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37411 9 9 Idikla Idikla NNP 37411 9 10 , , , 37411 9 11 there there RB 37411 9 12 written write VBN 37411 9 13 Hiddekel Hiddekel NNP 37411 9 14 , , , 37411 9 15 is be VBZ 37411 9 16 still still RB 37411 9 17 preserved preserve VBN 37411 9 18 . . . 37411 10 1 The the DT 37411 10 2 Euphrates Euphrates NNP 37411 10 3 was be VBD 37411 10 4 called call VBN 37411 10 5 Pura Pura NNP 37411 10 6 - - HYPH 37411 10 7 nun nun NNP 37411 10 8 , , , 37411 10 9 or or CC 37411 10 10 ' ' `` 37411 10 11 great great JJ 37411 10 12 water water NN 37411 10 13 , , , 37411 10 14 ' ' '' 37411 10 15 in in IN 37411 10 16 Sumerian Sumerian NNP 37411 10 17 , , , 37411 10 18 and and CC 37411 10 19 was be VBD 37411 10 20 frequently frequently RB 37411 10 21 known know VBN 37411 10 22 as as IN 37411 10 23 simply simply RB 37411 10 24 the the DT 37411 10 25 Pura Pura NNP 37411 10 26 or or CC 37411 10 27 ' ' '' 37411 10 28 Water Water NNP 37411 10 29 , , , 37411 10 30 ' ' '' 37411 10 31 just just RB 37411 10 32 as as 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37411 12 2 Pura Pura NNP 37411 12 3 came come VBD 37411 12 4 the the DT 37411 12 5 Semitic Semitic NNP 37411 12 6 Purat Purat NNP 37411 12 7 , , , 37411 12 8 with with IN 37411 12 9 the the DT 37411 12 10 Semitic semitic JJ 37411 12 11 suffix suffix NN 37411 12 12 _ _ NNP 37411 12 13 -t -t NNP 37411 12 14 _ _ NNP 37411 12 15 ; ; : 37411 12 16 and and CC 37411 12 17 Purat Purat NNP 37411 12 18 , , , 37411 12 19 the the DT 37411 12 20 Perath Perath NNP 37411 12 21 of of IN 37411 12 22 the the DT 37411 12 23 Old Old NNP 37411 12 24 Testament Testament NNP 37411 12 25 , , , 37411 12 26 was be VBD 37411 12 27 changed change VBN 37411 12 28 by by IN 37411 12 29 the the DT 37411 12 30 Persians Persians NNPS 37411 12 31 into into IN 37411 12 32 Ufratu Ufratu NNP 37411 12 33 , , , 37411 12 34 with with IN 37411 12 35 a a DT 37411 12 36 play play NN 37411 12 37 upon upon IN 37411 12 38 their -PRON- PRP$ 37411 12 39 own own JJ 37411 12 40 word word NN 37411 12 41 _ _ NNP 37411 12 42 u u NNP 37411 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Gulf Gulf NNP 37411 15 15 . . . 37411 16 1 But but CC 37411 16 2 salt salt NN 37411 16 3 marshes marsh NNS 37411 16 4 already already RB 37411 16 5 existed exist VBD 37411 16 6 at at IN 37411 16 7 their -PRON- PRP$ 37411 16 8 mouths mouth NNS 37411 16 9 , , , 37411 16 10 and and CC 37411 16 11 as as IN 37411 16 12 time time NN 37411 16 13 went go VBD 37411 16 14 on on IN 37411 16 15 the the DT 37411 16 16 marshes marsh NNS 37411 16 17 extended extend VBN 37411 16 18 further further RB 37411 16 19 and and CC 37411 16 20 further far RBR 37411 16 21 to to IN 37411 16 22 the the DT 37411 16 23 south south NN 37411 16 24 . . . 37411 17 1 What what WP 37411 17 2 had have VBD 37411 17 3 once once RB 37411 17 4 been be VBN 37411 17 5 sea sea NN 37411 17 6 became become VBD 37411 17 7 dry dry JJ 37411 17 8 land land NN 37411 17 9 , , , 37411 17 10 the the DT 37411 17 11 silt silt NN 37411 17 12 brought bring VBD 37411 17 13 down down RP 37411 17 14 by by IN 37411 17 15 the the DT 37411 17 16 rivers river NNS 37411 17 17 forming form VBG 37411 17 18 an an DT 37411 17 19 ever ever RB 37411 17 20 - - HYPH 37411 17 21 increasing increase VBG 37411 17 22 delta delta NN 37411 17 23 in in IN 37411 17 24 the the DT 37411 17 25 north north NN 37411 17 26 of of IN 37411 17 27 the the DT 37411 17 28 Gulf Gulf NNP 37411 17 29 . . . 37411 18 1 To to NN 37411 18 2 - - HYPH 37411 18 3 day day NN 37411 18 4 the the DT 37411 18 5 two two CD 37411 18 6 rivers river NNS 37411 18 7 flow flow VBP 37411 18 8 into into IN 37411 18 9 one one CD 37411 18 10 channel channel NN 37411 18 11 , , , 37411 18 12 and and CC 37411 18 13 the the DT 37411 18 14 point point NN 37411 18 15 where where WRB 37411 18 16 they -PRON- PRP 37411 18 17 unite unite VBP 37411 18 18 is be VBZ 37411 18 19 eighty eighty CD 37411 18 20 miles mile NNS 37411 18 21 distant distant JJ 37411 18 22 from from IN 37411 18 23 the the DT 37411 18 24 present present JJ 37411 18 25 line line NN 37411 18 26 of of IN 37411 18 27 coast coast NN 37411 18 28 . . . 37411 19 1 The the DT 37411 19 2 marshes marsh NNS 37411 19 3 are be VBP 37411 19 4 called call VBN 37411 19 5 ' ' '' 37411 19 6 the the DT 37411 19 7 country country NN 37411 19 8 of of IN 37411 19 9 Marratu Marratu NNP 37411 19 10 ' ' POS 37411 19 11 or or CC 37411 19 12 ' ' '' 37411 19 13 the the DT 37411 19 14 salt salt NN 37411 19 15 - - HYPH 37411 19 16 sea sea NN 37411 19 17 ' ' '' 37411 19 18 in in IN 37411 19 19 the the DT 37411 19 20 inscriptions inscription NNS 37411 19 21 , , , 37411 19 22 a a DT 37411 19 23 name name NN 37411 19 24 which which WDT 37411 19 25 reappears reappear VBZ 37411 19 26 as as IN 37411 19 27 Merathaim Merathaim NNP 37411 19 28 in in IN 37411 19 29 Jer Jer NNP 37411 19 30 . . . 37411 20 1 1 1 LS 37411 20 2 . . . 37411 21 1 21 21 CD 37411 21 2 . . . 37411 22 1 One one CD 37411 22 2 of of IN 37411 22 3 the the DT 37411 22 4 oldest old JJS 37411 22 5 of of IN 37411 22 6 Babylonian babylonian JJ 37411 22 7 cities city NNS 37411 22 8 was be VBD 37411 22 9 Eridu eridu JJ 37411 22 10 , , , 37411 22 11 ' ' '' 37411 22 12 the the DT 37411 22 13 good good JJ 37411 22 14 city city NN 37411 22 15 , , , 37411 22 16 ' ' '' 37411 22 17 which which WDT 37411 22 18 was be VBD 37411 22 19 originally originally RB 37411 22 20 built build VBN 37411 22 21 on on IN 37411 22 22 the the DT 37411 22 23 shore shore NN 37411 22 24 of of IN 37411 22 25 the the DT 37411 22 26 Persian Persian NNP 37411 22 27 Gulf Gulf NNP 37411 22 28 , , , 37411 22 29 though though IN 37411 22 30 Abu Abu NNP 37411 22 31 - - HYPH 37411 22 32 Shahrein Shahrein NNP 37411 22 33 , , , 37411 22 34 which which WDT 37411 22 35 now now RB 37411 22 36 marks mark VBZ 37411 22 37 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 22 38 site site NN 37411 22 39 , , , 37411 22 40 is be VBZ 37411 22 41 far far RB 37411 22 42 inland inland RB 37411 22 43 , , , 37411 22 44 the the DT 37411 22 45 sea sea NN 37411 22 46 having have VBG 37411 22 47 retreated retreat VBN 37411 22 48 from from IN 37411 22 49 it -PRON- PRP 37411 22 50 for for IN 37411 22 51 a a DT 37411 22 52 distance distance NN 37411 22 53 of of IN 37411 22 54 100 100 CD 37411 22 55 miles mile NNS 37411 22 56 . . . 37411 23 1 In in IN 37411 23 2 early early JJ 37411 23 3 times time NNS 37411 23 4 , , , 37411 23 5 however however RB 37411 23 6 , , , 37411 23 7 it -PRON- PRP 37411 23 8 was be VBD 37411 23 9 the the DT 37411 23 10 chief chief JJ 37411 23 11 Babylonian babylonian JJ 37411 23 12 port port NN 37411 23 13 , , , 37411 23 14 and and CC 37411 23 15 through through IN 37411 23 16 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 23 17 intercourse intercourse NN 37411 23 18 with with IN 37411 23 19 foreign foreign JJ 37411 23 20 countries country NNS 37411 23 21 it -PRON- PRP 37411 23 22 exercised exercise VBD 37411 23 23 a a DT 37411 23 24 great great JJ 37411 23 25 influence influence NN 37411 23 26 on on IN 37411 23 27 the the DT 37411 23 28 culture culture NN 37411 23 29 and and CC 37411 23 30 religion religion NN 37411 23 31 of 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B.C. 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B.C. 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to IN 37411 138 27 arrows arrow NNS 37411 138 28 , , , 37411 138 29 others other NNS 37411 138 30 considered consider VBD 37411 138 31 them -PRON- PRP 37411 138 32 to to TO 37411 138 33 be be VB 37411 138 34 wedges wedge NNS 37411 138 35 , , , 37411 138 36 _ _ NNP 37411 138 37 cunei cunei NNP 37411 138 38 _ _ NNP 37411 138 39 in in IN 37411 138 40 Latin Latin NNP 37411 138 41 . . . 37411 139 1 The the DT 37411 139 2 latter latter JJ 37411 139 3 comparison comparison NN 37411 139 4 was be VBD 37411 139 5 the the DT 37411 139 6 origin origin NN 37411 139 7 of of IN 37411 139 8 the the DT 37411 139 9 term term NN 37411 139 10 ' ' `` 37411 139 11 cuneiform cuneiform NN 37411 139 12 , , , 37411 139 13 ' ' '' 37411 139 14 ordinarily ordinarily RB 37411 139 15 applied apply VBD 37411 139 16 to to IN 37411 139 17 them -PRON- PRP 37411 139 18 . . . 37411 140 1 We -PRON- PRP 37411 140 2 find find VBP 37411 140 3 it -PRON- PRP 37411 140 4 already already RB 37411 140 5 used use VBN 37411 140 6 by 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TO 37411 142 44 be be VB 37411 142 45 read read VBN 37411 142 46 from from IN 37411 142 47 left left NN 37411 142 48 to to IN 37411 142 49 right right NN 37411 142 50 . . . 37411 143 1 A a DT 37411 143 2 more more RBR 37411 143 3 important important JJ 37411 143 4 collection collection NN 37411 143 5 of of IN 37411 143 6 signs sign NNS 37411 143 7 , , , 37411 143 8 however however RB 37411 143 9 , , , 37411 143 10 was be VBD 37411 143 11 published publish VBN 37411 143 12 in in IN 37411 143 13 1693 1693 CD 37411 143 14 , , , 37411 143 15 in in IN 37411 143 16 one one CD 37411 143 17 of of IN 37411 143 18 the the DT 37411 143 19 early early JJ 37411 143 20 volumes volume NNS 37411 143 21 ( ( -LRB- 37411 143 22 No no UH 37411 143 23 . . . 37411 144 1 201 201 CD 37411 144 2 ) ) -RRB- 37411 144 3 of of IN 37411 144 4 the the DT 37411 144 5 _ _ NNP 37411 144 6 Philosophical Philosophical NNP 37411 144 7 Transactions Transactions NNPS 37411 144 8 _ _ NNP 37411 144 9 of of IN 37411 144 10 the 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the DT 37411 146 10 eighteenth eighteenth JJ 37411 146 11 century century NN 37411 146 12 that that WDT 37411 146 13 Cornelius Cornelius NNP 37411 146 14 van van NNP 37411 146 15 Bruyn Bruyn NNP 37411 146 16 ( ( -LRB- 37411 146 17 1714 1714 CD 37411 146 18 ) ) -RRB- 37411 146 19 and and CC 37411 146 20 Carsten Carsten NNP 37411 146 21 Niebuhr Niebuhr NNP 37411 146 22 ( ( -LRB- 37411 146 23 1774 1774 CD 37411 146 24 - - SYM 37411 146 25 8 8 CD 37411 146 26 ) ) -RRB- 37411 146 27 , , , 37411 146 28 the the DT 37411 146 29 father father NN 37411 146 30 of of IN 37411 146 31 the the DT 37411 146 32 historian historian NN 37411 146 33 , , , 37411 146 34 first first RB 37411 146 35 copied copy VBN 37411 146 36 and and CC 37411 146 37 published publish VBD 37411 146 38 the the DT 37411 146 39 inscriptions inscription NNS 37411 146 40 in in IN 37411 146 41 anything anything NN 37411 146 42 like like IN 37411 146 43 a a DT 37411 146 44 complete complete JJ 37411 146 45 and and CC 37411 146 46 accurate accurate JJ 37411 146 47 manner manner NN 37411 146 48 . . . 37411 147 1 Niebuhr Niebuhr NNP 37411 147 2 further further RB 37411 147 3 pointed point VBD 37411 147 4 out out RP 37411 147 5 that that IN 37411 147 6 they -PRON- PRP 37411 147 7 comprised comprise VBD 37411 147 8 three three CD 37411 147 9 different different JJ 37411 147 10 systems system NNS 37411 147 11 of of IN 37411 147 12 cuneiform cuneiform NN 37411 147 13 writing writing NN 37411 147 14 , , , 37411 147 15 which which WDT 37411 147 16 in in IN 37411 147 17 the the DT 37411 147 18 case case NN 37411 147 19 of of IN 37411 147 20 every every DT 37411 147 21 text text NN 37411 147 22 followed follow VBD 37411 147 23 one one CD 37411 147 24 another another DT 37411 147 25 in in IN 37411 147 26 a a DT 37411 147 27 regular regular JJ 37411 147 28 order order NN 37411 147 29 . . . 37411 148 1 The the DT 37411 148 2 first first JJ 37411 148 3 system system NN 37411 148 4 of of IN 37411 148 5 writing writing NN 37411 148 6 was be VBD 37411 148 7 the the DT 37411 148 8 simplest simple JJS 37411 148 9 , , , 37411 148 10 as as IN 37411 148 11 it -PRON- PRP 37411 148 12 consisted consist VBD 37411 148 13 of of IN 37411 148 14 only only RB 37411 148 15 forty forty CD 37411 148 16 - - HYPH 37411 148 17 two two CD 37411 148 18 different different JJ 37411 148 19 characters character NNS 37411 148 20 , , , 37411 148 21 whereas whereas IN 37411 148 22 the the DT 37411 148 23 number number NN 37411 148 24 of of IN 37411 148 25 characters character NNS 37411 148 26 in in IN 37411 148 27 the the DT 37411 148 28 second second JJ 37411 148 29 and and CC 37411 148 30 third third JJ 37411 148 31 systems system NNS 37411 148 32 was be VBD 37411 148 33 very very RB 37411 148 34 large large JJ 37411 148 35 . . . 37411 149 1 With with IN 37411 149 2 Niebuhr Niebuhr NNP 37411 149 3 's 's POS 37411 149 4 publication publication NN 37411 149 5 the the DT 37411 149 6 work work NN 37411 149 7 of of IN 37411 149 8 decipherment decipherment NN 37411 149 9 became become VBD 37411 149 10 possible possible JJ 37411 149 11 . . . 37411 150 1 In in IN 37411 150 2 1798 1798 CD 37411 150 3 , , , 37411 150 4 Professor Professor NNP 37411 150 5 Tychsen Tychsen NNP 37411 150 6 , , , 37411 150 7 of of IN 37411 150 8 Rostock Rostock NNP 37411 150 9 , , , 37411 150 10 discovered discover VBD 37411 150 11 that that IN 37411 150 12 in in IN 37411 150 13 the the DT 37411 150 14 first first JJ 37411 150 15 system system NN 37411 150 16 an an DT 37411 150 17 oblique oblique JJ 37411 150 18 wedge wedge NN 37411 150 19 was be VBD 37411 150 20 used use VBN 37411 150 21 to to TO 37411 150 22 divide divide VB 37411 150 23 the the DT 37411 150 24 words word NNS 37411 150 25 from from IN 37411 150 26 one one CD 37411 150 27 another another DT 37411 150 28 , , , 37411 150 29 and and CC 37411 150 30 in in IN 37411 150 31 1802 1802 CD 37411 150 32 the the DT 37411 150 33 Danish Danish NNP 37411 150 34 Bishop Bishop NNP 37411 150 35 , , , 37411 150 36 Münter Münter NNP 37411 150 37 , , , 37411 150 38 starting start VBG 37411 150 39 from from IN 37411 150 40 this this DT 37411 150 41 basis basis NN 37411 150 42 , , , 37411 150 43 showed show VBD 37411 150 44 that that IN 37411 150 45 the the DT 37411 150 46 language language NN 37411 150 47 possessed possess VBD 37411 150 48 suffixes suffix NNS 37411 150 49 , , , 37411 150 50 pointed point VBD 37411 150 51 out out RP 37411 150 52 that that IN 37411 150 53 certain certain JJ 37411 150 54 characters character NNS 37411 150 55 denoted denote VBD 37411 150 56 vowels vowel NNS 37411 150 57 , , , 37411 150 58 and and CC 37411 150 59 even even RB 37411 150 60 divined divine VBD 37411 150 61 the the DT 37411 150 62 word word NN 37411 150 63 for for IN 37411 150 64 ' ' `` 37411 150 65 king king NN 37411 150 66 , , , 37411 150 67 ' ' '' 37411 150 68 as as RB 37411 150 69 well well RB 37411 150 70 as as IN 37411 150 71 the the DT 37411 150 72 value value NN 37411 150 73 of of IN 37411 150 74 two two CD 37411 150 75 letters letter NNS 37411 150 76 , , , 37411 150 77 one one CD 37411 150 78 of of IN 37411 150 79 them -PRON- PRP 37411 150 80 being be VBG 37411 150 81 _ _ NNP 37411 150 82 a a DT 37411 150 83 _ _ NNP 37411 150 84 . . . 