The Babylonian World (Routledge Worlds)

35. 1 The restored ramparts of the Hittite capital Hattusa 504


36. 1 Tablet containing the so-called ‘Synchronistic History’ 529


37. 2 Central panel of the throne base of Shalmaneser III from Nimrud 531


38. 3 Assyro-Babylonian treaty, written in 821 BCE 532


39. 4 Assyrian relief depicting the deportation of the Babylonians 534


40. 1 Drawing of part of a panel from Persepolis, showing Babylonians
    bringing gifts 564


41. 2 Seal inscribed with the name Darius in Persian, Elamite
    and Babylonian 572

TABLES
2. 1 Number of villages ( 2 ha.) in selected middle/lower Babylonian
areas 16
2. 2 Distribution of settlements as percentage of total occupational
area 17
2. 3 Old Babylonian Sumero-Akkadian varietal terms for
countryside places 19
8. 1 Sources of Mesopotamian copper through the millennia 126
34.1 Middle Babylonian period, c.1600–900 492

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