Empires of the Plain: Henry Rawlinson and the Lost Languages of Babylon. Lesley Adkins

      Empires of the Plain

      HENRY RAWLINSON AND THE LOST

      LANGUAGES OF BABYLON

      Lesley Adkins

       Dedication

       To Roy, for everything

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Dedication

Map

Empires: Key Events

Rawlinson’s Rock

ONE: Into India

TWO: From Poona to Panwell

THREE: In the Service of the Shah

FOUR: The Cuneiform Conundrum

FIVE: Discovering Darius

SIX: Bewitched by Bisitun

SEVEN: Royal Societies

       EIGHT: An Afghan Adventure

       NINE: Back to Baghdad

       TEN: Introduction to Layard

       ELEVEN: Old Persian Published

       TWELVE: Nimrud, Niffer and Nineveh

       THIRTEEN: An Irish Intruder

       FOURTEEN: Battling with Babylonian

       FIFTEEN: A Brief Encounter

       SIXTEEN: Celebrity

       SEVENTEEN: Rivals

       EIGHTEEN: Magic at Borsippa

       NINETEEN: The Final Test

       Digging Down to Babylon

       P.S.: Ideas, Interviews & Features …

       About the Author

       Portrait

       Life at a Glance

       Favourite Reads

       About the Book

       A Critical Eye

       Cover Story

       Henry Rawlinson: A Life in Brief

       Read On

       Have You Read?

       If You Loved This, You’ll Like …

       Find Out More

       Bibliography

       Index

       Afterword and Acknowledgements

       About the Author

       Notes

       By the Same Author

       List of Illustrations

       Recommended Reading

       Copyright

       About the Publisher

       Map

       Empires: Key Events

      The following list gives often approximate dates to show the order of events, mainly occurring in Mesopotamia and Persia:

       Dates BC

---

---

8000	First use of clay tokens
3600	Cylinder seals appear
3500	Numerical clay tablets appear
3300–2900