37411 151 1 He -PRON- PRP 37411 151 2 also also RB 37411 151 3 maintained maintain VBD 37411 151 4 that that IN 37411 151 5 while while IN 37411 151 6 the the DT 37411 151 7 first first JJ 37411 151 8 system system NN 37411 151 9 of of IN 37411 151 10 writing writing NN 37411 151 11 was be VBD 37411 151 12 alphabetic alphabetic JJ 37411 151 13 , , , 37411 151 14 the the DT 37411 151 15 second second JJ 37411 151 16 was be VBD 37411 151 17 syllabic syllabic JJ 37411 151 18 , , , 37411 151 19 and and CC 37411 151 20 the the DT 37411 151 21 third third JJ 37411 151 22 ideographic ideographic JJ 37411 151 23 , , , 37411 151 24 and and CC 37411 151 25 that that IN 37411 151 26 as as IN 37411 151 27 the the DT 37411 151 28 inscriptions inscription NNS 37411 151 29 were be VBD 37411 151 30 found find VBN 37411 151 31 in in IN 37411 151 32 Persia Persia NNP 37411 151 33 and and CC 37411 151 34 on on IN 37411 151 35 the the DT 37411 151 36 buildings building NNS 37411 151 37 of of IN 37411 151 38 the the DT 37411 151 39 Achaemenian achaemenian JJ 37411 151 40 kings king NNS 37411 151 41 , , , 37411 151 42 the the DT 37411 151 43 text text NN 37411 151 44 which which WDT 37411 151 45 always always RB 37411 151 46 comes come VBZ 37411 151 47 first first RB 37411 151 48 must must MD 37411 151 49 represent represent VB 37411 151 50 the the DT 37411 151 51 language language NN 37411 151 52 of of IN 37411 151 53 ancient ancient JJ 37411 151 54 Persia Persia NNP 37411 151 55 , , , 37411 151 56 which which WDT 37411 151 57 he -PRON- PRP 37411 151 58 identified identify VBD 37411 151 59 , , , 37411 151 60 though though IN 37411 151 61 erroneously erroneously RB 37411 151 62 , , , 37411 151 63 with with IN 37411 151 64 Zend zend NN 37411 151 65 . . . 37411 152 1 It -PRON- PRP 37411 152 2 is be VBZ 37411 152 3 , , , 37411 152 4 however however RB 37411 152 5 , , , 37411 152 6 to to IN 37411 152 7 George George NNP 37411 152 8 Frederick Frederick NNP 37411 152 9 Grotefend Grotefend NNP 37411 152 10 , , , 37411 152 11 of of IN 37411 152 12 Hanover Hanover NNP 37411 152 13 , , , 37411 152 14 that that IN 37411 152 15 the the DT 37411 152 16 discovery discovery NN 37411 152 17 of of IN 37411 152 18 the the DT 37411 152 19 key key NN 37411 152 20 which which WDT 37411 152 21 has have VBZ 37411 152 22 unlocked unlock VBN 37411 152 23 the the DT 37411 152 24 secrets secret NNS 37411 152 25 of of IN 37411 152 26 cuneiform cuneiform NN 37411 152 27 literature literature NN 37411 152 28 is be VBZ 37411 152 29 really really RB 37411 152 30 due due JJ 37411 152 31 . . . 37411 153 1 On on IN 37411 153 2 September September NNP 37411 153 3 4 4 CD 37411 153 4 , , , 37411 153 5 1802 1802 CD 37411 153 6 , , , 37411 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-- -- : 37411 214 8 which which WDT 37411 214 9 , , , 37411 214 10 however however RB 37411 214 11 , , , 37411 214 12 is be VBZ 37411 214 13 paralleled parallel VBN 37411 214 14 in in IN 37411 214 15 Old Old NNP 37411 214 16 Egyptian Egyptian NNP 37411 214 17 as as RB 37411 214 18 well well RB 37411 214 19 as as IN 37411 214 20 in in IN 37411 214 21 Japanese Japanese NNP 37411 214 22 -- -- : 37411 214 23 was be VBD 37411 214 24 soon soon RB 37411 214 25 made make VBN 37411 214 26 clear clear JJ 37411 214 27 by by IN 37411 214 28 Oppert Oppert NNP 37411 214 29 , , , 37411 214 30 Hincks Hincks NNP 37411 214 31 , , , 37411 214 32 and and CC 37411 214 33 Rawlinson Rawlinson NNP 37411 214 34 himself -PRON- PRP 37411 214 35 . . . 37411 215 1 The the DT 37411 215 2 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 215 3 syllabary syllabary NN 37411 215 4 , , , 37411 215 5 which which WDT 37411 215 6 had have VBD 37411 215 7 originally originally RB 37411 215 8 been be VBN 37411 215 9 a a DT 37411 215 10 collection 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method method NN 37411 219 18 on on IN 37411 219 19 which which WDT 37411 219 20 it -PRON- PRP 37411 219 21 was be VBD 37411 219 22 based base VBN 37411 219 23 . . . 37411 220 1 The the DT 37411 220 2 proper proper JJ 37411 220 3 names name NNS 37411 220 4 , , , 37411 220 5 however however RB 37411 220 6 , , , 37411 220 7 were be VBD 37411 220 8 still still RB 37411 220 9 but but CC 37411 220 10 imperfectly imperfectly RB 37411 220 11 read read VB 37411 220 12 , , , 37411 220 13 and and CC 37411 220 14 it -PRON- PRP 37411 220 15 was be VBD 37411 220 16 not not RB 37411 220 17 till till IN 37411 220 18 Hincks hinck NNS 37411 220 19 discovered discover VBD 37411 220 20 the the DT 37411 220 21 names name NNS 37411 220 22 of of IN 37411 220 23 Jehu Jehu NNP 37411 220 24 and and CC 37411 220 25 Omri Omri NNP 37411 220 26 in in IN 37411 220 27 the the DT 37411 220 28 inscription inscription NN 37411 220 29 ( ( -LRB- 37411 220 30 in in IN 37411 220 31 1851 1851 CD 37411 220 32 ) ) -RRB- 37411 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37411 223 20 M. M. 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37411 269 11 which which WDT 37411 269 12 follows follow VBZ 37411 269 13 is be VBZ 37411 269 14 the the DT 37411 269 15 name name NN 37411 269 16 of of IN 37411 269 17 a a DT 37411 269 18 ' ' `` 37411 269 19 city city NN 37411 269 20 , , , 37411 269 21 ' ' '' 37411 269 22 and and CC 37411 269 23 another another DT 37411 269 24 which which WDT 37411 269 25 shows show VBZ 37411 269 26 that that IN 37411 269 27 the the DT 37411 269 28 preceding precede VBG 37411 269 29 word word NN 37411 269 30 is be VBZ 37411 269 31 a a DT 37411 269 32 plural plural NN 37411 269 33 . . . 37411 270 1 In in IN 37411 270 2 this this DT 37411 270 3 way way NN 37411 270 4 a a DT 37411 270 5 glance glance NN 37411 270 6 at at IN 37411 270 7 an an DT 37411 270 8 Assyrian Assyrian NNP 37411 270 9 , , , 37411 270 10 an an DT 37411 270 11 Amardian Amardian NNP 37411 270 12 , , , 37411 270 13 or or CC 37411 270 14 a a DT 37411 270 15 Vannic vannic JJ 37411 270 16 text text NN 37411 270 17 will will MD 37411 270 18 enable enable VB 37411 270 19 us -PRON- PRP 37411 270 20 at at IN 37411 270 21 once once RB 37411 270 22 to to TO 37411 270 23 distinguish distinguish VB 37411 270 24 the the DT 37411 270 25 names name NNS 37411 270 26 of of IN 37411 270 27 men man NNS 37411 270 28 , , , 37411 270 29 women woman NNS 37411 270 30 , , , 37411 270 31 towns town NNS 37411 270 32 , , , 37411 270 33 countries country NNS 37411 270 34 , , , 37411 270 35 animals animal NNS 37411 270 36 , , , 37411 270 37 trees tree NNS 37411 270 38 , , , 37411 270 39 metals metal NNS 37411 270 40 , , , 37411 270 41 stones stone NNS 37411 270 42 , , , 37411 270 43 and and CC 37411 270 44 the the DT 37411 270 45 like like JJ 37411 270 46 . . . 37411 271 1 It -PRON- PRP 37411 271 2 is be VBZ 37411 271 3 a a DT 37411 271 4 help help NN 37411 271 5 which which WDT 37411 271 6 we -PRON- PRP 37411 271 7 look look VBP 37411 271 8 for for IN 37411 271 9 in in IN 37411 271 10 vain vain JJ 37411 271 11 in in IN 37411 271 12 Phoenician 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northern northern JJ 37411 273 14 and and CC 37411 273 15 southern southern JJ 37411 273 16 Chaldaea Chaldaea NNP 37411 273 17 , , , 37411 273 18 many many JJ 37411 273 19 of of IN 37411 273 20 the the DT 37411 273 21 great great JJ 37411 273 22 cities city NNS 37411 273 23 also also RB 37411 273 24 once once RB 37411 273 25 formed form VBD 37411 273 26 separate separate JJ 37411 273 27 states state NNS 37411 273 28 . . . 37411 274 1 The the DT 37411 274 2 excavations excavation NNS 37411 274 3 at at IN 37411 274 4 Tello Tello NNP 37411 274 5 , , , 37411 274 6 for for IN 37411 274 7 instance instance NN 37411 274 8 , , , 37411 274 9 have have VBP 37411 274 10 revealed reveal VBN 37411 274 11 the the DT 37411 274 12 existence existence NN 37411 274 13 of of IN 37411 274 14 a a DT 37411 274 15 dynasty dynasty NN 37411 274 16 which which WDT 37411 274 17 had have VBD 37411 274 18 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 274 19 seat seat NN 37411 274 20 there there RB 37411 274 21 , , , 37411 274 22 and and 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18 when when WRB 37411 275 19 the the DT 37411 275 20 whole whole NN 37411 275 21 of of IN 37411 275 22 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 275 23 was be VBD 37411 275 24 united unite VBN 37411 275 25 into into IN 37411 275 26 a a DT 37411 275 27 single single JJ 37411 275 28 monarchy monarchy NN 37411 275 29 , , , 37411 275 30 whose whose WP$ 37411 275 31 ruler ruler NN 37411 275 32 assumed assume VBD 37411 275 33 the the DT 37411 275 34 imperial imperial JJ 37411 275 35 title title NN 37411 275 36 of of IN 37411 275 37 ' ' '' 37411 275 38 king king NN 37411 275 39 of of IN 37411 275 40 Sumer Sumer NNP 37411 275 41 and and CC 37411 275 42 Accad Accad NNP 37411 275 43 . . . 37411 275 44 ' ' '' 37411 276 1 As as IN 37411 276 2 in in IN 37411 276 3 Egypt Egypt NNP 37411 276 4 , , , 37411 276 5 therefore therefore RB 37411 276 6 , , , 37411 276 7 a a DT 37411 276 8 recollection recollection NN 37411 276 9 of of IN 37411 276 10 the the DT 37411 276 11 original original JJ 37411 276 12 dual dual JJ 37411 276 13 character character NN 37411 276 14 of of IN 37411 276 15 the the DT 37411 276 16 kingdom kingdom NN 37411 276 17 was be VBD 37411 276 18 preserved preserve VBN 37411 276 19 in in IN 37411 276 20 the the DT 37411 276 21 title title NN 37411 276 22 of of IN 37411 276 23 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 276 24 kings king NNS 37411 276 25 . . . 37411 277 1 It -PRON- PRP 37411 277 2 is be VBZ 37411 277 3 probable probable JJ 37411 277 4 that that IN 37411 277 5 the the DT 37411 277 6 various various JJ 37411 277 7 states state NNS 37411 277 8 of of IN 37411 277 9 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 277 10 were be VBD 37411 277 11 more more JJR 37411 277 12 than than IN 37411 277 13 once once RB 37411 277 14 brought bring VBN 37411 277 15 into into IN 37411 277 16 temporary temporary JJ 37411 277 17 union union NN 37411 277 18 before before IN 37411 277 19 the the DT 37411 277 20 final final JJ 37411 277 21 unification unification NN 37411 277 22 of of IN 37411 277 23 the the DT 37411 277 24 monarchy monarchy NN 37411 277 25 took take VBD 37411 277 26 place place NN 37411 277 27 . . . 37411 278 1 Sargon Sargon NNP 37411 278 2 of of IN 37411 278 3 Accad Accad NNP 37411 278 4 , , , 37411 278 5 for for IN 37411 278 6 instance instance NN 37411 278 7 , , , 37411 278 8 seems seem VBZ 37411 278 9 to to TO 37411 278 10 have have VB 37411 278 11 claimed claim VBN 37411 278 12 supremacy supremacy NN 37411 278 13 over over IN 37411 278 14 the the DT 37411 278 15 rest rest NN 37411 278 16 of of IN 37411 278 17 Chaldaea Chaldaea NNP 37411 278 18 , , , 37411 278 19 and and CC 37411 278 20 the the DT 37411 278 21 dynasties dynasty NNS 37411 278 22 which which WDT 37411 278 23 subsequently subsequently RB 37411 278 24 arose arise VBD 37411 278 25 at at IN 37411 278 26 Urand Urand NNP 37411 278 27 other other JJ 37411 278 28 places place NNS 37411 278 29 adopted adopt VBD 37411 278 30 the the DT 37411 278 31 imperial imperial JJ 37411 278 32 title title NN 37411 278 33 , , , 37411 278 34 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280 3 Empire.--Sargon empire.--sargon CD 37411 280 4 of of IN 37411 280 5 Accad Accad NNPS 37411 280 6 founded found VBD 37411 280 7 the the DT 37411 280 8 earliest early JJS 37411 280 9 Semitic semitic JJ 37411 280 10 empire empire NN 37411 280 11 of of IN 37411 280 12 which which WDT 37411 280 13 we -PRON- PRP 37411 280 14 know know VBP 37411 280 15 . . . 37411 281 1 According accord VBG 37411 281 2 to to IN 37411 281 3 Nabonidos Nabonidos NNP 37411 281 4 he -PRON- PRP 37411 281 5 lived live VBD 37411 281 6 more more JJR 37411 281 7 than than IN 37411 281 8 3,200 3,200 CD 37411 281 9 years year NNS 37411 281 10 before before IN 37411 281 11 the the DT 37411 281 12 time time NN 37411 281 13 of of IN 37411 281 14 the the DT 37411 281 15 last last JJ 37411 281 16 Babylonian babylonian JJ 37411 281 17 king king NN 37411 281 18 , , , 37411 281 19 that that DT 37411 281 20 is be VBZ 37411 281 21 to to TO 37411 281 22 say say VB 37411 281 23 about about IN 37411 281 24 3800 3800 CD 37411 281 25 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 282 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 37411 282 2 father father NN 37411 282 3 , , , 37411 282 4 Itti Itti NNP 37411 282 5 - - HYPH 37411 282 6 Bel Bel NNP 37411 282 7 , , , 37411 282 8 had have VBD 37411 282 9 no no DT 37411 282 10 royal royal JJ 37411 282 11 title title NN 37411 282 12 , , , 37411 282 13 and and CC 37411 282 14 legend legend NN 37411 282 15 gathered gather VBD 37411 282 16 around around IN 37411 282 17 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 282 18 birth birth NN 37411 282 19 . . . 37411 283 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 37411 283 2 uncle uncle NN 37411 283 3 , , , 37411 283 4 it -PRON- PRP 37411 283 5 was be VBD 37411 283 6 said say VBN 37411 283 7 , , , 37411 283 8 ruled rule VBN 37411 283 9 in in IN 37411 283 10 the the DT 37411 283 11 mountains mountain NNS 37411 283 12 , , , 37411 283 13 and and CC 37411 283 14 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 283 15 mother mother NN 37411 283 16 concealed conceal VBD 37411 283 17 her -PRON- PRP$ 37411 283 18 child child NN 37411 283 19 in in IN 37411 283 20 an an DT 37411 283 21 ark ark NN 37411 283 22 of of IN 37411 283 23 rushes rush NNS 37411 283 24 , , , 37411 283 25 daubed daub VBN 37411 283 26 with with IN 37411 283 27 pitch pitch NN 37411 283 28 , , , 37411 283 29 which which WDT 37411 283 30 she -PRON- PRP 37411 283 31 entrusted entrust VBD 37411 283 32 to to IN 37411 283 33 the the DT 37411 283 34 waters water NNS 37411 283 35 of of IN 37411 283 36 the the DT 37411 283 37 Euphrates Euphrates NNP 37411 283 38 . . . 