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The Chaldean Empire 77
Tm.es, Fig. 203^ The secon(j great chapter of history on the
Wo Rivers was ended, having lasted but a scant century and
a half (about 750 to 606 B.C.).
The Empire of Assyria had greatly altered the nations of 131. Progress
WW . J . , , , , 1 effected by
astern Asia. The rule of a single sovereign had been forced the Assyrian
uPon the whole great group of nations around the eastern end EmPlre
°f the Mediterranean, and the methods of organizing such an
emPire had been much improved. It was really in continuance
°f this organization that the much greater Persian Empire was
Ullt up (Section 17), sixty years after the fall of Assyria. In
sPite of its often ferocious harshness, the Assyrian rule had
furthered civilization. We have seen that the building of
'he magnificent palaces in and near Nineveh formed the first
chapter in great architecture in Asia. At the same time Nineveh
Possessed the first libraries as yet known there. These civilized
achievements of the Assyrian Empire led naturally to the won-
derful culture of the Chaldeans at Babylon, which formed the
third and last chapter of ancient civilization on the Two Rivers.
Section 14. The Chaldean Empire : the Last
Semitic Empire
The Kaldi, or Chaldeans, the new masters of Babylonia, 132. Rise of
divided the Assyrian Empire with the Medes. While they left Empire
*e Medes in possession of the northern mountains, the Chal- (6o6 B-c0
deans took as their empire the entire Fertile Crescent. The
brief career of the Chaldean Empire formed the third great
chapter of history on the Two Rivers.1 The Chaldeans made
1 The three great chapters of history on the Two Rivers are:
„ *• Early Babylonia (thirty-first century to twenty-iirst century b.c.;
arS<m I about 2750 b.c., Hammurapi about 2100 b.c.). See Sections 11-12.
2- The Assyrian Empire (about 750 to 606 b.c.). See Section 13.
3- The Chaldean Empire (about 606 to 539 b.c.). See Section 14.
5 With the exception of parts of the first, these three epochs were periods of
s c""tic power. To these we might in later times add a fourth period of Semitic
^Premacy, the triumph of Islam in the seventh century of our era, after the
eath of Mohammed (Section 79).
Tm.es, Fig. 203^ The secon(j great chapter of history on the
Wo Rivers was ended, having lasted but a scant century and
a half (about 750 to 606 B.C.).
The Empire of Assyria had greatly altered the nations of 131. Progress
WW . J . , , , , 1 effected by
astern Asia. The rule of a single sovereign had been forced the Assyrian
uPon the whole great group of nations around the eastern end EmPlre
°f the Mediterranean, and the methods of organizing such an
emPire had been much improved. It was really in continuance
°f this organization that the much greater Persian Empire was
Ullt up (Section 17), sixty years after the fall of Assyria. In
sPite of its often ferocious harshness, the Assyrian rule had
furthered civilization. We have seen that the building of
'he magnificent palaces in and near Nineveh formed the first
chapter in great architecture in Asia. At the same time Nineveh
Possessed the first libraries as yet known there. These civilized
achievements of the Assyrian Empire led naturally to the won-
derful culture of the Chaldeans at Babylon, which formed the
third and last chapter of ancient civilization on the Two Rivers.
Section 14. The Chaldean Empire : the Last
Semitic Empire
The Kaldi, or Chaldeans, the new masters of Babylonia, 132. Rise of
divided the Assyrian Empire with the Medes. While they left Empire
*e Medes in possession of the northern mountains, the Chal- (6o6 B-c0
deans took as their empire the entire Fertile Crescent. The
brief career of the Chaldean Empire formed the third great
chapter of history on the Two Rivers.1 The Chaldeans made
1 The three great chapters of history on the Two Rivers are:
„ *• Early Babylonia (thirty-first century to twenty-iirst century b.c.;
arS<m I about 2750 b.c., Hammurapi about 2100 b.c.). See Sections 11-12.
2- The Assyrian Empire (about 750 to 606 b.c.). See Section 13.
3- The Chaldean Empire (about 606 to 539 b.c.). See Section 14.
5 With the exception of parts of the first, these three epochs were periods of
s c""tic power. To these we might in later times add a fourth period of Semitic
^Premacy, the triumph of Islam in the seventh century of our era, after the
eath of Mohammed (Section 79).