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Part I. Assyria and Babylonia: 21. Babylonia in the shadow of Assyria(747-626 BC) J. A. Brinkman; 22. Assyria: Tiglath-Pileser III to Sargon II(744-705 BC) A. K. Grayson; 23. Assyria: Sennacherib and Esarhaddon (704-669BC) A. K. Grayson; 24. Assyria (668-635 BC): the reign of Ashurbanipal A. K.Grayson; 25. The fall of Assyria (635-609 BC) Joan Oates; 26. Assyriancivilisation A. K. Grayson; 27. Babylonia (605-539 BC) D. J. Wiseman; 28a.Neo-Babylonian society and economy M. A. Dandamaev; 28b. Babylonianmathematics, astrology and astronomy Asger Aaboe; 28c. First-millenniumBabylonian literature Erica Reiner; Part II. The Eastern Mediterranean andthe Black Sea: 29. Israel and Judah from the coming of Assyrian dominationuntil the fall of Samaria, and the struggle for independence in Judah(c.750-700 BC) T. C. Mitchell; 30. Judah until the fall of Jerusalem(c.700-586 BC) T. C. Mitchell; 31. The Babylonian exile and the restorationof the Jews in Palestine (586-c.500 BC) T. C. Mitchell; 32. Phoenicia andPhoenician colonisation W. Culican; 33a. The Scythians T. Sulimirski and T.Taylor; 33b. Thrace before the Persian entry into Europe G. Mihailov; 34a.The native kingdoms of Anatolia M. Mellink; 34b. Anatolian languages O.Masson; 35. Egypt: the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth dynasties T. G. H.James; Chronological tables; Bibliography; Index.