37411 284 1 Here here RB 37411 284 2 he -PRON- PRP 37411 284 3 was be VBD 37411 284 4 found find VBN 37411 284 5 by by IN 37411 284 6 a a DT 37411 284 7 peasant peasant NN 37411 284 8 , , , 37411 284 9 who who WP 37411 284 10 brought bring VBD 37411 284 11 him -PRON- PRP 37411 284 12 up up RP 37411 284 13 as as IN 37411 284 14 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 284 15 own own JJ 37411 284 16 son son NN 37411 284 17 . . . 37411 285 1 But but CC 37411 285 2 the the DT 37411 285 3 goddess goddess NN 37411 285 4 Istar Istar NNP 37411 285 5 loved love VBD 37411 285 6 the the DT 37411 285 7 peasant peasant NN 37411 285 8 lad lad NN 37411 285 9 , , , 37411 285 10 and and CC 37411 285 11 the the DT 37411 285 12 time time NN 37411 285 13 at at IN 37411 285 14 last last JJ 37411 285 15 came come VBD 37411 285 16 when when WRB 37411 285 17 he -PRON- PRP 37411 285 18 was be VBD 37411 285 19 able able JJ 37411 285 20 to to TO 37411 285 21 declare declare VB 37411 285 22 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 285 23 true true JJ 37411 285 24 character character NN 37411 285 25 and and CC 37411 285 26 ascend ascend VB 37411 285 27 the the DT 37411 285 28 throne throne NN 37411 285 29 of of IN 37411 285 30 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 285 31 fathers father NNS 37411 285 32 . . . 37411 286 1 A a DT 37411 286 2 copy copy NN 37411 286 3 has have VBZ 37411 286 4 been be VBN 37411 286 5 preserved preserve VBN 37411 286 6 of of IN 37411 286 7 the the DT 37411 286 8 historical historical JJ 37411 286 9 annals annal NNS 37411 286 10 of of IN 37411 286 11 Sargon Sargon NNP 37411 286 12 and and CC 37411 286 13 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 286 14 son son NN 37411 286 15 Naram Naram NNP 37411 286 16 - - HYPH 37411 286 17 Sin Sin NNP 37411 286 18 , , , 37411 286 19 which which WDT 37411 286 20 must must MD 37411 286 21 have have VB 37411 286 22 been be VBN 37411 286 23 compiled compile VBN 37411 286 24 in in IN 37411 286 25 the the DT 37411 286 26 reign reign NN 37411 286 27 of of IN 37411 286 28 the the DT 37411 286 29 latter latter JJ 37411 286 30 , , , 37411 286 31 as as IN 37411 286 32 they -PRON- PRP 37411 286 33 break break VBP 37411 286 34 off off RP 37411 286 35 in in IN 37411 286 36 the the DT 37411 286 37 middle middle NN 37411 286 38 of of IN 37411 286 39 it -PRON- PRP 37411 286 40 . . . 37411 287 1 We -PRON- PRP 37411 287 2 learn learn VBP 37411 287 3 from from IN 37411 287 4 them -PRON- PRP 37411 287 5 that that IN 37411 287 6 Sargon Sargon NNP 37411 287 7 not not RB 37411 287 8 only only RB 37411 287 9 established establish VBD 37411 287 10 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 287 11 rule rule NN 37411 287 12 over over IN 37411 287 13 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 287 14 and and CC 37411 287 15 the the DT 37411 287 16 adjoining adjoining JJ 37411 287 17 districts district NNS 37411 287 18 , , , 37411 287 19 he -PRON- PRP 37411 287 20 also also RB 37411 287 21 defeated defeat VBD 37411 287 22 the the DT 37411 287 23 Elamites Elamites NNPS 37411 287 24 , , , 37411 287 25 and and CC 37411 287 26 made make VBD 37411 287 27 four four CD 37411 287 28 expeditions expedition NNS 37411 287 29 into into IN 37411 287 30 Syria Syria NNP 37411 287 31 , , , 37411 287 32 ' ' '' 37411 287 33 the the DT 37411 287 34 land land NN 37411 287 35 of of IN 37411 287 36 the the DT 37411 287 37 Amorites Amorites NNPS 37411 287 38 . . . 37411 287 39 ' ' '' 37411 288 1 The the DT 37411 288 2 last last JJ 37411 288 3 of of IN 37411 288 4 these these DT 37411 288 5 expeditions expedition NNS 37411 288 6 occupied occupy VBD 37411 288 7 three three CD 37411 288 8 years year NNS 37411 288 9 , , , 37411 288 10 and and CC 37411 288 11 ended end VBD 37411 288 12 with with IN 37411 288 13 the the DT 37411 288 14 erection erection NN 37411 288 15 of of IN 37411 288 16 images image NNS 37411 288 17 of of IN 37411 288 18 the the DT 37411 288 19 Chaldaean chaldaean JJ 37411 288 20 king king NN 37411 288 21 on on IN 37411 288 22 the the DT 37411 288 23 shores shore NNS 37411 288 24 of of IN 37411 288 25 the the DT 37411 288 26 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 37411 288 27 , , , 37411 288 28 and and CC 37411 288 29 with with IN 37411 288 30 the the DT 37411 288 31 conquest conquest NN 37411 288 32 of of IN 37411 288 33 the the DT 37411 288 34 countries country NNS 37411 288 35 ' ' '' 37411 288 36 of of IN 37411 288 37 the the DT 37411 288 38 sea sea NN 37411 288 39 of of IN 37411 288 40 the the DT 37411 288 41 setting set VBG 37411 288 42 sun sun NN 37411 288 43 , , , 37411 288 44 ' ' '' 37411 288 45 which which WDT 37411 288 46 he -PRON- PRP 37411 288 47 united unite VBD 37411 288 48 ' ' '' 37411 288 49 into into IN 37411 288 50 a a DT 37411 288 51 single single JJ 37411 288 52 empire empire NN 37411 288 53 . . . 37411 288 54 ' ' '' 37411 289 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 37411 289 2 last last JJ 37411 289 3 campaign campaign NN 37411 289 4 was be VBD 37411 289 5 against against IN 37411 289 6 the the DT 37411 289 7 Aram Aram NNP 37411 289 8 - 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- HYPH 37411 291 25 two two CD 37411 291 26 books book NNS 37411 291 27 . . . 37411 292 1 A a DT 37411 292 2 translation translation NN 37411 292 3 of of IN 37411 292 4 it -PRON- PRP 37411 292 5 into into IN 37411 292 6 Greek Greek NNP 37411 292 7 was be VBD 37411 292 8 made make VBN 37411 292 9 in in IN 37411 292 10 later later JJ 37411 292 11 days day NNS 37411 292 12 by by IN 37411 292 13 the the DT 37411 292 14 Chaldaean chaldaean JJ 37411 292 15 historian historian NN 37411 292 16 Bêrôssos Bêrôssos NNP 37411 292 17 . . . 37411 293 1 Sargon Sargon NNP 37411 293 2 's 's POS 37411 293 3 son son NN 37411 293 4 and and CC 37411 293 5 successor successor NN 37411 293 6 Naram Naram NNP 37411 293 7 - - HYPH 37411 293 8 Sin Sin NNP 37411 293 9 continued continue VBD 37411 293 10 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 293 11 father father NN 37411 293 12 's 's POS 37411 293 13 victorious victorious JJ 37411 293 14 career career NN 37411 293 15 , , , 37411 293 16 and and CC 37411 293 17 Palestine Palestine NNP 37411 293 18 being be VBG 37411 293 19 already already RB 37411 293 20 secured secure VBN 37411 293 21 behind behind IN 37411 293 22 him -PRON- PRP 37411 293 23 , , , 37411 293 24 marched march VBD 37411 293 25 into into IN 37411 293 26 the the DT 37411 293 27 land land NN 37411 293 28 of of IN 37411 293 29 Magan Magan NNP 37411 293 30 , , , 37411 293 31 by by IN 37411 293 32 which which WDT 37411 293 33 name name NN 37411 293 34 Midian Midian NNP 37411 293 35 and and CC 37411 293 36 the the DT 37411 293 37 Sinaitic sinaitic JJ 37411 293 38 peninsula peninsula NN 37411 293 39 were be VBD 37411 293 40 known know VBN 37411 293 41 , , , 37411 293 42 and and CC 37411 293 43 captured capture VBN 37411 293 44 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 293 45 king king NN 37411 293 46 . . . 37411 294 1 A a DT 37411 294 2 record record NN 37411 294 3 of of IN 37411 294 4 the the DT 37411 294 5 conquest conquest NN 37411 294 6 was be VBD 37411 294 7 engraved engrave VBN 37411 294 8 on on IN 37411 294 9 an an DT 37411 294 10 alabaster alabaster NN 37411 294 11 vase vase NN 37411 294 12 discovered discover VBN 37411 294 13 by by IN 37411 294 14 the the DT 37411 294 15 French French NNP 37411 294 16 Expedition Expedition NNP 37411 294 17 to to IN 37411 294 18 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 294 19 , , , 37411 294 20 but but CC 37411 294 21 unfortunately unfortunately RB 37411 294 22 lost lose VBD 37411 294 23 in in IN 37411 294 24 the the DT 37411 294 25 Tigris Tigris NNP 37411 294 26 . . . 37411 295 1 Naram Naram NNP 37411 295 2 - 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- HYPH 37411 298 21 priests priest NNS 37411 298 22 . . . 37411 299 1 One one CD 37411 299 2 of of IN 37411 299 3 these these DT 37411 299 4 was be VBD 37411 299 5 Gudea Gudea NNP 37411 299 6 , , , 37411 299 7 whose whose WP$ 37411 299 8 statue statue NN 37411 299 9 may may MD 37411 299 10 be be VB 37411 299 11 seen see VBN 37411 299 12 in in IN 37411 299 13 the the DT 37411 299 14 Louvre Louvre NNP 37411 299 15 . . . 37411 300 1 In in IN 37411 300 2 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 300 3 time time NN 37411 300 4 building building NN 37411 300 5 - - HYPH 37411 300 6 materials material NNS 37411 300 7 were be VBD 37411 300 8 brought bring VBN 37411 300 9 to to IN 37411 300 10 Chaldaea Chaldaea NNP 37411 300 11 from from IN 37411 300 12 all all DT 37411 300 13 parts part NNS 37411 300 14 of of IN 37411 300 15 Western Western NNP 37411 300 16 Asia Asia NNP 37411 300 17 ; ; : 37411 300 18 thus thus RB 37411 300 19 cedar cedar NN 37411 300 20 beams beam NNS 37411 300 21 were be VBD 37411 300 22 imported import VBN 37411 300 23 from from IN 37411 300 24 Mount Mount NNP 37411 300 25 Amanus Amanus NNP 37411 300 26 , , , 37411 300 27 and and CC 37411 300 28 diorite diorite NN 37411 300 29 from from IN 37411 300 30 the the DT 37411 300 31 land land NN 37411 300 32 of of IN 37411 300 33 Magan Magan NNP 37411 300 34 . . . 37411 301 1 It -PRON- PRP 37411 301 2 was be VBD 37411 301 3 out out IN 37411 301 4 of of IN 37411 301 5 this this DT 37411 301 6 diorite diorite NN 37411 301 7 that that IN 37411 301 8 the the DT 37411 301 9 statues statue NNS 37411 301 10 were be VBD 37411 301 11 cut cut VBN 37411 301 12 . . . 37411 302 1 Another another DT 37411 302 2 of of IN 37411 302 3 the the DT 37411 302 4 _ _ NNP 37411 302 5 patesis patesis NN 37411 302 6 _ _ NNP 37411 302 7 of of IN 37411 302 8 Tello Tello NNP 37411 302 9 was be VBD 37411 302 10 the the DT 37411 302 11 vassal vassal NN 37411 302 12 of of IN 37411 302 13 Dungi Dungi NNP 37411 302 14 , , , 37411 302 15 king king NN 37411 302 16 of of IN 37411 302 17 Ur Ur NNP 37411 302 18 , , , 37411 302 19 whose whose WP$ 37411 302 20 father father NN 37411 302 21 had have VBD 37411 302 22 built build VBN 37411 302 23 or or CC 37411 302 24 restored restore VBN 37411 302 25 the the DT 37411 302 26 great great JJ 37411 302 27 temple temple NN 37411 302 28 of of IN 37411 302 29 the the DT 37411 302 30 Moon Moon NNP 37411 302 31 - - HYPH 37411 302 32 god god NNP 37411 302 33 in in IN 37411 302 34 that that DT 37411 302 35 city city NN 37411 302 36 , , , 37411 302 37 and and CC 37411 302 38 had have VBD 37411 302 39 claimed claim VBN 37411 302 40 sovereignty sovereignty NN 37411 302 41 over over IN 37411 302 42 the the DT 37411 302 43 whole whole NN 37411 302 44 of of IN 37411 302 45 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 302 46 . . . 37411 303 1 Chronology.--These Chronology.--These NNP 37411 303 2 early early JJ 37411 303 3 sovereigns sovereign NNS 37411 303 4 are be VBP 37411 303 5 known know VBN 37411 303 6 to to IN 37411 303 7 us -PRON- PRP 37411 303 8 by by IN 37411 303 9 the the DT 37411 303 10 bricks brick NNS 37411 303 11 and and CC 37411 303 12 other other JJ 37411 303 13 objects object NNS 37411 303 14 which which WDT 37411 303 15 they -PRON- PRP 37411 303 16 have have VBP 37411 303 17 left leave VBN 37411 303 18 behind behind RB 37411 303 19 , , , 37411 303 20 but but CC 37411 303 21 we -PRON- PRP 37411 303 22 can can MD 37411 303 23 not not RB 37411 303 24 arrange arrange VB 37411 303 25 them -PRON- PRP 37411 303 26 in in IN 37411 303 27 a a DT 37411 303 28 chronological chronological JJ 37411 303 29 order order NN 37411 303 30 . . . 37411 304 1 Chronology chronology NN 37411 304 2 begins begin VBZ 37411 304 3 with with IN 37411 304 4 what what WP 37411 304 5 is be VBZ 37411 304 6 called call VBN 37411 304 7 by by IN 37411 304 8 the the DT 37411 304 9 native native JJ 37411 304 10 historians historians NNPS 37411 304 11 ' ' POS 37411 304 12 the the DT 37411 304 13 dynasty dynasty NN 37411 304 14 of of IN 37411 304 15 Babylon Babylon NNP 37411 304 16 . . . 37411 304 17 ' ' '' 37411 305 1 From from IN 37411 305 2 this this DT 37411 305 3 time time NN 37411 305 4 forward forward IN 37411 305 5 the the DT 37411 305 6 tablets tablet NNS 37411 305 7 have have VBP 37411 305 8 preserved preserve VBN 37411 305 9 the the DT 37411 305 10 names name NNS 37411 305 11 of of IN 37411 305 12 the the DT 37411 305 13 Babylonian babylonian JJ 37411 305 14 kings king NNS 37411 305 15 divided divide VBN 37411 305 16 into into IN 37411 305 17 dynasties dynasty NNS 37411 305 18 , , , 37411 305 19 together together RB 37411 305 20 with with IN 37411 305 21 the the DT 37411 305 22 length length NN 37411 305 23 of of IN 37411 305 24 each each DT 37411 305 25 reign reign NN 37411 305 26 as as RB 37411 305 27 well well RB 37411 305 28 as as IN 37411 305 29 of of IN 37411 305 30 each each DT 37411 305 31 dynasty dynasty NN 37411 305 32 . . . 37411 306 1 The the DT 37411 306 2 sixth sixth JJ 37411 306 3 king king NN 37411 306 4 of of IN 37411 306 5 the the DT 37411 306 6 dynasty dynasty NN 37411 306 7 of of IN 37411 306 8 Babylon Babylon NNP 37411 306 9 was be VBD 37411 306 10 Khammurabi Khammurabi NNP 37411 306 11 , , , 37411 306 12 who who WP 37411 306 13 reigned reign VBD 37411 306 14 fifty fifty CD 37411 306 15 - - HYPH 37411 306 16 five five CD 37411 306 17 years year NNS 37411 306 18 ( ( -LRB- 37411 306 19 B.C. B.C. 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- HYPH 37411 315 7 Aku Aku NNP 37411 315 8 and and CC 37411 315 9 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 315 10 Elamite elamite JJ 37411 315 11 allies ally NNS 37411 315 12 and and CC 37411 315 13 in in IN 37411 315 14 making make VBG 37411 315 15 himself -PRON- PRP 37411 315 16 sole sole JJ 37411 315 17 king king NN 37411 315 18 of of IN 37411 315 19 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 315 20 . . . 