cults and the Temples of Babylonia and Assyria; Law and Commerce; The Art of Babylonia and Assyria; Specimens of Babylonian and Assyrian Literature; Index.