Myths Of Babylon

Author : J.K. Jackson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1787556298
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myths of Babylon written by J.K. Jackson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-12-15 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Babylonian myths, inherited in Mesopotamia from Sumeria, influenced by the ancient Assyrians represent a pinnacle of human achievement in the period around 1800 BC. Here we find humankind battling with the elements in their Flood myth, a grim creation story and the great Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the earliest recorded literary treasures. Babylon, a powerful city state at the time of the ancient Egyptians was a centre of profound spiritual, economic and military power, themes all represented in the fragments and myths of this book of classic tales. FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and myth, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.

Author : Wilfred G. Lambert
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 1575068613
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Babylonian Creation Myths written by Wilfred G. Lambert and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2013-09-26 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For much of the last half of the twentieth century, W. G. Lambert devoted much of his research energy and effort to the study of Babylonian texts dealing with Mesopotamian ideas regarding creation, including especially Enuma Elish. This volume, which appears almost exactly 2 years after Lambert’s death, distills a lifetime of learning by the world’s foremost expert on these texts. Lambert provides a full transliteration and translation of the 7 tablets of Enuma Elish, based on the known exemplars, as well as coverage of a number of other texts that bear on, or are thought to bear on, Mesopotamian notions of the origin of the world, mankind, and the gods. New editions of seventeen additional “creation tales” are provided, including “Enmesharra’s Defeat,” “Enki and Ninmah,” “The Slaying of Labbu,” and “The Theogony of Dunnu.” Lambert pays special attention, of course, to the connection of the main epic, Enuma Elish, with the rise and place of Marduk in the Babylonian pantheon. He traces the development of this deity’s origin and rise to prominence and elaborates the relationship of this text, and the others discussed, to the religious and political climate Babylonia. The volume includes 70 plates (primarily hand-copies of the various exemplars of Enuma Elish) and extensive indexes.

Author : Lewis Spence
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria written by Lewis Spence and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of Babylonian and Assyrian myths and legends, including various analogues of the biblical flood story and discussions of the history of Babylon and Assyria, and descriptions of various forms of Babylonian worship, Assyrian cults, and archaeological excavation of Babylonian and Assyrian sites.

Author : Donald A. Mackenzie
Publisher : Masterlab
ISBN 13 : 837991161X
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myths of Babylonia and Assyria written by Donald A. Mackenzie and published by Masterlab. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deals with the myths and legends of Babylonia and Assyria, and as these reflect the civilization in which they developed, a historical narrative has been provided, beginning with the early Sumerian Age and concluding with the periods of the Persian and Grecian Empires. Over thirty centuries of human progress are thus passed under review. Keywords: myth, legend, ancient, religion, classic

Author : Lewis Spence
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria written by Lewis Spence and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Don Nardo
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 0737766476
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Babylonian Mythology written by Don Nardo and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2012-09-07 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume looks at Babylonian Mythology, drawing connections between ancient Babylonian culture and its myths, explaining how the beliefs, values, and experiences of that culture are represented in its treasured stories. Readers are treated to a map of ancient Mesopotamia, a family tree of the major gods, a table of major characters with name pronunciations with brief descriptions, sidebars, and fact boxes.

Author : Leonard William King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Babylonian Religion and Mythology written by Leonard William King and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Donald A. Mackenzie
Publisher : anboco
ISBN 13 : 3736409494
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myths of Babylonia and Assyria written by Donald A. Mackenzie and published by anboco. This book was released on 2016-08-23 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Races and Early Civilization of Babylonia The Land of Rivers and the God of the Deep Rival Pantheons and Representative Deities Demons, Fairies, and Ghosts Myths of Tammuz and Ishtar Wars of the City States of Sumer and Akkad Creation Legend: Merodach the Dragon Slayer Deified Heroes: Etana and Gilgamesh Deluge Legend, the Island of the Blessed, and Hades Buildings and Laws and Customs of Babylon The Golden Age of Babylonia Rise of the Hittites, Mitannians, Kassites, Hyksos, and Assyrians Astrology and Astronomy Ashur the National God of Assyria Conflicts for Trade and Supremacy Race Movements that Shattered Empires The Hebrews in Assyrian History The Age of Semiramis Assyria's Age of Splendour The Last Days of Assyria and Babylonia

Author : Stephanie Dalley
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0199538360
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myths from Mesopotamia written by Stephanie Dalley and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 2000 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories translated here all of ancient Mesopotamia, and include not only myths about the Creation and stories of the Flood, but also the longest and greatest literary composition, the Epic of Gilgamesh. This is the story of a heroic quest for fame and immortality, pursued by a man of great strength who loses a unique opportunity through a moment's weakness. So much has been discovered in recent years both by way of new tablets and points of grammar and lexicography that these new translations by Stephanie Dalley supersede all previous versions. -- from back cover.

Author : Donald Alexander Mackenzie
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 670 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Myths of Babylonia and Assyria written by Donald Alexander Mackenzie and published by IndyPublish.com. This book was released on 1915 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deals with the myths and legends of Babylonia and Assyria, and as these reflect the civilization in which they developed, a historical narrative has been provided, beginning with the early Sumerian Age and concluding with the periods of the Persian and Grecian Empires. Over thirty centuries of human progress are thus passed under review.