37411 316 1 Babylon Babylon NNP 37411 316 2 , , , 37411 316 3 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 316 4 capital capital NN 37411 316 5 , , , 37411 316 6 thus thus RB 37411 316 7 became become VBD 37411 316 8 , , , 37411 316 9 and and CC 37411 316 10 remained remain VBD 37411 316 11 , , , 37411 316 12 the the DT 37411 316 13 capital capital NN 37411 316 14 of of IN 37411 316 15 the the DT 37411 316 16 united united NNP 37411 316 17 kingdom kingdom NNP 37411 316 18 . . . 37411 317 1 It -PRON- PRP 37411 317 2 was be VBD 37411 317 3 soon soon RB 37411 317 4 the the DT 37411 317 5 scene scene NN 37411 317 6 of of IN 37411 317 7 a a DT 37411 317 8 great great JJ 37411 317 9 literary literary JJ 37411 317 10 revival revival NN 37411 317 11 . . . 37411 318 1 The the DT 37411 318 2 older old JJR 37411 318 3 literature literature NN 37411 318 4 of of IN 37411 318 5 the the DT 37411 318 6 country country NN 37411 318 7 was be VBD 37411 318 8 re re VBN 37411 318 9 - - VBN 37411 318 10 edited edited JJ 37411 318 11 , , , 37411 318 12 new new JJ 37411 318 13 authors author NNS 37411 318 14 arose arise VBD 37411 318 15 , , , 37411 318 16 and and CC 37411 318 17 the the DT 37411 318 18 court court NN 37411 318 19 of of IN 37411 318 20 Khammurabi Khammurabi NNP 37411 318 21 revived revive VBD 37411 318 22 the the DT 37411 318 23 literary literary JJ 37411 318 24 glories glory NNS 37411 318 25 of of IN 37411 318 26 that that DT 37411 318 27 of of IN 37411 318 28 Sargon Sargon NNP 37411 318 29 . . . 37411 319 1 As as IN 37411 319 2 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 319 3 great great JJ 37411 319 4 - - HYPH 37411 319 5 grandson grandson NN 37411 319 6 still still RB 37411 319 7 calls call VBZ 37411 319 8 himself -PRON- PRP 37411 319 9 ' ' `` 37411 319 10 king king NN 37411 319 11 of of IN 37411 319 12 the the DT 37411 319 13 land land NN 37411 319 14 of of IN 37411 319 15 the the DT 37411 319 16 Amorites Amorites NNPS 37411 319 17 ' ' POS 37411 319 18 we -PRON- PRP 37411 319 19 may may MD 37411 319 20 infer infer VB 37411 319 21 that that IN 37411 319 22 the the DT 37411 319 23 conquests conquest NNS 37411 319 24 in in IN 37411 319 25 Syria Syria NNP 37411 319 26 were be VBD 37411 319 27 not not RB 37411 319 28 lost lose VBN 37411 319 29 . . . 37411 320 1 The the DT 37411 320 2 rise rise NN 37411 320 3 of of IN 37411 320 4 Assyria.--The Assyria.--The NNP 37411 320 5 dynasty dynasty NN 37411 320 6 of of IN 37411 320 7 Khammurabi Khammurabi NNP 37411 320 8 was be VBD 37411 320 9 followed follow VBN 37411 320 10 by by IN 37411 320 11 one one CD 37411 320 12 which which WDT 37411 320 13 came come VBD 37411 320 14 from from IN 37411 320 15 Tello Tello NNP 37411 320 16 , , , 37411 320 17 whose whose WP$ 37411 320 18 kings king NNS 37411 320 19 bear bear VBP 37411 320 20 Sumerian sumerian JJ 37411 320 21 names name NNS 37411 320 22 . . . 37411 321 1 Then then RB 37411 321 2 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 321 3 was be VBD 37411 321 4 conquered conquer VBN 37411 321 5 by by IN 37411 321 6 Kassite Kassite NNP 37411 321 7 princes prince NNS 37411 321 8 who who WP 37411 321 9 ruled rule VBD 37411 321 10 over over IN 37411 321 11 it -PRON- PRP 37411 321 12 for for IN 37411 321 13 576 576 CD 37411 321 14 years year NNS 37411 321 15 and and CC 37411 321 16 nine nine CD 37411 321 17 months month NNS 37411 321 18 ( ( -LRB- 37411 321 19 B.C. B.C. 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B.C. NNP 37411 327 1 Assuryuballidh Assuryuballidh NNP 37411 327 2 of of IN 37411 327 3 Assyria Assyria NNP 37411 327 4 , , , 37411 327 5 like like IN 37411 327 6 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 327 7 contemporary contemporary JJ 37411 327 8 Burna Burna NNP 37411 327 9 - - HYPH 37411 327 10 buryas buryas NNP 37411 327 11 of of IN 37411 327 12 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 327 13 , , , 37411 327 14 sent send VBD 37411 327 15 letters letter NNS 37411 327 16 and and CC 37411 327 17 presents present NNS 37411 327 18 to to IN 37411 327 19 the the DT 37411 327 20 Egyptian egyptian JJ 37411 327 21 Pharaoh Pharaoh NNP 37411 327 22 and and CC 37411 327 23 begged beg VBD 37411 327 24 in in IN 37411 327 25 return return NN 37411 327 26 for for IN 37411 327 27 Egyptian egyptian JJ 37411 327 28 gold gold NN 37411 327 29 , , , 37411 327 30 and and CC 37411 327 31 a a DT 37411 327 32 century century NN 37411 327 33 later later RBR 37411 327 34 the the DT 37411 327 35 city city NN 37411 327 36 of of IN 37411 327 37 Calah Calah NNP 37411 327 38 was be VBD 37411 327 39 built build VBN 37411 327 40 ( ( -LRB- 37411 327 41 or or CC 37411 327 42 restored restore VBN 37411 327 43 ) ) -RRB- 37411 327 44 by by IN 37411 327 45 Shalmaneser Shalmaneser NNP 37411 327 46 I. I. NNP 37411 328 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 37411 328 2 son son NN 37411 328 3 Tiglath Tiglath NNP 37411 328 4 - - HYPH 37411 328 5 Uras Uras NNP 37411 328 6 in in IN 37411 328 7 the the DT 37411 328 8 sixth sixth JJ 37411 328 9 year year NN 37411 328 10 of of IN 37411 328 11 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 328 12 reign reign NN 37411 328 13 marched march VBD 37411 328 14 against against IN 37411 328 15 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 328 16 , , , 37411 328 17 captured capture VBN 37411 328 18 Babylon Babylon NNP 37411 328 19 and and CC 37411 328 20 governed govern VBD 37411 328 21 it -PRON- PRP 37411 328 22 for for IN 37411 328 23 seven seven CD 37411 328 24 years year NNS 37411 328 25 . . . 37411 329 1 He -PRON- PRP 37411 329 2 was be VBD 37411 329 3 then then RB 37411 329 4 driven drive VBN 37411 329 5 out out IN 37411 329 6 of of IN 37411 329 7 the the DT 37411 329 8 country country NN 37411 329 9 and and CC 37411 329 10 subsequently subsequently RB 37411 329 11 murdered murder VBN 37411 329 12 by by IN 37411 329 13 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 329 14 own own JJ 37411 329 15 son son NN 37411 329 16 . . . 37411 330 1 The the DT 37411 330 2 Kassite Kassite NNP 37411 330 3 dynasty dynasty NN 37411 330 4 , , , 37411 330 5 however however RB 37411 330 6 , , , 37411 330 7 did do VBD 37411 330 8 not not RB 37411 330 9 last last VB 37411 330 10 long long RB 37411 330 11 after after IN 37411 330 12 the the DT 37411 330 13 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 330 14 invasion invasion NN 37411 330 15 . . . 37411 331 1 The the DT 37411 331 2 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 331 3 king king NN 37411 331 4 had have VBD 37411 331 5 entered enter VBN 37411 331 6 Babylon Babylon NNP 37411 331 7 in in IN 37411 331 8 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 332 1 1291 1291 CD 37411 332 2 , , , 37411 332 3 and and CC 37411 332 4 in in IN 37411 332 5 B.C. B.C. 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of of IN 37411 411 11 the the DT 37411 411 12 New New NNP 37411 411 13 Empire Empire NNP 37411 411 14 . . . 37411 412 1 Accordingly accordingly RB 37411 412 2 , , , 37411 412 3 while while IN 37411 412 4 the the DT 37411 412 5 frontiers frontier NNS 37411 412 6 of of IN 37411 412 7 the the DT 37411 412 8 kingdom kingdom NN 37411 412 9 were be VBD 37411 412 10 secured secure VBN 37411 412 11 from from IN 37411 412 12 the the DT 37411 412 13 wild wild JJ 37411 412 14 tribes tribe NNS 37411 412 15 on on IN 37411 412 16 the the DT 37411 412 17 east east NNP 37411 412 18 and and CC 37411 412 19 north north NN 37411 412 20 , , , 37411 412 21 expedition expedition NN 37411 412 22 after after IN 37411 412 23 expedition expedition NN 37411 412 24 was be VBD 37411 412 25 sent send VBN 37411 412 26 westward westward RB 37411 412 27 and and CC 37411 412 28 southward southward NNP 37411 412 29 which which WDT 37411 412 30 pushed push VBD 37411 412 31 steadily steadily RB 37411 412 32 forward forward RB 37411 412 33 the the DT 37411 412 34 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 412 35 domination domination NN 37411 412 36 . . . 37411 413 1 Satraps satrap NNS 37411 413 2 and and CC 37411 413 3 colonists colonist NNS 37411 413 4 followed follow VBN 37411 413 5 in in IN 37411 413 6 the the DT 37411 413 7 wake wake NN 37411 413 8 of of IN 37411 413 9 the the DT 37411 413 10 generals general NNS 37411 413 11 ; ; : 37411 413 12 and and CC 37411 413 13 the the DT 37411 413 14 amount amount NN 37411 413 15 of of IN 37411 413 16 annual annual JJ 37411 413 17 tribute tribute NN 37411 413 18 to to TO 37411 413 19 be be VB 37411 413 20 paid pay VBN 37411 413 21 by by IN 37411 413 22 each each DT 37411 413 23 province province NN 37411 413 24 was be VBD 37411 413 25 defined define VBN 37411 413 26 and and CC 37411 413 27 rigorously rigorously RB 37411 413 28 exacted exact VBN 37411 413 29 from from IN 37411 413 30 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 413 31 governor governor NN 37411 413 32 . . . 37411 414 1 The the DT 37411 414 2 latter latter NN 37411 414 3 was be VBD 37411 414 4 appointed appoint VBN 37411 414 5 by by IN 37411 414 6 the the DT 37411 414 7 king king NN 37411 414 8 , , , 37411 414 9 and and CC 37411 414 10 held hold VBD 37411 414 11 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 414 12 office office NN 37411 414 13 at at IN 37411 414 14 the the DT 37411 414 15 royal royal JJ 37411 414 16 pleasure pleasure NN 37411 414 17 . . . 37411 415 1 At at IN 37411 415 2 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 415 3 side side NN 37411 415 4 were be VBD 37411 415 5 military military JJ 37411 415 6 officers officer NNS 37411 415 7 , , , 37411 415 8 and and CC 37411 415 9 under under IN 37411 415 10 him -PRON- PRP 37411 415 11 a a DT 37411 415 12 body body NN 37411 415 13 of of IN 37411 415 14 officials official NNS 37411 415 15 who who WP 37411 415 16 were be VBD 37411 415 17 responsible responsible JJ 37411 415 18 to to IN 37411 415 19 the the DT 37411 415 20 governor governor NN 37411 415 21 as as IN 37411 415 22 he -PRON- PRP 37411 415 23 was be VBD 37411 415 24 to to IN 37411 415 25 the the DT 37411 415 26 king king NN 37411 415 27 . . . 37411 416 1 The the DT 37411 416 2 New New NNP 37411 416 3 Empire Empire NNP 37411 416 4 was be VBD 37411 416 5 thus thus RB 37411 416 6 governed govern VBN 37411 416 7 by by IN 37411 416 8 a a DT 37411 416 9 vast vast JJ 37411 416 10 bureaucracy bureaucracy NN 37411 416 11 , , , 37411 416 12 at at IN 37411 416 13 the the DT 37411 416 14 head head NN 37411 416 15 of of IN 37411 416 16 which which WDT 37411 416 17 stood stand VBD 37411 416 18 the the DT 37411 416 19 king king NN 37411 416 20 . . . 37411 417 1 But but CC 37411 417 2 the the DT 37411 417 3 bureaucracy bureaucracy NN 37411 417 4 was be VBD 37411 417 5 military military JJ 37411 417 6 as as RB 37411 417 7 well well RB 37411 417 8 as as IN 37411 417 9 civil civil JJ 37411 417 10 , , , 37411 417 11 and and CC 37411 417 12 the the DT 37411 417 13 military military JJ 37411 417 14 and and CC 37411 417 15 civil civil JJ 37411 417 16 elements element NNS 37411 417 17 formed form VBD 37411 417 18 a a DT 37411 417 19 check check NN 37411 417 20 one one NN 37411 417 21 upon upon IN 37411 417 22 the the DT 37411 417 23 other other JJ 37411 417 24 . . . 37411 418 1 The the DT 37411 418 2 military military JJ 37411 418 3 element element NN 37411 418 4 was be VBD 37411 418 5 , , , 37411 418 6 however however RB 37411 418 7 , , , 37411 418 8 predominant predominant NN 37411 418 9 , , , 37411 418 10 the the DT 37411 418 11 result result NN 37411 418 12 of of IN 37411 418 13 the the DT 37411 418 14 fact fact NN 37411 418 15 that that IN 37411 418 16 the the DT 37411 418 17 empire empire NN 37411 418 18 itself -PRON- PRP 37411 418 19 was be VBD 37411 418 20 based base VBN 37411 418 21 on on IN 37411 418 22 conquest conquest NNP 37411 418 23 . . . 37411 419 1 The the DT 37411 419 2 army army NN 37411 419 3 was be VBD 37411 419 4 carefully carefully RB 37411 419 5 trained train VBN 37411 419 6 , , , 37411 419 7 well well RB 37411 419 8 disciplined discipline VBD 37411 419 9 , , , 37411 419 10 and and CC 37411 419 11 well well RB 37411 419 12 armed armed JJ 37411 419 13 . . . 37411 420 1 It -PRON- PRP 37411 420 2 thus thus RB 37411 420 3 soon soon RB 37411 420 4 became become VBD 37411 420 5 an an DT 37411 420 6 irresistible irresistible JJ 37411 420 7 weapon weapon NN 37411 420 8 in in IN 37411 420 9 the the DT 37411 420 10 hands hand NNS 37411 420 11 of of IN 37411 420 12 a a DT 37411 420 13 competent competent JJ 37411 420 14 master master NN 37411 420 15 . . . 37411 421 1 Before before IN 37411 421 2 Tiglath Tiglath NNP 37411 421 3 - - HYPH 37411 421 4 pileser pileser NNP 37411 421 5 's 's POS 37411 421 6 reign reign NN 37411 421 7 was be VBD 37411 421 8 half half RB 37411 421 9 over over RB 37411 421 10 there there EX 37411 421 11 was be VBD 37411 421 12 no no DT 37411 421 13 force force NN 37411 421 14 in in IN 37411 421 15 western western JJ 37411 421 16 Asia Asia NNP 37411 421 17 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B.C. NNP 37411 423 1 745 745 CD 37411 423 2 - - SYM 37411 423 3 727 727 CD 37411 423 4 ) ) -RRB- 37411 423 5 , , , 37411 423 6 and and CC 37411 423 7 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 423 8 organizing organize VBG 37411 423 9 abilities ability NNS 37411 423 10 proved prove VBD 37411 423 11 to to TO 37411 423 12 be be VB 37411 423 13 as as RB 37411 423 14 great great JJ 37411 423 15 as as IN 37411 423 16 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 423 17 military military JJ 37411 423 18 skill skill NN 37411 423 19 . . . 