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THE ASSYRIANS IN THE EAST HUNDRED YEARS

@inproceedings{Porada2007THEAI,
  title={THE ASSYRIANS IN THE EAST HUNDRED YEARS},
  author={Edith Porada},
  year={2007}
}

• E. Porada
• Published 2007
• History

Since the first discovery of Mesopotamian remains and the decipherment of cuneiform texts in the early nineteenth century, our knowledge of Mesopotamian civilization has grown to comprise a development that stretches over several thousand years. But this extension of knowledge has not been accomplished through a single-minded pursuit on the part of excavators and scholars. Rather, it has grown in different directions, following the trends of the times; and while the results achieved in each period have naturally formed the stepping stones for the next generation, they are also characteristic documents of their own age. Though it may seem surprising that ancient Mesopotamian studies, which to many appear completely removed from everyday life, had any close relation with the changing spirit of the times, actually their beginnings were followed with intense interest by a wide public. All that was known of the Assyrians and Babylonians before the early nineteenth century had been derived from the Bible and the Greek historians. But this did not make them