The Greatness That Was Babylon
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The greatness that was Babylon (1968) is a book by Assyriologist
H. W. F. Saggs
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Assyriology
Assyriology is the archaeological, historical, and linguistic study of ancient Mesopotamia and the related cultures that used cuneiform writing. The field covers the Akkadian sister-cultures of Assyria and Babylonia, together with their cultural predecessor; Sumer...
H. W. F. Saggs
H. W. F. Saggs
Henry William Frederick Saggs was an English classicist and orientalist.-Biography:He was born in East Anglia in 1920. He studied theology at King's College London, graduating in 1942 and receiving a major injury in the Second World War. His brother, Arthur Roy Saggs, a sergeant in the RAF, known...
. It describes the ancient Babylonians before and during the ancient Assyrian Empire
Assyria
Assyria was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia , that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history. It was named for its original capital, the ancient city of Assur...
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