A. H. Sayce was one of the foremost Assyriologists of the late nineteenth century, and Babylonians and Assyrians reflects both his deep knowledge of cuneiform sources and his gift for communicating that knowledge to a general audience. The book surveys the social life, religion, commerce, literature, and political history of ancient Mesopotamia’s two great civilisations, drawing on then-recent excavations at Nineveh and Babylon.
This free EPUB edition is cleanly formatted for modern e-readers. While the field has advanced since Sayce’s time, this remains an important document in the history of Assyriology and a readable introduction to ancient Mesopotamia.