This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...affairs that led to the overthrow of the rule. The resurrection of Elam's royal records, those of Amurru, Guti, Shubartu, etc., will enable us to fill up some of the gaps in the early history of Babylonia. They, doubtless, will also show how these countries held sway over Babylonia at times of which at ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 edition. Excerpt: ...affairs that led to the overthrow of the rule. The resurrection of Elam's royal records, those of Amurru, Guti, Shubartu, etc., will enable us to fill up some of the gaps in the early history of Babylonia. They, doubtless, will also show how these countries held sway over Babylonia at times of which at present we have no intimation whatever. A country like Amurru, which was overrun and plundered many times throughout the millenniums of its history, certainly, especially in the early period, was strong enough to strike back. The divination texts would alone be sufficient to show that the fear and dread of this being done were ever before the peoples of Babylonia. It is only necessary to examine these texts to ascertain how deeply seated was this fear. Since the Amorites were quiescent after 2000 B. C, we must conclude that the divination formulae portending trouble from this quarter came from an earlier period. Moreover from the evidence we already possess, there can be no question but that trouble from the West occurred repeatedly; and it is certainly reasonable to infer that when fuller dynastic records have been recovered this fact will become more and more evident. UR THE CAPITAL OF AMURRU It has been customary to look upon the political life of Amurru, especially of the early period, as more or less devoid of cohesion or unity. The fact is, Amurru is generally regarded as made up of petty princedoms of semi-enlightened people, or tribes of a semibarbarous character. This conception has been favorable for the development of the pan-Babylonists' theories, and for the view that all Semites are Arabs; but this is erroneous, for the early period as well as the late, and must be abandoned. The country embraced such peoples who had a low...
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