Myths and legends of Babylonia & Assyria . .:?«^^. Assault on a City From a bas-relief representing the Campaigns of Sennacherib PIiolo ir. .-1. Mansell and Co. i6 A BABYLONIAN CONQUEROR of bulrushes on the waters of the Euphrates, whencehe was rescued and brought up by one Akki, ahusbandman. But the time of his recognition atlength arrived, and he received the crown of Baby-lonia. His foreign conquests were extensive. Onfour successive occasions he invaded Syria andPalestine, which he succeeded in welding into asingle empire with Babylonia. Pressing his victoriesto the margin of the Mediterra
Myths and legends of Babylonia & Assyria . .:?«^^. Assault on a City From a bas-relief representing the Campaigns of Sennacherib PIiolo ir. .-1. Mansell and Co. i6 A BABYLONIAN CONQUEROR of bulrushes on the waters of the Euphrates, whencehe was rescued and brought up by one Akki, ahusbandman. But the time of his recognition atlength arrived, and he received the crown of Baby-lonia. His foreign conquests were extensive. Onfour successive occasions he invaded Syria andPalestine, which he succeeded in welding into asingle empire with Babylonia. Pressing his victoriesto the margin of the Mediterranean, he erected uponits shores statues of himself as an earnest of hisconquests. He also overcame Elam and northernMesopotamia and quelled a rebellion of some magni-tude in his own dominions. His son, Naram-Sin,claimed for himself the title of King of the FourZones, and enlarged the empire left him by hisfather, penetrating even into Arabia. A monumentunearthed by J. de Morgan at Susa depicts himtriumphing over the conquered Elamites. He isseen
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