37411 424 1 An an DT 37411 424 2 invasion invasion NN 37411 424 3 of of IN 37411 424 4 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 424 5 first first RB 37411 424 6 tested test VBD 37411 424 7 the the DT 37411 424 8 strength strength NN 37411 424 9 of of IN 37411 424 10 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 424 11 army army NN 37411 424 12 , , , 37411 424 13 and and CC 37411 424 14 resulted result VBD 37411 424 15 in in IN 37411 424 16 the the DT 37411 424 17 subjection subjection NN 37411 424 18 of of IN 37411 424 19 the the DT 37411 424 20 Aramaean Aramaean NNP 37411 424 21 tribes tribe NNS 37411 424 22 in in IN 37411 424 23 that that DT 37411 424 24 country country NN 37411 424 25 to to IN 37411 424 26 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 424 27 rule rule NN 37411 424 28 . . . 37411 425 1 Then then RB 37411 425 2 followed follow VBD 37411 425 3 an an DT 37411 425 4 expedition expedition NN 37411 425 5 into into IN 37411 425 6 Kurdistan Kurdistan NNP 37411 425 7 . . . 37411 426 1 The the DT 37411 426 2 Medes Medes NNP 37411 426 3 were be VBD 37411 426 4 massacred massacre VBN 37411 426 5 , , , 37411 426 6 and and CC 37411 426 7 the the DT 37411 426 8 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 426 9 army army NN 37411 426 10 pushed push VBD 37411 426 11 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 426 12 way way NN 37411 426 13 far far RB 37411 426 14 eastward eastward RB 37411 426 15 to to IN 37411 426 16 Bikni Bikni NNP 37411 426 17 , , , 37411 426 18 ' ' '' 37411 426 19 the the DT 37411 426 20 mountain mountain NN 37411 426 21 of of IN 37411 426 22 the the DT 37411 426 23 rising rise VBG 37411 426 24 sun sun NN 37411 426 25 . . . 37411 426 26 ' ' '' 37411 427 1 Next Next NNP 37411 427 2 Tiglath Tiglath NNP 37411 427 3 - - HYPH 37411 427 4 pileser pileser NNP 37411 427 5 turned turn VBD 37411 427 6 to to IN 37411 427 7 the the DT 37411 427 8 north north NN 37411 427 9 - - HYPH 37411 427 10 west west NN 37411 427 11 . . . 37411 428 1 Here here RB 37411 428 2 he -PRON- PRP 37411 428 3 was be VBD 37411 428 4 met meet VBN 37411 428 5 by by IN 37411 428 6 a a DT 37411 428 7 powerful powerful JJ 37411 428 8 confederacy confederacy NN 37411 428 9 , , , 37411 428 10 at at IN 37411 428 11 the the DT 37411 428 12 head head NN 37411 428 13 of of IN 37411 428 14 which which WDT 37411 428 15 was be VBD 37411 428 16 the the DT 37411 428 17 king king NN 37411 428 18 of of IN 37411 428 19 Ararat Ararat NNP 37411 428 20 . . . 37411 429 1 But but CC 37411 429 2 the the DT 37411 429 3 forces force NNS 37411 429 4 of of IN 37411 429 5 the the DT 37411 429 6 northern northern JJ 37411 429 7 nations nation NNS 37411 429 8 were be VBD 37411 429 9 cut cut VBN 37411 429 10 to to IN 37411 429 11 pieces piece NNS 37411 429 12 in in IN 37411 429 13 Komagene Komagene NNP 37411 429 14 , , , 37411 429 15 and and CC 37411 429 16 Arpad Arpad NNP 37411 429 17 , , , 37411 429 18 which which WDT 37411 429 19 had have VBD 37411 429 20 become become VBN 37411 429 21 the the DT 37411 429 22 centre centre NN 37411 429 23 of of IN 37411 429 24 a a DT 37411 429 25 hostile hostile JJ 37411 429 26 Syrian syrian JJ 37411 429 27 league league NN 37411 429 28 , , , 37411 429 29 was be VBD 37411 429 30 captured capture VBN 37411 429 31 after after IN 37411 429 32 a a DT 37411 429 33 siege siege NN 37411 429 34 of of IN 37411 429 35 three three CD 37411 429 36 years year NNS 37411 429 37 . . . 37411 430 1 The the DT 37411 430 2 league league NN 37411 430 3 had have VBD 37411 430 4 included include VBN 37411 430 5 Hamath Hamath NNP 37411 430 6 and and CC 37411 430 7 Azariah Azariah NNP 37411 430 8 of of IN 37411 430 9 Judah Judah NNP 37411 430 10 , , , 37411 430 11 and and CC 37411 430 12 Hamath Hamath NNP 37411 430 13 was be VBD 37411 430 14 consequently consequently RB 37411 430 15 annexed annex VBN 37411 430 16 to to IN 37411 430 17 the the DT 37411 430 18 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 430 19 empire empire NN 37411 430 20 . . . 37411 431 1 The the DT 37411 431 2 princes prince NNS 37411 431 3 of of IN 37411 431 4 the the DT 37411 431 5 West West NNP 37411 431 6 hastened hasten VBD 37411 431 7 to to TO 37411 431 8 offer offer VB 37411 431 9 homage homage NN 37411 431 10 to to IN 37411 431 11 the the DT 37411 431 12 conqueror conqueror NN 37411 431 13 , , , 37411 431 14 among among IN 37411 431 15 them -PRON- PRP 37411 431 16 being be VBG 37411 431 17 Rezon Rezon NNP 37411 431 18 of of IN 37411 431 19 Damascus Damascus NNP 37411 431 20 and and CC 37411 431 21 Menahem Menahem NNP 37411 431 22 of of IN 37411 431 23 Samaria Samaria NNP 37411 431 24 ( ( -LRB- 37411 431 25 B.C. B.C. 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B.C. NNP 37411 440 1 734 734 CD 37411 440 2 ) ) -RRB- 37411 440 3 . . . 37411 441 1 Two two CD 37411 441 2 years year NNS 37411 441 3 later later RB 37411 441 4 ( ( -LRB- 37411 441 5 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 442 1 732 732 CD 37411 442 2 ) ) -RRB- 37411 442 3 , , , 37411 442 4 Damascus Damascus NNP 37411 442 5 was be VBD 37411 442 6 taken take VBN 37411 442 7 and and CC 37411 442 8 sacked sack VBN 37411 442 9 , , , 37411 442 10 Rezon Rezon NNP 37411 442 11 put put VBD 37411 442 12 to to IN 37411 442 13 death death NN 37411 442 14 and and CC 37411 442 15 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 442 16 kingdom kingdom NN 37411 442 17 placed place VBN 37411 442 18 under under IN 37411 442 19 an an DT 37411 442 20 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 442 21 prefect prefect NN 37411 442 22 . . . 37411 443 1 Pekah Pekah NNP 37411 443 2 , , , 37411 443 3 too too RB 37411 443 4 , , , 37411 443 5 had have VBD 37411 443 6 been be VBN 37411 443 7 murdered murder VBN 37411 443 8 , , , 37411 443 9 and and CC 37411 443 10 Tiglath Tiglath NNP 37411 443 11 - - HYPH 37411 443 12 pileser pileser NNP 37411 443 13 had have VBD 37411 443 14 appointed appoint VBN 37411 443 15 Hosea Hosea NNP 37411 443 16 king king NN 37411 443 17 in in IN 37411 443 18 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 443 19 place place NN 37411 443 20 . . . 37411 444 1 About about RB 37411 444 2 the the DT 37411 444 3 same same JJ 37411 444 4 time time NN 37411 444 5 Tyre Tyre NNP 37411 444 6 was be VBD 37411 444 7 compelled compel VBN 37411 444 8 to to TO 37411 444 9 purchase purchase VB 37411 444 10 peace peace NN 37411 444 11 by by IN 37411 444 12 the the DT 37411 444 13 payment payment NN 37411 444 14 of of IN 37411 444 15 150 150 CD 37411 444 16 talents talent NNS 37411 444 17 . . . 37411 445 1 With with IN 37411 445 2 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 445 3 empire empire NN 37411 445 4 consolidated consolidate VBN 37411 445 5 in in IN 37411 445 6 the the DT 37411 445 7 west west NN 37411 445 8 , , , 37411 445 9 and and CC 37411 445 10 the the DT 37411 445 11 road road NN 37411 445 12 to to IN 37411 445 13 the the DT 37411 445 14 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 37411 445 15 open open JJ 37411 445 16 to to IN 37411 445 17 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 445 18 trade trade NN 37411 445 19 , , , 37411 445 20 Tiglath Tiglath NNP 37411 445 21 - - HYPH 37411 445 22 pileser pileser NNP 37411 445 23 was be VBD 37411 445 24 now now RB 37411 445 25 free free JJ 37411 445 26 to to TO 37411 445 27 legitimize legitimize VB 37411 445 28 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 445 29 right right NN 37411 445 30 to to IN 37411 445 31 the the DT 37411 445 32 throne throne NN 37411 445 33 by by IN 37411 445 34 occupying occupy VBG 37411 445 35 Babylon Babylon NNP 37411 445 36 and and CC 37411 445 37 there there EX 37411 445 38 becoming become VBG 37411 445 39 the the DT 37411 445 40 adopted adopt VBN 37411 445 41 son son NN 37411 445 42 of of IN 37411 445 43 Bel Bel NNP 37411 445 44 . . . 37411 446 1 It -PRON- PRP 37411 446 2 was be VBD 37411 446 3 in in IN 37411 446 4 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 447 1 731 731 CD 37411 447 2 that that IN 37411 447 3 the the DT 37411 447 4 Babylonian babylonian JJ 37411 447 5 campaign campaign NN 37411 447 6 began begin VBD 37411 447 7 ; ; : 37411 447 8 in in IN 37411 447 9 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 448 1 729 729 CD 37411 448 2 Tiglath Tiglath NNP 37411 448 3 - - HYPH 37411 448 4 pileser pileser NNP 37411 448 5 , , , 37411 448 6 under under IN 37411 448 7 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 448 8 original original JJ 37411 448 9 name name NN 37411 448 10 of of IN 37411 448 11 Pul Pul NNP 37411 448 12 , , , 37411 448 13 ' ' '' 37411 448 14 took take VBD 37411 448 15 the the DT 37411 448 16 hands hand NNS 37411 448 17 of of IN 37411 448 18 Bel Bel NNP 37411 448 19 , , , 37411 448 20 ' ' '' 37411 448 21 and and CC 37411 448 22 two two CD 37411 448 23 years year NNS 37411 448 24 later later RB 37411 448 25 , , , 37411 448 26 in in IN 37411 448 27 the the DT 37411 448 28 month month NN 37411 448 29 of of IN 37411 448 30 December December NNP 37411 448 31 , , , 37411 448 32 he -PRON- PRP 37411 448 33 died die VBD 37411 448 34 . . . 37411 449 1 He -PRON- PRP 37411 449 2 had have VBD 37411 449 3 introduced introduce VBN 37411 449 4 into into IN 37411 449 5 history history NN 37411 449 6 the the DT 37411 449 7 idea idea NN 37411 449 8 of of IN 37411 449 9 imperial imperial JJ 37411 449 10 centralization centralization NN 37411 449 11 . . . 37411 450 1 On on IN 37411 450 2 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 450 3 death death NN 37411 450 4 the the DT 37411 450 5 crown crown NN 37411 450 6 was be VBD 37411 450 7 seized seize VBN 37411 450 8 by by IN 37411 450 9 Ululâ Ululâ NNP 37411 450 10 , , , 37411 450 11 who who WP 37411 450 12 took take VBD 37411 450 13 the the DT 37411 450 14 name name NN 37411 450 15 of of IN 37411 450 16 Shalmaneser Shalmaneser NNP 37411 450 17 IV IV NNP 37411 450 18 . . . 37411 451 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 37411 451 2 reign reign NN 37411 451 3 lasted last VBD 37411 451 4 only only RB 37411 451 5 five five CD 37411 451 6 years year NNS 37411 451 7 , , , 37411 451 8 and and CC 37411 451 9 when when WRB 37411 451 10 he -PRON- PRP 37411 451 11 died die VBD 37411 451 12 ( ( -LRB- 37411 451 13 December December NNP 37411 451 14 , , , 37411 451 15 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 452 1 722 722 LS 37411 452 2 ) ) -RRB- 37411 452 3 he -PRON- PRP 37411 452 4 was be VBD 37411 452 5 pressing press VBG 37411 452 6 the the DT 37411 452 7 siege siege NN 37411 452 8 of of IN 37411 452 9 Samaria Samaria NNP 37411 452 10 . . . 37411 453 1 The the DT 37411 453 2 capture capture NN 37411 453 3 of of IN 37411 453 4 the the DT 37411 453 5 city city NN 37411 453 6 and and CC 37411 453 7 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 453 8 annexation annexation NN 37411 453 9 to to IN 37411 453 10 Assyria Assyria NNP 37411 453 11 were be VBD 37411 453 12 the the DT 37411 453 13 work work NN 37411 453 14 of of IN 37411 453 15 Sargon Sargon NNP 37411 453 16 . . . 37411 454 1 The the DT 37411 454 2 upper upper JJ 37411 454 3 and and CC 37411 454 4 military military JJ 37411 454 5 classes class NNS 37411 454 6 , , , 37411 454 7 amounting amount VBG 37411 454 8 in in IN 37411 454 9 all all DT 37411 454 10 to to IN 37411 454 11 27,280 27,280 CD 37411 454 12 persons person NNS 37411 454 13 , , , 37411 454 14 were be VBD 37411 454 15 carried carry VBN 37411 454 16 into into IN 37411 454 17 captivity captivity NN 37411 454 18 ; ; : 37411 454 19 but but CC 37411 454 20 only only RB 37411 454 21 fifty fifty CD 37411 454 22 chariots chariot NNS 37411 454 23 were be VBD 37411 454 24 found find VBN 37411 454 25 in in IN 37411 454 26 the the DT 37411 454 27 city city NN 37411 454 28 . . . 37411 455 1 Sargon Sargon NNP 37411 455 2 was be VBD 37411 455 3 a a DT 37411 455 4 usurper usurper NN 37411 455 5 like like IN 37411 455 6 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 455 7 two two CD 37411 455 8 predecessors predecessor NNS 37411 455 9 , , , 37411 455 10 but but CC 37411 455 11 , , , 37411 455 12 more more RBR 37411 455 13 fortunate fortunate JJ 37411 455 14 than than IN 37411 455 15 they -PRON- PRP 37411 455 16 , , , 37411 455 17 he -PRON- PRP 37411 455 18 succeeded succeed VBD 37411 455 19 in in IN 37411 455 20 founding found VBG 37411 455 21 a a DT 37411 455 22 dynasty dynasty NN 37411 455 23 . . . 37411 456 1 He -PRON- PRP 37411 456 2 was be VBD 37411 456 3 one one CD 37411 456 4 of of IN 37411 456 5 the the DT 37411 456 6 best good JJS 37411 456 7 generals general NNS 37411 456 8 that that WDT 37411 456 9 Assyria Assyria NNP 37411 456 10 ever ever RB 37411 456 11 produced produce VBD 37411 456 12 , , , 37411 456 13 and and CC 37411 456 14 under under IN 37411 456 15 him -PRON- PRP 37411 456 16 the the DT 37411 456 17 extension extension NN 37411 456 18 and and CC 37411 456 19 organization organization NN 37411 456 20 of of IN 37411 456 21 the the DT 37411 456 22 empire empire NN 37411 456 23 went go VBD 37411 456 24 on on IN 37411 456 25 apace apace NN 37411 456 26 . . . 37411 457 1 The the DT 37411 457 2 death death NN 37411 457 3 of of IN 37411 457 4 Shalmaneser Shalmaneser NNP 37411 457 5 , , , 37411 457 6 however however RB 37411 457 7 , , , 37411 457 8 had have VBD 37411 457 9 been be VBN 37411 457 10 the the DT 37411 457 11 signal signal NN 37411 457 12 for for IN 37411 457 13 revolt revolt NN 37411 457 14 in in IN 37411 457 15 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 457 16 as as RB 37411 457 17 well well RB 37411 457 18 as as IN 37411 457 19 in in IN 37411 457 20 the the DT 37411 457 21 west west NN 37411 457 22 . . . 37411 458 1 Merodach Merodach NNP 37411 458 2 - - HYPH 37411 458 3 baladan baladan NNP 37411 458 4 , , , 37411 458 5 a a DT 37411 458 6 Chaldaean Chaldaean NNP 37411 458 7 from from IN 37411 458 8 the the DT 37411 458 9 sea sea NN 37411 458 10 - - HYPH 37411 458 11 marshes marsh NNS 37411 458 12 , , , 37411 458 13 had have VBD 37411 458 14 seized seize VBN 37411 458 15 Babylon Babylon NNP 37411 458 16 in in IN 37411 458 17 conjunction conjunction NN 37411 458 18 with with IN 37411 458 19 the the DT 37411 458 20 Elamites Elamites NNPS 37411 458 21 , , , 37411 458 22 and and CC 37411 458 23 there there RB 37411 458 24 reigned reign VBD 37411 458 25 as as IN 37411 458 26 legitimate legitimate JJ 37411 458 27 monarch monarch NN 37411 458 28 for for IN 37411 458 29 twelve twelve CD 37411 458 30 years year NNS 37411 458 31 . . . 