Myths of Babylonia and Assyria
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00 - Preface
14:07 -
01 - Introduction
32:52 -
02 - Chapter 1: The Races and Early Civilization of Babylonia
33:44 -
03 - Chapter 2: The Land of Rivers and the God of the Deep
33:58 -
04 - Chapter 3: Rival Pantheons and Representative Deities
37:34 -
05 - Chapter 4: Demons, Fairies, and Ghosts
35:03 -
06 - Chapter 5: Myths of Tammuz and Ishtar
59:53 -
07 - Chapter 6: Wars of the City States of Sumer and Akkad (Part 1)
24:58 -
08 - Chapter 6: Wars of the City States of Sumer and Akkad (Part 2)
31:57 -
09 - Chapter 7: Creation Legend: Merodach the Dragon Slayer
45:22 -
10 - Chapter 8: Deified Heroes: Etana and Gilgamesh
39:35 -
11 - Chapter 9: Deluge Legend, the Island of the Blessed, and Hades
47:35 -
12 - Chapter 10: Buildings and Laws and Customs of Babylon
36:59 -
13 - Chapter 11: The Golden Age of Babylonia
33:35 -
14 - Chapter 12: Rise of the Hittites, Mitannians, Kassites, Hyksos, and Assyrians
48:18 -
15 - Chapter 13: Astrology and Astronomy (Part 1)
48:12 -
16 - Chapter 13: Astrology and Astronomy (Part 2)
40:19 -
17 - Chapter 14: Ashur the National God of Assyria (Part 1)
25:41 -
18 - Chapter 14: Ashur the National God of Assyria (Part 2)
26:24 -
19 - Chapter 15: Conflicts for Trade and Supremacy
32:55 -
20 - Chapter 16: Race Movements that Shattered Empires
30:15 -
21 - Chapter 17: The Hebrews in Assyrian History
43:00 -
22 - Chapter 18: The Age of Semiramis
51:13 -
23 - Chapter 19: Assyria's Age of Splendour (Part 1)
36:39 -
24 - Chapter 19: Assyria's Age of Splendour (Part 2)
36:12 -
25 - Chapter 20: The Last Days of Assyria and Babylonia
47:38
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria (1915) is a public domain work.
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Divine rivalries, creation legends and the history of trading routes meet in Donald A. Mackenzie's account of ancient Mesopotamia. Chapters introduce Tammuz and Ishtar, the heroes Etana and Gilgamesh, flood traditions and beliefs about the stars. Accounts of Babylonian buildings, laws and customs place these stories beside the lives and institutions of the societies that preserved them. The book combines a study of religion with a historical narrative rather than treating each legend as an isolated tale.
Mackenzie compares dragon stories and magical practices from different cultures, asking how shared beliefs took on local meanings. His historical passages also turn to royal correspondence: letters reveal the hazards facing messengers, while forts and wells serve merchants on contested routes. Published in 1915, this illustrated study offers readers material on ancient gods and empires, together with an example of the comparative methods and assumptions used by a writer of that period.
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- Donald A. Mackenzie
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