Empires of the Plain
HENRY RAWLINSON AND THE LOST
LANGUAGES OF BABYLON
Lesley Adkins
To Roy, for everything
Contents
THREE: In the Service of the Shah
TWELVE: Nimrud, Niffer and Nineveh
FOURTEEN: Battling with Babylonian
P.S.: Ideas, Interviews & Features …
Portrait
A Critical Eye
Henry Rawlinson: A Life in Brief
Have You Read?
If You Loved This, You’ll Like …
Afterword and Acknowledgements
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 |