37411 459 1 One one CD 37411 459 2 of of IN 37411 459 3 the the DT 37411 459 4 first first JJ 37411 459 5 tasks task NNS 37411 459 6 of of IN 37411 459 7 Sargon Sargon NNP 37411 459 8 was be VBD 37411 459 9 to to TO 37411 459 10 drive drive VB 37411 459 11 the the DT 37411 459 12 Elamite elamite JJ 37411 459 13 forces force NNS 37411 459 14 from from IN 37411 459 15 the the DT 37411 459 16 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 459 17 frontier frontier NN 37411 459 18 . . . 37411 460 1 Hamath Hamath NNP 37411 460 2 moreover moreover RB 37411 460 3 rose rise VBD 37411 460 4 in in IN 37411 460 5 insurrection insurrection NN 37411 460 6 ; ; : 37411 460 7 but but CC 37411 460 8 this this DT 37411 460 9 too too RB 37411 460 10 was be VBD 37411 460 11 speedily speedily RB 37411 460 12 crushed crush VBN 37411 460 13 . . . 37411 461 1 So so RB 37411 461 2 also also RB 37411 461 3 was be VBD 37411 461 4 a a DT 37411 461 5 league league NN 37411 461 6 between between IN 37411 461 7 the the DT 37411 461 8 Philistines Philistines NNP 37411 461 9 and and CC 37411 461 10 the the DT 37411 461 11 Egyptians Egyptians NNPS 37411 461 12 ; ; : 37411 461 13 the the DT 37411 461 14 battle battle NN 37411 461 15 of of IN 37411 461 16 Raphia Raphia NNP 37411 461 17 decided decide VBD 37411 461 18 , , , 37411 461 19 once once RB 37411 461 20 for for IN 37411 461 21 all all DT 37411 461 22 , , , 37411 461 23 the the DT 37411 461 24 question question NN 37411 461 25 of of IN 37411 461 26 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 461 27 supremacy supremacy NN 37411 461 28 in in IN 37411 461 29 Palestine Palestine NNP 37411 461 30 . . . 37411 462 1 Sargon Sargon NNP 37411 462 2 now now RB 37411 462 3 had have VBD 37411 462 4 to to TO 37411 462 5 face face VB 37411 462 6 a a DT 37411 462 7 more more RBR 37411 462 8 formidable formidable JJ 37411 462 9 coalition coalition NN 37411 462 10 , , , 37411 462 11 that that DT 37411 462 12 of of IN 37411 462 13 the the DT 37411 462 14 northern northern JJ 37411 462 15 nations nation NNS 37411 462 16 under under IN 37411 462 17 Ursa Ursa NNP 37411 462 18 of of IN 37411 462 19 Ararat Ararat NNP 37411 462 20 . . . 37411 463 1 The the DT 37411 463 2 struggle struggle NN 37411 463 3 lasted last VBD 37411 463 4 for for IN 37411 463 5 six six CD 37411 463 6 years year NNS 37411 463 7 and and CC 37411 463 8 ended end VBD 37411 463 9 with with IN 37411 463 10 the the DT 37411 463 11 complete complete JJ 37411 463 12 victory victory NN 37411 463 13 of of IN 37411 463 14 the the DT 37411 463 15 Assyrians Assyrians NNPS 37411 463 16 . . . 37411 464 1 Carchemish Carchemish NNP 37411 464 2 , , , 37411 464 3 the the DT 37411 464 4 Hittite Hittite NNP 37411 464 5 stronghold stronghold NN 37411 464 6 on on IN 37411 464 7 the the DT 37411 464 8 Euphrates Euphrates NNP 37411 464 9 , , , 37411 464 10 fell fall VBD 37411 464 11 in in IN 37411 464 12 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 465 1 717 717 CD 37411 465 2 , , , 37411 465 3 leaving leave VBG 37411 465 4 the the DT 37411 465 5 road road NN 37411 465 6 clear clear JJ 37411 465 7 to to IN 37411 465 8 the the DT 37411 465 9 west west NN 37411 465 10 and and CC 37411 465 11 thus thus RB 37411 465 12 uniting unite VBG 37411 465 13 Assyria Assyria NNP 37411 465 14 with with IN 37411 465 15 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 465 16 rising rise VBG 37411 465 17 empire empire NN 37411 465 18 on on IN 37411 465 19 the the DT 37411 465 20 shores shore NNS 37411 465 21 of of IN 37411 465 22 the the DT 37411 465 23 Mediterranean Mediterranean NNP 37411 465 24 . . . 37411 466 1 In in IN 37411 466 2 the the DT 37411 466 3 following following JJ 37411 466 4 year year NN 37411 466 5 the the DT 37411 466 6 Minni Minni NNP 37411 466 7 ( ( -LRB- 37411 466 8 to to IN 37411 466 9 the the DT 37411 466 10 east east NN 37411 466 11 of of IN 37411 466 12 Ararat Ararat NNP 37411 466 13 ) ) -RRB- 37411 466 14 were be VBD 37411 466 15 overthrown overthrow VBN 37411 466 16 , , , 37411 466 17 and and CC 37411 466 18 two two CD 37411 466 19 years year NNS 37411 466 20 later later RB 37411 466 21 Ursa Ursa NNP 37411 466 22 and and CC 37411 466 23 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 466 24 allies ally NNS 37411 466 25 were be VBD 37411 466 26 utterly utterly RB 37411 466 27 defeated defeat VBN 37411 466 28 . . . 37411 467 1 The the DT 37411 467 2 fortress fortress NN 37411 467 3 of of IN 37411 467 4 Muzazir Muzazir NNP 37411 467 5 near near IN 37411 467 6 Lake Lake NNP 37411 467 7 Urumiyeh Urumiyeh NNP 37411 467 8 was be VBD 37411 467 9 captured capture VBN 37411 467 10 , , , 37411 467 11 thus thus RB 37411 467 12 extending extend VBG 37411 467 13 the the DT 37411 467 14 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 467 15 frontier frontier NN 37411 467 16 far far RB 37411 467 17 to to IN 37411 467 18 the the DT 37411 467 19 east east NN 37411 467 20 , , , 37411 467 21 and and CC 37411 467 22 Ursa ursa JJ 37411 467 23 , , , 37411 467 24 in in IN 37411 467 25 despair despair NN 37411 467 26 , , , 37411 467 27 committed committed JJ 37411 467 28 suicide suicide NN 37411 467 29 . . . 37411 468 1 Media Media NNP 37411 468 2 was be VBD 37411 468 3 completely completely RB 37411 468 4 subdued subdue VBN 37411 468 5 in in IN 37411 468 6 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 469 1 713 713 CD 37411 469 2 , , , 37411 469 3 and and CC 37411 469 4 Ellip Ellip NNP 37411 469 5 , , , 37411 469 6 where where WRB 37411 469 7 Ekbatana Ekbatana NNP 37411 469 8 afterwards afterwards RB 37411 469 9 stood stand VBD 37411 469 10 , , , 37411 469 11 became become VBD 37411 469 12 the the DT 37411 469 13 vassal vassal NN 37411 469 14 of of IN 37411 469 15 Nineveh Nineveh NNP 37411 469 16 . . . 37411 470 1 In in IN 37411 470 2 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 471 1 711 711 CD 37411 471 2 a a DT 37411 471 3 league league NN 37411 471 4 was be VBD 37411 471 5 formed form VBN 37411 471 6 between between IN 37411 471 7 Merodach Merodach NNP 37411 471 8 - - HYPH 37411 471 9 baladan baladan NNP 37411 471 10 and and CC 37411 471 11 the the DT 37411 471 12 nations nation NNS 37411 471 13 of of IN 37411 471 14 southern southern JJ 37411 471 15 Syria Syria NNP 37411 471 16 to to TO 37411 471 17 resist resist VB 37411 471 18 the the DT 37411 471 19 common common JJ 37411 471 20 foe foe NN 37411 471 21 , , , 37411 471 22 and and CC 37411 471 23 to to IN 37411 471 24 this this DT 37411 471 25 league league NN 37411 471 26 Egypt Egypt NNP 37411 471 27 promised promise VBD 37411 471 28 assistance assistance NN 37411 471 29 . . . 37411 472 1 But but CC 37411 472 2 before before IN 37411 472 3 the the DT 37411 472 4 confederates confederate NNS 37411 472 5 were be VBD 37411 472 6 ready ready JJ 37411 472 7 to to TO 37411 472 8 act act VB 37411 472 9 , , , 37411 472 10 Sargon Sargon NNP 37411 472 11 had have VBD 37411 472 12 fallen fall VBN 37411 472 13 upon upon IN 37411 472 14 them -PRON- PRP 37411 472 15 separately separately RB 37411 472 16 . . . 37411 473 1 Ashdod Ashdod NNP 37411 473 2 , , , 37411 473 3 the the DT 37411 473 4 centre centre NN 37411 473 5 of of IN 37411 473 6 the the DT 37411 473 7 Palestinian palestinian JJ 37411 473 8 confederacy confederacy NN 37411 473 9 , , , 37411 473 10 was be VBD 37411 473 11 besieged besiege VBN 37411 473 12 and and CC 37411 473 13 taken take VBN 37411 473 14 ( ( -LRB- 37411 473 15 Isaiah Isaiah NNP 37411 473 16 xxi xxi NNP 37411 473 17 ) ) -RRB- 37411 473 18 , , , 37411 473 19 and and CC 37411 473 20 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 473 21 ruler ruler NN 37411 473 22 , , , 37411 473 23 a a DT 37411 473 24 certain certain JJ 37411 473 25 ' ' `` 37411 473 26 Greek Greek NNP 37411 473 27 , , , 37411 473 28 ' ' '' 37411 473 29 who who WP 37411 473 30 had have VBD 37411 473 31 been be VBN 37411 473 32 raised raise VBN 37411 473 33 to to IN 37411 473 34 power power NN 37411 473 35 by by IN 37411 473 36 the the DT 37411 473 37 anti anti JJ 37411 473 38 - - JJ 37411 473 39 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 473 40 party party NN 37411 473 41 , , , 37411 473 42 fled flee VBN 37411 473 43 in in IN 37411 473 44 vain vain NN 37411 473 45 for for IN 37411 473 46 refuge refuge NN 37411 473 47 to to IN 37411 473 48 the the DT 37411 473 49 Arabian arabian JJ 37411 473 50 desert desert NN 37411 473 51 , , , 37411 473 52 while while IN 37411 473 53 Judah Judah NNP 37411 473 54 , , , 37411 473 55 Edom Edom NNP 37411 473 56 , , , 37411 473 57 and and CC 37411 473 58 Moab Moab NNP 37411 473 59 were be VBD 37411 473 60 compelled compel VBN 37411 473 61 to to TO 37411 473 62 pay pay VB 37411 473 63 tribute tribute NN 37411 473 64 . . . 37411 474 1 In in IN 37411 474 2 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 475 1 709 709 CD 37411 475 2 Merodach Merodach NNP 37411 475 3 - - HYPH 37411 475 4 baladan baladan NNP 37411 475 5 was be VBD 37411 475 6 driven drive VBN 37411 475 7 out out IN 37411 475 8 of of IN 37411 475 9 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 475 10 into into IN 37411 475 11 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 475 12 ancestral ancestral JJ 37411 475 13 kingdom kingdom NN 37411 475 14 of of IN 37411 475 15 Bit Bit NNP 37411 475 16 - - HYPH 37411 475 17 Yagna Yagna NNPS 37411 475 18 . . . 37411 476 1 Sargon Sargon NNP 37411 476 2 entered enter VBD 37411 476 3 Babylon Babylon NNP 37411 476 4 and and CC 37411 476 5 there there EX 37411 476 6 ' ' '' 37411 476 7 took take VBD 37411 476 8 the the DT 37411 476 9 hands hand NNS 37411 476 10 of of IN 37411 476 11 Bel Bel NNP 37411 476 12 . . . 37411 476 13 ' ' '' 37411 477 1 Henceforward Henceforward NNP 37411 477 2 he -PRON- PRP 37411 477 3 ruled rule VBD 37411 477 4 by by IN 37411 477 5 divine divine JJ 37411 477 6 right right RB 37411 477 7 as as RB 37411 477 8 well well RB 37411 477 9 as as IN 37411 477 10 by by IN 37411 477 11 the the DT 37411 477 12 right right NN 37411 477 13 of of IN 37411 477 14 the the DT 37411 477 15 sword sword NN 37411 477 16 . . . 37411 478 1 It -PRON- PRP 37411 478 2 was be VBD 37411 478 3 by by IN 37411 478 4 the the DT 37411 478 5 sword sword NN 37411 478 6 , , , 37411 478 7 however however RB 37411 478 8 , , , 37411 478 9 that that IN 37411 478 10 he -PRON- PRP 37411 478 11 perished perish VBD 37411 478 12 , , , 37411 478 13 being be VBG 37411 478 14 murdered murder VBN 37411 478 15 by by IN 37411 478 16 a a DT 37411 478 17 soldier soldier NN 37411 478 18 in in IN 37411 478 19 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 479 1 705 705 CD 37411 479 2 . . . 37411 480 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 37411 480 2 son son NN 37411 480 3 Sennacherib Sennacherib NNP 37411 480 4 succeeded succeed VBD 37411 480 5 to to IN 37411 480 6 the the DT 37411 480 7 crown crown NN 37411 480 8 on on IN 37411 480 9 the the DT 37411 480 10 12th 12th NN 37411 480 11 of of IN 37411 480 12 Ab Ab NNP 37411 480 13 ( ( -LRB- 37411 480 14 July July NNP 37411 480 15 ) ) -RRB- 37411 480 16 . . . 37411 481 1 Sennacherib Sennacherib NNP 37411 481 2 was be VBD 37411 481 3 a a DT 37411 481 4 different different JJ 37411 481 5 man man NN 37411 481 6 from from IN 37411 481 7 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 481 8 father father NN 37411 481 9 ; ; , 37411 481 10 boastfulness boastfulness NN 37411 481 11 and and CC 37411 481 12 vanity vanity NN 37411 481 13 took take VBD 37411 481 14 the the DT 37411 481 15 place place NN 37411 481 16 of of IN 37411 481 17 military military JJ 37411 481 18 skill skill NN 37411 481 19 , , , 37411 481 20 perhaps perhaps RB 37411 481 21 also also RB 37411 481 22 of of IN 37411 481 23 courage courage NN 37411 481 24 . . . 37411 482 1 There there EX 37411 482 2 seems seem VBZ 37411 482 3 to to TO 37411 482 4 have have VB 37411 482 5 been be VBN 37411 482 6 some some DT 37411 482 7 resemblance resemblance NN 37411 482 8 between between IN 37411 482 9 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 482 10 character character NN 37411 482 11 and and CC 37411 482 12 that that IN 37411 482 13 of of IN 37411 482 14 Xerxes Xerxes NNP 37411 482 15 . . . 37411 483 1 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 483 2 was be VBD 37411 483 3 the the DT 37411 483 4 new new JJ 37411 483 5 king king NN 37411 483 6 's 's POS 37411 483 7 first first JJ 37411 483 8 object object NN 37411 483 9 of of IN 37411 483 10 attack attack NN 37411 483 11 . . . 37411 484 1 Merodach Merodach NNP 37411 484 2 - - HYPH 37411 484 3 baladan baladan NNP 37411 484 4 , , , 37411 484 5 who who WP 37411 484 6 had have VBD 37411 484 7 re re VBN 37411 484 8 - - VBN 37411 484 9 entered enter VBN 37411 484 10 Babylon Babylon NNP 37411 484 11 on on IN 37411 484 12 the the DT 37411 484 13 news news NN 37411 484 14 of of IN 37411 484 15 Sargon Sargon NNP 37411 484 16 's 's POS 37411 484 17 death death NN 37411 484 18 , , , 37411 484 19 was be VBD 37411 484 20 driven drive VBN 37411 484 21 back back RB 37411 484 22 to to IN 37411 484 23 the the DT 37411 484 24 marshes marsh NNS 37411 484 25 , , , 37411 484 26 and and CC 37411 484 27 Bel Bel NNP 37411 484 28 - - HYPH 37411 484 29 ibni ibni NNP 37411 484 30 , , , 37411 484 31 an an DT 37411 484 32 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 484 33 vassal vassal NN 37411 484 34 , , , 37411 484 35 appointed appoint VBD 37411 484 36 king king NN 37411 484 37 in in IN 37411 484 38 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 484 39 place place NN 37411 484 40 . . . 37411 485 1 The the DT 37411 485 2 next next JJ 37411 485 3 campaign campaign NN 37411 485 4 was be VBD 37411 485 5 against against IN 37411 485 6 the the DT 37411 485 7 Kassi Kassi NNP 37411 485 8 or or CC 37411 485 9 Kossaeans Kossaeans NNPS 37411 485 10 , , , 37411 485 11 some some DT 37411 485 12 of of IN 37411 485 13 whom whom WP 37411 485 14 were be VBD 37411 485 15 forced force VBN 37411 485 16 to to TO 37411 485 17 descend descend VB 37411 485 18 from from IN 37411 485 19 their -PRON- PRP$ 37411 485 20 mountain mountain NN 37411 485 21 fastnesses fastness NNS 37411 485 22 and and CC 37411 485 23 placed place VBN 37411 485 24 under under IN 37411 485 25 an an DT 37411 485 26 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 485 27 governor governor NN 37411 485 28 . . . 