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Page 152
... ASHURBANIPAL AND HIS QUEEN ENJOYING A CUP OF WINE. of Assyria to Lachish , saying , I have of- fended : return from me ; that which thou puttest upon me I will bear . And the King of Assyria appointed unto Heze- kiah King of Judah three ...
... ASHURBANIPAL AND HIS QUEEN ENJOYING A CUP OF WINE. of Assyria to Lachish , saying , I have of- fended : return from me ; that which thou puttest upon me I will bear . And the King of Assyria appointed unto Heze- kiah King of Judah three ...
Page 153
... Ashurbanipal twenty years later made an end of Egypt's pretensions to rivalry with Assyria . Even Thebes , the great sacred city of the land , never be- fore violated by the tread of foreign foes , fell before the irresistible Assyrian ...
... Ashurbanipal twenty years later made an end of Egypt's pretensions to rivalry with Assyria . Even Thebes , the great sacred city of the land , never be- fore violated by the tread of foreign foes , fell before the irresistible Assyrian ...
Page 154
TECH ASHURBANIPAL AND HIS QUEEN ENJOYING A CUP OF WINE Ashurbanipal was a sort of a Napoleon of the ancient world - a warrior who took pride in his service to literature and art ( see page 155 ) t TRIBUTE AND CAPTIVES PREEKRKKOK MONTHIS ...
TECH ASHURBANIPAL AND HIS QUEEN ENJOYING A CUP OF WINE Ashurbanipal was a sort of a Napoleon of the ancient world - a warrior who took pride in his service to literature and art ( see page 155 ) t TRIBUTE AND CAPTIVES PREEKRKKOK MONTHIS ...
Page 155
... Ashurbanipal turned cheerfully to slaughter in Baby- lonia . A great war arose with the old enemy Elam , and , in a fierce battle at Tulliz , the Elamite King Teumman was beaten and slain . The famous reliefs representing the principal ...
... Ashurbanipal turned cheerfully to slaughter in Baby- lonia . A great war arose with the old enemy Elam , and , in a fierce battle at Tulliz , the Elamite King Teumman was beaten and slain . The famous reliefs representing the principal ...
Page 156
... Ashurbanipal , seen through Greek spec- tacles ; but he met with no such end . So far as we know , he did what few Assy- rian kings managed to do - he died peace- fully in his own palace . The Greek tra- dition has merely confused his ...
... Ashurbanipal , seen through Greek spec- tacles ; but he met with no such end . So far as we know , he did what few Assy- rian kings managed to do - he died peace- fully in his own palace . The Greek tra- dition has merely confused his ...
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