A City from the Dawn of History.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Cuneiform writing -- Chronology -- First Millennium -- Late Second Millennium -- Late Third Millennium/Early Second Millennium -- Overview of the sources -- Uruk Period (4000-3000 BC) -- Early Dynastic Period (3000-2334 BC) -- Akkadian Period (2334-2193 BC) -- Gutian Period (2193-2120 BC) -- Ur III (2120-2004 BC) -- Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian6 (2004-1595 BC) -- Middle Assyrian (1595-1000 BC) -- Neo-Assyrian (1000-612 BC) -- Neo-Babylonian Empire (612-539 BC) -- Achaemenid (539-330 BC) -- Hellenistic/Seleucid (330-126 BC) -- Parthian (126 BC - 224 AD) -- The name of Erbil -- Historical Analysis -- Erbil in the Gutian Period -- Erbil in the Ur III Period -- Erbil in the early second millennium -- Erbil in the Middle Assyrian Period -- Erbil in the Neo-Assyrian period -- Ištar of Arbail -- Milkia -- Erbil in the Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Periods -- Summary: from Erridu-Pizir to Alexander - Erbil inthe Cuneiform Sources -- Ištar of Arbail -- Egašankalamma -- Milkia -- Conclusion -- The Sources -- Third Millennium Sources -- Ebla Texts -- Gutian Sources -- Erridu-Pizir -- Ur III Sources -- Year names -- Year name for Shulgi year 45 -- Year name for Amar-Sin year 2 -- Votive Inscription -- Administrative Texts -- Texts from Girsu -- Texts from Drehem -- Early Second Millennium Sources -- Stele of Šamši-Adad I -- Stele of Dadusha -- Middle Assyrian Sources -- Historical sources -- Votive inscription -- Administrative texts -- Neo-Assyrian Sources -- Historical Texts -- Chronicles -- King Lists -- Aššur-dan II (934-912 BC) -- Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 BC) -- Shalmaneser III (858-824 BC) -- Šamši-Adad V (823-811 BC) -- Sennacherib (704-681 BC) -- Esarhaddon (680-669 BC) -- Ashurbanipal (668-627 BC) -- Epigraphs prepared for reliefs.

Grants/edicts -- Votive Inscription -- Administrative texts -- Oracular Pronouncements and Divination -- Oracular Pronouncements -- Divination -- Hymns and Ritual texts -- Ištar of Arbail -- Royal inscriptions -- Treaties -- Letter formulae -- Personal names -- Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Sources -- Historical texts -- Neo-Babylonian Chronicle -- Behistun -- Administrative texts -- Babylonian -- Elamite -- Aramaic -- Astronomical Diary -- Bibliography -- Maps -- The location of Erbil -- The Ur III empire -- The empire of Shamshi-Adad I -- The Middle Assyrian empire -- The Neo-Assyrian empire -- The Neo-Bablylonian empire -- The Achaemenid empire -- Sennacherib's underground canal.

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