37411 486 1 From from IN 37411 486 2 the the DT 37411 486 3 Kossaean kossaean JJ 37411 486 4 mountains mountain NNS 37411 486 5 the the DT 37411 486 6 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 486 7 army army NN 37411 486 8 marched march VBD 37411 486 9 into into IN 37411 486 10 Ellip Ellip NNP 37411 486 11 which which WDT 37411 486 12 was be VBD 37411 486 13 wasted waste VBN 37411 486 14 with with IN 37411 486 15 fire fire NN 37411 486 16 and and CC 37411 486 17 sword sword NN 37411 486 18 . . . 37411 487 1 Then then RB 37411 487 2 , , , 37411 487 3 in in IN 37411 487 4 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 488 1 701 701 CD 37411 488 2 , , , 37411 488 3 came come VBD 37411 488 4 the the DT 37411 488 5 campaign campaign NN 37411 488 6 against against IN 37411 488 7 Palestine Palestine NNP 37411 488 8 where where WRB 37411 488 9 Hezekiah Hezekiah NNP 37411 488 10 of of IN 37411 488 11 Judah Judah NNP 37411 488 12 , , , 37411 488 13 in in IN 37411 488 14 reliance reliance NN 37411 488 15 upon upon IN 37411 488 16 Egypt Egypt NNP 37411 488 17 , , , 37411 488 18 had have VBD 37411 488 19 revolted revolt VBN 37411 488 20 from from IN 37411 488 21 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 488 22 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 488 23 lord lord NN 37411 488 24 . . . 37411 489 1 Elulaeus Elulaeus NNP 37411 489 2 of of IN 37411 489 3 Sidon Sidon NNP 37411 489 4 fled flee VBD 37411 489 5 to to IN 37411 489 6 Cyprus Cyprus NNP 37411 489 7 , , , 37411 489 8 and and CC 37411 489 9 Phoenicia Phoenicia NNP 37411 489 10 , , , 37411 489 11 Ammon Ammon NNP 37411 489 12 , , , 37411 489 13 Moab Moab NNP 37411 489 14 , , , 37411 489 15 and and CC 37411 489 16 Edom Edom NNP 37411 489 17 submitted submit VBD 37411 489 18 to to IN 37411 489 19 the the DT 37411 489 20 Assyrians Assyrians NNPS 37411 489 21 . . . 37411 490 1 Sennacherib Sennacherib NNP 37411 490 2 thereupon thereupon RB 37411 490 3 proceeded proceed VBD 37411 490 4 against against IN 37411 490 5 the the DT 37411 490 6 Philistines Philistines NNP 37411 490 7 . . . 37411 491 1 A a DT 37411 491 2 new new JJ 37411 491 3 king king NN 37411 491 4 was be VBD 37411 491 5 set set VBN 37411 491 6 over over IN 37411 491 7 Ashkelon Ashkelon NNP 37411 491 8 , , , 37411 491 9 and and CC 37411 491 10 Hezekiah Hezekiah NNP 37411 491 11 was be VBD 37411 491 12 compelled compel VBN 37411 491 13 to to TO 37411 491 14 restore restore VB 37411 491 15 to to IN 37411 491 16 Ekron Ekron NNP 37411 491 17 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 491 18 former former JJ 37411 491 19 prince prince NN 37411 491 20 whom whom WP 37411 491 21 he -PRON- PRP 37411 491 22 had have VBD 37411 491 23 imprisoned imprison VBN 37411 491 24 in in IN 37411 491 25 Jerusalem Jerusalem NNP 37411 491 26 on on IN 37411 491 27 account account NN 37411 491 28 of of IN 37411 491 29 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 491 30 faithfulness faithfulness NN 37411 491 31 to to IN 37411 491 32 Assyria Assyria NNP 37411 491 33 . . . 37411 492 1 The the DT 37411 492 2 priests priest NNS 37411 492 3 and and CC 37411 492 4 nobles noble NNS 37411 492 5 of of IN 37411 492 6 Ekron Ekron NNP 37411 492 7 who who WP 37411 492 8 had have VBD 37411 492 9 abetted abet VBN 37411 492 10 Hezekiah Hezekiah NNP 37411 492 11 were be VBD 37411 492 12 impaled impale VBN 37411 492 13 on on IN 37411 492 14 stakes stake NNS 37411 492 15 . . . 37411 493 1 [ [ -LRB- 37411 493 2 Illustration illustration NN 37411 493 3 : : : 37411 493 4 CAPTURE capture NN 37411 493 5 OF of IN 37411 493 6 LACHISH LACHISH NNP 37411 493 7 BY by IN 37411 493 8 SENNACHERIB SENNACHERIB NNP 37411 493 9 . . . 37411 493 10 ] ] -RRB- 37411 494 1 Tirhakah Tirhakah NNP 37411 494 2 , , , 37411 494 3 the the DT 37411 494 4 Ethiopian ethiopian JJ 37411 494 5 king king NN 37411 494 6 of of IN 37411 494 7 Egypt Egypt NNP 37411 494 8 , , , 37411 494 9 and and CC 37411 494 10 the the DT 37411 494 11 king king NN 37411 494 12 of of IN 37411 494 13 Melukh Melukh NNP 37411 494 14 ( ( -LRB- 37411 494 15 the the DT 37411 494 16 Arabian arabian JJ 37411 494 17 desert desert NN 37411 494 18 ) ) -RRB- 37411 494 19 , , , 37411 494 20 who who WP 37411 494 21 had have VBD 37411 494 22 come come VBN 37411 494 23 to to IN 37411 494 24 the the DT 37411 494 25 assistance assistance NN 37411 494 26 of of IN 37411 494 27 the the DT 37411 494 28 Jewish jewish JJ 37411 494 29 prince prince NN 37411 494 30 , , , 37411 494 31 were be VBD 37411 494 32 defeated defeat VBN 37411 494 33 at at IN 37411 494 34 Eltekeh Eltekeh NNP 37411 494 35 , , , 37411 494 36 and and CC 37411 494 37 Hezekiah Hezekiah NNP 37411 494 38 vainly vainly RB 37411 494 39 endeavoured endeavour VBD 37411 494 40 to to TO 37411 494 41 buy buy VB 37411 494 42 off off RP 37411 494 43 the the DT 37411 494 44 vengeance vengeance NN 37411 494 45 of of IN 37411 494 46 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 494 47 offended offend VBN 37411 494 48 suzerain suzerain NN 37411 494 49 by by IN 37411 494 50 rich rich JJ 37411 494 51 and and CC 37411 494 52 numerous numerous JJ 37411 494 53 presents present NNS 37411 494 54 , , , 37411 494 55 including include VBG 37411 494 56 30 30 CD 37411 494 57 talents talent NNS 37411 494 58 of of IN 37411 494 59 gold gold NN 37411 494 60 and and CC 37411 494 61 800 800 CD 37411 494 62 talents talent NNS 37411 494 63 of of IN 37411 494 64 silver silver NN 37411 494 65 . . . 37411 495 1 The the DT 37411 495 2 surrender surrender NN 37411 495 3 of of IN 37411 495 4 Jerusalem Jerusalem NNP 37411 495 5 alone alone RB 37411 495 6 would would MD 37411 495 7 content content VB 37411 495 8 Sennacherib Sennacherib NNP 37411 495 9 , , , 37411 495 10 who who WP 37411 495 11 accordingly accordingly RB 37411 495 12 devastated devastate VBD 37411 495 13 Judah Judah NNP 37411 495 14 , , , 37411 495 15 destroying destroy VBG 37411 495 16 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 495 17 cities city NNS 37411 495 18 and and CC 37411 495 19 carrying carry VBG 37411 495 20 into into IN 37411 495 21 captivity captivity NN 37411 495 22 200,150 200,150 CD 37411 495 23 of of IN 37411 495 24 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 495 25 inhabitants inhabitant NNS 37411 495 26 . . . 37411 496 1 Jerusalem Jerusalem NNP 37411 496 2 itself -PRON- PRP 37411 496 3 was be VBD 37411 496 4 blockaded blockade VBN 37411 496 5 , , , 37411 496 6 Hezekiah Hezekiah NNP 37411 496 7 being be VBG 37411 496 8 shut shut VBN 37411 496 9 up up RP 37411 496 10 in in IN 37411 496 11 it -PRON- PRP 37411 496 12 ' ' '' 37411 496 13 like like IN 37411 496 14 a a DT 37411 496 15 bird bird NN 37411 496 16 in in IN 37411 496 17 a a DT 37411 496 18 cage cage NN 37411 496 19 . . . 37411 496 20 ' ' '' 37411 497 1 Then then RB 37411 497 2 , , , 37411 497 3 however however RB 37411 497 4 , , , 37411 497 5 came come VBD 37411 497 6 the the DT 37411 497 7 catastrophe catastrophe NN 37411 497 8 which which WDT 37411 497 9 obliged oblige VBD 37411 497 10 Sennacherib Sennacherib NNP 37411 497 11 to to TO 37411 497 12 retire retire VB 37411 497 13 without without IN 37411 497 14 punishing punish VBG 37411 497 15 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 497 16 rebellious rebellious JJ 37411 497 17 vassal vassal NN 37411 497 18 , , , 37411 497 19 and and CC 37411 497 20 of of IN 37411 497 21 which which WDT 37411 497 22 , , , 37411 497 23 of of IN 37411 497 24 course course NN 37411 497 25 , , , 37411 497 26 nothing nothing NN 37411 497 27 is be VBZ 37411 497 28 said say VBN 37411 497 29 in in IN 37411 497 30 the the DT 37411 497 31 inscriptions inscription NNS 37411 497 32 . . . 37411 498 1 But but CC 37411 498 2 there there EX 37411 498 3 is be VBZ 37411 498 4 no no DT 37411 498 5 further further JJ 37411 498 6 record record NN 37411 498 7 of of IN 37411 498 8 a a DT 37411 498 9 campaign campaign NN 37411 498 10 in in IN 37411 498 11 the the DT 37411 498 12 West West NNP 37411 498 13 . . . 37411 499 1 In in IN 37411 499 2 the the DT 37411 499 3 following following JJ 37411 499 4 year year NN 37411 499 5 Sennacherib Sennacherib NNP 37411 499 6 was be VBD 37411 499 7 in in IN 37411 499 8 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 499 9 , , , 37411 499 10 where where WRB 37411 499 11 he -PRON- PRP 37411 499 12 drove drive VBD 37411 499 13 Merodach Merodach NNP 37411 499 14 - - HYPH 37411 499 15 baladan baladan NNP 37411 499 16 out out IN 37411 499 17 of of IN 37411 499 18 the the DT 37411 499 19 marshes marsh NNS 37411 499 20 and and CC 37411 499 21 obliged oblige VBD 37411 499 22 the the DT 37411 499 23 Chaldaean chaldaean JJ 37411 499 24 prince prince NN 37411 499 25 and and CC 37411 499 26 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 499 27 subjects subject NNS 37411 499 28 to to TO 37411 499 29 fly fly VB 37411 499 30 in in IN 37411 499 31 ships ship NNS 37411 499 32 across across IN 37411 499 33 the the DT 37411 499 34 Persian Persian NNP 37411 499 35 Gulf Gulf NNP 37411 499 36 to to IN 37411 499 37 the the DT 37411 499 38 opposite opposite JJ 37411 499 39 coast coast NN 37411 499 40 of of IN 37411 499 41 Elam Elam NNP 37411 499 42 . . . 37411 500 1 Assur assur NN 37411 500 2 - - HYPH 37411 500 3 nadin nadin NNP 37411 500 4 - - HYPH 37411 500 5 suma suma NN 37411 500 6 , , , 37411 500 7 the the DT 37411 500 8 son son NN 37411 500 9 of of IN 37411 500 10 Sennacherib Sennacherib NNP 37411 500 11 , , , 37411 500 12 was be VBD 37411 500 13 now now RB 37411 500 14 made make VBN 37411 500 15 king king NN 37411 500 16 of of IN 37411 500 17 Babylon Babylon NNP 37411 500 18 . . . 37411 501 1 Six six CD 37411 501 2 years year NNS 37411 501 3 later later RBR 37411 501 4 he -PRON- PRP 37411 501 5 was be VBD 37411 501 6 carried carry VBN 37411 501 7 off off RP 37411 501 8 to to IN 37411 501 9 Elam Elam NNP 37411 501 10 and and CC 37411 501 11 a a DT 37411 501 12 new new JJ 37411 501 13 king king NN 37411 501 14 , , , 37411 501 15 Nergal Nergal NNP 37411 501 16 - - HYPH 37411 501 17 yusezib yusezib NNP 37411 501 18 , , , 37411 501 19 appointed appoint VBN 37411 501 20 in in IN 37411 501 21 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 501 22 place place NN 37411 501 23 by by IN 37411 501 24 the the DT 37411 501 25 Elamite elamite JJ 37411 501 26 monarch monarch NN 37411 501 27 . . . 37411 502 1 This this DT 37411 502 2 was be VBD 37411 502 3 in in IN 37411 502 4 return return NN 37411 502 5 for for IN 37411 502 6 an an DT 37411 502 7 unprovoked unprovoked JJ 37411 502 8 assault assault NN 37411 502 9 made make VBN 37411 502 10 by by IN 37411 502 11 Sennacherib Sennacherib NNP 37411 502 12 on on IN 37411 502 13 the the DT 37411 502 14 Chaldaean chaldaean JJ 37411 502 15 colony colony NN 37411 502 16 in in IN 37411 502 17 Elam Elam NNP 37411 502 18 , , , 37411 502 19 to to TO 37411 502 20 which which WDT 37411 502 21 he -PRON- PRP 37411 502 22 had have VBD 37411 502 23 crossed cross VBN 37411 502 24 in in IN 37411 502 25 boats boat NNS 37411 502 26 made make VBN 37411 502 27 by by IN 37411 502 28 Tyrian tyrian JJ 37411 502 29 workmen workman NNS 37411 502 30 , , , 37411 502 31 and and CC 37411 502 32 whose whose WP$ 37411 502 33 inhabitants inhabitant NNS 37411 502 34 he -PRON- PRP 37411 502 35 sent send VBD 37411 502 36 captive captive JJ 37411 502 37 to to IN 37411 502 38 Assyria Assyria NNP 37411 502 39 . . . 37411 503 1 For for IN 37411 503 2 a a DT 37411 503 3 time time NN 37411 503 4 Elam Elam NNP 37411 503 5 was be VBD 37411 503 6 all all RB 37411 503 7 - - HYPH 37411 503 8 powerful powerful JJ 37411 503 9 in in IN 37411 503 10 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 503 11 , , , 37411 503 12 though though IN 37411 503 13 Nergal Nergal NNP 37411 503 14 - - HYPH 37411 503 15 yusezib yusezib NNP 37411 503 16 had have VBD 37411 503 17 been be VBN 37411 503 18 defeated defeat VBN 37411 503 19 and and CC 37411 503 20 captured capture VBN 37411 503 21 in in IN 37411 503 22 battle battle NN 37411 503 23 by by IN 37411 503 24 the the DT 37411 503 25 Assyrians Assyrians NNPS 37411 503 26 . . . 37411 504 1 But but CC 37411 504 2 in in IN 37411 504 3 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 505 1 691 691 CD 37411 505 2 Sennacherib Sennacherib NNP 37411 505 3 descended descend VBD 37411 505 4 with with IN 37411 505 5 the the DT 37411 505 6 full full JJ 37411 505 7 might might NN 37411 505 8 of of IN 37411 505 9 Assyria Assyria NNP 37411 505 10 upon upon IN 37411 505 11 the the DT 37411 505 12 country country NN 37411 505 13 . . . 37411 506 1 The the DT 37411 506 2 Babylonians Babylonians NNPS 37411 506 3 had have VBD 37411 506 4 sent send VBN 37411 506 5 the the DT 37411 506 6 treasures treasure NNS 37411 506 7 of of IN 37411 506 8 the the DT 37411 506 9 temple temple NN 37411 506 10 of of IN 37411 506 11 Bel Bel NNP 37411 506 12 to to IN 37411 506 13 the the DT 37411 506 14 Elamite elamite JJ 37411 506 15 monarch monarch NN 37411 506 16 , , , 37411 506 17 begging beg VBG 37411 506 18 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 506 19 help help NN 37411 506 20 . . . 37411 507 1 The the DT 37411 507 2 Babylonian babylonian JJ 37411 507 3 and and CC 37411 507 4 Elamite Elamite NNP 37411 507 5 forces force NNS 37411 507 6 met meet VBD 37411 507 7 the the DT 37411 507 8 army army NN 37411 507 9 of of IN 37411 507 10 Assyria Assyria NNP 37411 507 11 at at IN 37411 507 12 Khalule Khalule NNP 37411 507 13 , , , 37411 507 14 and and CC 37411 507 15 a a DT 37411 507 16 hard hard RB 37411 507 17 - - HYPH 37411 507 18 fought fight VBN 37411 507 19 battle battle NN 37411 507 20 was be VBD 37411 507 21 the the DT 37411 507 22 result result NN 37411 507 23 . . . 