A Primer of Assyriology (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781544284019)

Northward of Sippara the Tigris and Euphrates again trend apart from one another and enclose the great plateau of Mesopotamia. To the east of the Tigris come the mountains of Elam, 'the highlands, ' and to the north of them the Kurdish ranges, which were known to the primitive Babylonians under the name of Guti or Gutium. At the foot of these ranges, and northward of the Lower or Little Zab, the kingdom of Assyria arose. It took its name from its original capital of Assur, now Kalah-Sherghat, on the western bank of the Tigris, not far to the north of the junction of the latter river with the Lower Zab

Author: A. H. Sayce
ISBN-10: 1544284012
ISBN-13: 9781544284019
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/25/2017
Pages: 60
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.21lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.12d