[Gutenberg 17324] • History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume 4 (of 12)

THE FIRST CHALDEAN EMPIRE AND THE HYKSÔS IN EGYPT_

*SYRIA: THE PART PLAYED BY IT IN THE HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD--

BABYLON AND THE FIRST CHALDÆAN EMPIRE--THE DOMINION OF THE HYKSÔS:

ÂHMOSIS.*

*Syria, owing to its geographical position, condemned to be subject to

neighbouring powers-Lebanon, Anti-Lebanon, the valley of the Orontes

and of the Litâny, and surrounding regions: the northern table-land, the

country about Damascus, the Mediterranean coast, the Jordan and the Dead

Sea-Civilization and primitive inhabitants, Semites and Asiatics: the

almost entire absence of Egyptian influence, the predominance of that of

Chaldæa.*

_Babylon, its ruins and its environs--It extends its rule over

Mesopotamia; its earliest dynasty and its struggle with Central

Chaldæa-Elam, its geographical position, its peoples; Kutur-Nakhunta

conquers Larsam-Bimsin (Eri-Aku); Khammurabi founds the first Babylonian

empire; Ids victories, his buildings, his canals--The Elamites in

Syria: Kudurlagamar--Syria recognizes the authority of Hammurabi and his

successors.