37411 508 1 The the DT 37411 508 2 slaughter slaughter NN 37411 508 3 was be VBD 37411 508 4 great great JJ 37411 508 5 on on IN 37411 508 6 both both DT 37411 508 7 sides side NNS 37411 508 8 , , , 37411 508 9 and and CC 37411 508 10 Sennacherib Sennacherib NNP 37411 508 11 claims claim VBZ 37411 508 12 a a DT 37411 508 13 complete complete JJ 37411 508 14 victory victory NN 37411 508 15 , , , 37411 508 16 though though IN 37411 508 17 the the DT 37411 508 18 Babylonian Babylonian NNP 37411 508 19 Chronicle Chronicle NNP 37411 508 20 -- -- : 37411 508 21 a a DT 37411 508 22 cuneiform cuneiform NN 37411 508 23 document document NN 37411 508 24 compiled compile VBN 37411 508 25 from from IN 37411 508 26 a a DT 37411 508 27 Babylonian babylonian JJ 37411 508 28 point point NN 37411 508 29 of of IN 37411 508 30 view view NN 37411 508 31 -- -- : 37411 508 32 implies imply VBZ 37411 508 33 that that IN 37411 508 34 such such JJ 37411 508 35 was be VBD 37411 508 36 not not RB 37411 508 37 altogether altogether RB 37411 508 38 the the DT 37411 508 39 case case NN 37411 508 40 . . . 37411 509 1 At at IN 37411 509 2 all all DT 37411 509 3 events event NNS 37411 509 4 about about RB 37411 509 5 two two CD 37411 509 6 years year NNS 37411 509 7 were be VBD 37411 509 8 needed need VBN 37411 509 9 for for IN 37411 509 10 the the DT 37411 509 11 subjugation subjugation NN 37411 509 12 of of IN 37411 509 13 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 509 14 . . . 37411 510 1 In in IN 37411 510 2 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 511 1 689 689 CD 37411 511 2 Babylon Babylon NNP 37411 511 3 was be VBD 37411 511 4 taken take VBN 37411 511 5 , , , 37411 511 6 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 511 7 houses house NNS 37411 511 8 and and CC 37411 511 9 temples temple NNS 37411 511 10 destroyed destroy VBN 37411 511 11 , , , 37411 511 12 the the DT 37411 511 13 images image NNS 37411 511 14 of of IN 37411 511 15 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 511 16 gods god NNS 37411 511 17 broken break VBN 37411 511 18 in in IN 37411 511 19 pieces piece NNS 37411 511 20 , , , 37411 511 21 and and CC 37411 511 22 the the DT 37411 511 23 ruins ruin NNS 37411 511 24 of of IN 37411 511 25 the the DT 37411 511 26 city city NN 37411 511 27 thrown throw VBN 37411 511 28 into into IN 37411 511 29 the the DT 37411 511 30 Arakhtu Arakhtu NNP 37411 511 31 , , , 37411 511 32 the the DT 37411 511 33 canal canal NN 37411 511 34 of of IN 37411 511 35 Babylon Babylon NNP 37411 511 36 . . . 37411 512 1 For for IN 37411 512 2 some some DT 37411 512 3 years year NNS 37411 512 4 Babylon Babylon NNP 37411 512 5 lay lie VBD 37411 512 6 desolate desolate JJ 37411 512 7 , , , 37411 512 8 and and CC 37411 512 9 as as IN 37411 512 10 there there EX 37411 512 11 was be VBD 37411 512 12 no no RB 37411 512 13 longer long RBR 37411 512 14 a a DT 37411 512 15 temple temple NN 37411 512 16 or or CC 37411 512 17 image image NN 37411 512 18 of of IN 37411 512 19 Bel Bel NNP 37411 512 20 to to TO 37411 512 21 legitimize legitimize VB 37411 512 22 the the DT 37411 512 23 rule rule NN 37411 512 24 of of IN 37411 512 25 the the DT 37411 512 26 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 512 27 conqueror conqueror NN 37411 512 28 , , , 37411 512 29 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 512 30 remained remain VBD 37411 512 31 ' ' '' 37411 512 32 without without IN 37411 512 33 kings king NNS 37411 512 34 . . . 37411 512 35 ' ' '' 37411 513 1 On on IN 37411 513 2 the the DT 37411 513 3 20th 20th JJ 37411 513 4 day day NN 37411 513 5 of of IN 37411 513 6 Tebet Tebet NNP 37411 513 7 or or CC 37411 513 8 December December NNP 37411 513 9 , , , 37411 513 10 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 514 1 681 681 CD 37411 514 2 , , , 37411 514 3 Sennacherib Sennacherib NNP 37411 514 4 was be VBD 37411 514 5 murdered murder VBN 37411 514 6 by by IN 37411 514 7 two two CD 37411 514 8 of of IN 37411 514 9 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 514 10 sons son NNS 37411 514 11 who who WP 37411 514 12 seem seem VBP 37411 514 13 to to TO 37411 514 14 have have VB 37411 514 15 been be VBN 37411 514 16 jealous jealous JJ 37411 514 17 of of IN 37411 514 18 their -PRON- PRP$ 37411 514 19 brother brother NN 37411 514 20 Esar Esar NNP 37411 514 21 - - HYPH 37411 514 22 haddon haddon NNP 37411 514 23 . . . 37411 515 1 Esar Esar NNP 37411 515 2 - - HYPH 37411 515 3 haddon haddon NNP 37411 515 4 had have VBD 37411 515 5 been be VBN 37411 515 6 given give VBN 37411 515 7 the the DT 37411 515 8 new new JJ 37411 515 9 name name NN 37411 515 10 of of IN 37411 515 11 Assur Assur NNP 37411 515 12 - - HYPH 37411 515 13 etil etil NNP 37411 515 14 - - HYPH 37411 515 15 mukin mukin NNP 37411 515 16 - - HYPH 37411 515 17 abla abla JJ 37411 515 18 ( ( -LRB- 37411 515 19 ' ' '' 37411 515 20 Assur assur VB 37411 515 21 the the DT 37411 515 22 hero hero NN 37411 515 23 is be VBZ 37411 515 24 the the DT 37411 515 25 establisher establisher NN 37411 515 26 of of IN 37411 515 27 my -PRON- PRP$ 37411 515 28 son son NN 37411 515 29 ' ' '' 37411 515 30 ) ) -RRB- 37411 515 31 , , , 37411 515 32 perhaps perhaps RB 37411 515 33 because because IN 37411 515 34 he -PRON- PRP 37411 515 35 had have VBD 37411 515 36 been be VBN 37411 515 37 destined destine VBN 37411 515 38 for for IN 37411 515 39 the the DT 37411 515 40 throne throne NN 37411 515 41 , , , 37411 515 42 and and CC 37411 515 43 at at IN 37411 515 44 the the DT 37411 515 45 time time NN 37411 515 46 of of IN 37411 515 47 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 515 48 father father NN 37411 515 49 's 's POS 37411 515 50 murder murder NN 37411 515 51 he -PRON- PRP 37411 515 52 was be VBD 37411 515 53 commanding command VBG 37411 515 54 the the DT 37411 515 55 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 515 56 army army NN 37411 515 57 in in IN 37411 515 58 a a DT 37411 515 59 war war NN 37411 515 60 against against IN 37411 515 61 Ararat Ararat NNP 37411 515 62 . . . 37411 516 1 For for IN 37411 516 2 forty forty CD 37411 516 3 - - HYPH 37411 516 4 two two CD 37411 516 5 days day NNS 37411 516 6 the the DT 37411 516 7 conspirators conspirator NNS 37411 516 8 held hold VBD 37411 516 9 the the DT 37411 516 10 capital capital NN 37411 516 11 ; ; : 37411 516 12 then then RB 37411 516 13 they -PRON- PRP 37411 516 14 were be VBD 37411 516 15 compelled compel VBN 37411 516 16 to to TO 37411 516 17 fly fly VB 37411 516 18 to to IN 37411 516 19 Erimenas Erimenas NNP 37411 516 20 of of IN 37411 516 21 Ararat Ararat NNP 37411 516 22 and and CC 37411 516 23 seek seek VB 37411 516 24 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 516 25 help help NN 37411 516 26 against against IN 37411 516 27 their -PRON- PRP$ 37411 516 28 brother brother NN 37411 516 29 . . . 37411 517 1 The the DT 37411 517 2 decisive decisive JJ 37411 517 3 battle battle NN 37411 517 4 was be VBD 37411 517 5 fought fight VBN 37411 517 6 on on IN 37411 517 7 the the DT 37411 517 8 12th 12th NN 37411 517 9 of of IN 37411 517 10 Iyyar Iyyar NNP 37411 517 11 ( ( -LRB- 37411 517 12 April April NNP 37411 517 13 ) ) -RRB- 37411 517 14 near near IN 37411 517 15 Malatiyeh Malatiyeh NNP 37411 517 16 in in IN 37411 517 17 Kappadokia Kappadokia NNP 37411 517 18 ; ; : 37411 517 19 the the DT 37411 517 20 veterans veteran NNS 37411 517 21 of of IN 37411 517 22 Assyria Assyria NNP 37411 517 23 won win VBD 37411 517 24 the the DT 37411 517 25 day day NN 37411 517 26 , , , 37411 517 27 and and CC 37411 517 28 at at IN 37411 517 29 the the DT 37411 517 30 close close NN 37411 517 31 of of IN 37411 517 32 it -PRON- PRP 37411 517 33 saluted salute VBD 37411 517 34 Esar Esar NNP 37411 517 35 - - HYPH 37411 517 36 haddon haddon NNP 37411 517 37 as as IN 37411 517 38 king king NN 37411 517 39 . . . 37411 518 1 He -PRON- PRP 37411 518 2 returned return VBD 37411 518 3 to to IN 37411 518 4 Nineveh Nineveh NNP 37411 518 5 and and CC 37411 518 6 on on IN 37411 518 7 the the DT 37411 518 8 8th 8th NN 37411 518 9 of of IN 37411 518 10 Sivan Sivan NNP 37411 518 11 ( ( -LRB- 37411 518 12 May May NNP 37411 518 13 ) ) -RRB- 37411 518 14 formally formally RB 37411 518 15 ascended ascend VBD 37411 518 16 the the DT 37411 518 17 throne throne NN 37411 518 18 . . . 37411 519 1 Esar Esar NNP 37411 519 2 - - HYPH 37411 519 3 haddon haddon NNP 37411 519 4 was be VBD 37411 519 5 great great JJ 37411 519 6 in in IN 37411 519 7 counsel counsel NN 37411 519 8 as as RB 37411 519 9 well well RB 37411 519 10 as as IN 37411 519 11 in in IN 37411 519 12 war war NN 37411 519 13 , , , 37411 519 14 and and CC 37411 519 15 knew know VBD 37411 519 16 how how WRB 37411 519 17 to to TO 37411 519 18 conciliate conciliate VB 37411 519 19 as as RB 37411 519 20 well well RB 37411 519 21 as as IN 37411 519 22 how how WRB 37411 519 23 to to TO 37411 519 24 conquer conquer VB 37411 519 25 . . . 37411 520 1 At at IN 37411 520 2 the the DT 37411 520 3 outset outset NN 37411 520 4 of of IN 37411 520 5 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 520 6 reign reign NN 37411 520 7 he -PRON- PRP 37411 520 8 restored restore VBD 37411 520 9 Babylon Babylon NNP 37411 520 10 , , , 37411 520 11 rebuilt rebuild VBD 37411 520 12 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 520 13 temples temple NNS 37411 520 14 , , , 37411 520 15 brought bring VBD 37411 520 16 back back RB 37411 520 17 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 520 18 gods god NNS 37411 520 19 and and CC 37411 520 20 people people NNS 37411 520 21 , , , 37411 520 22 and and CC 37411 520 23 made make VBD 37411 520 24 it -PRON- PRP 37411 520 25 one one CD 37411 520 26 of of IN 37411 520 27 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 520 28 royal royal JJ 37411 520 29 residences residence NNS 37411 520 30 . . . 37411 521 1 For for IN 37411 521 2 twelve twelve CD 37411 521 3 years year NNS 37411 521 4 he -PRON- PRP 37411 521 5 was be VBD 37411 521 6 king king NN 37411 521 7 alike alike RB 37411 521 8 of of IN 37411 521 9 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 521 10 and and CC 37411 521 11 Assyria Assyria NNP 37411 521 12 . . . 37411 522 1 A a DT 37411 522 2 revolt revolt NN 37411 522 3 of of IN 37411 522 4 Sidon Sidon NNP 37411 522 5 , , , 37411 522 6 which which WDT 37411 522 7 was be VBD 37411 522 8 easily easily RB 37411 522 9 put put VBN 37411 522 10 down down RP 37411 522 11 , , , 37411 522 12 next next RB 37411 522 13 occupied occupy VBD 37411 522 14 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 522 15 attention attention NN 37411 522 16 . . . 37411 523 1 Then then RB 37411 523 2 came come VBD 37411 523 3 a a DT 37411 523 4 more more RBR 37411 523 5 formidable formidable JJ 37411 523 6 event event NN 37411 523 7 . . . 37411 524 1 The the DT 37411 524 2 Gimirrâ Gimirrâ NNP 37411 524 3 , , , 37411 524 4 called call VBD 37411 524 5 Gomer Gomer NNP 37411 524 6 in in IN 37411 524 7 Genesis Genesis NNP 37411 524 8 , , , 37411 524 9 Kimmerians Kimmerians NNPS 37411 524 10 by by IN 37411 524 11 the the DT 37411 524 12 Greeks Greeks NNPS 37411 524 13 , , , 37411 524 14 suddenly suddenly RB 37411 524 15 appeared appear VBD 37411 524 16 out out IN 37411 524 17 of of IN 37411 524 18 the the DT 37411 524 19 north north NN 37411 524 20 and and CC 37411 524 21 menaced menace VBD 37411 524 22 the the DT 37411 524 23 civilized civilized JJ 37411 524 24 world world NN 37411 524 25 . . . 37411 525 1 Esar Esar NNP 37411 525 2 - - HYPH 37411 525 3 haddon haddon NNP 37411 525 4 met meet VBD 37411 525 5 them -PRON- PRP 37411 525 6 on on IN 37411 525 7 the the DT 37411 525 8 frontier frontier NN 37411 525 9 of of IN 37411 525 10 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 525 11 empire empire NN 37411 525 12 , , , 37411 525 13 defeated defeat VBD 37411 525 14 their -PRON- PRP$ 37411 525 15 chieftain chieftain NN 37411 525 16 , , , 37411 525 17 the the DT 37411 525 18 ' ' `` 37411 525 19 Manda Manda NNP 37411 525 20 ' ' '' 37411 525 21 or or CC 37411 525 22 nomad nomad VB 37411 525 23 Teuspa Teuspa NNP 37411 525 24 , , , 37411 525 25 and and CC 37411 525 26 drove drive VBD 37411 525 27 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 525 28 hordes horde NNS 37411 525 29 westward westward RB 37411 525 30 into into IN 37411 525 31 Asia Asia NNP 37411 525 32 Minor Minor NNP 37411 525 33 . . . 37411 526 1 It -PRON- PRP 37411 526 2 now now RB 37411 526 3 became become VBD 37411 526 4 necessary necessary JJ 37411 526 5 to to TO 37411 526 6 secure secure VB 37411 526 7 the the DT 37411 526 8 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 526 9 frontier frontier NN 37411 526 10 on on IN 37411 526 11 the the DT 37411 526 12 south south NN 37411 526 13 . . . 37411 527 1 The the DT 37411 527 2 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 527 3 king king NN 37411 527 4 accordingly accordingly RB 37411 527 5 marched march VBD 37411 527 6 into into IN 37411 527 7 the the DT 37411 527 8 very very JJ 37411 527 9 heart heart NN 37411 527 10 of of IN 37411 527 11 Arabia Arabia NNP 37411 527 12 , , , 37411 527 13 through through IN 37411 527 14 burning burn VBG 37411 527 15 and and CC 37411 527 16 waterless waterless JJ 37411 527 17 deserts desert NNS 37411 527 18 , , , 37411 527 19 and and CC 37411 527 20 struck strike VBD 37411 527 21 terror terror NN 37411 527 22 into into IN 37411 527 23 the the DT 37411 527 24 Arabian arabian JJ 37411 527 25 tribes tribe NNS 37411 527 26 . . . 37411 528 1 The the DT 37411 528 2 march march NN 37411 528 3 must must MD 37411 528 4 have have VB 37411 528 5 been be VBN 37411 528 6 one one CD 37411 528 7 of of IN 37411 528 8 the the DT 37411 528 9 most most RBS 37411 528 10 remarkable remarkable JJ 37411 528 11 ever ever RB 37411 528 12 made make VBN 37411 528 13 . . . 37411 529 1 Esar Esar NNP 37411 529 2 - - HYPH 37411 529 3 haddon haddon NNP 37411 529 4 was be VBD 37411 529 5 at at IN 37411 529 6 last last JJ 37411 529 7 free free JJ 37411 529 8 to to TO 37411 529 9 complete complete VB 37411 529 10 the the DT 37411 529 11 policy policy NN 37411 529 12 of of IN 37411 529 13 Tiglath Tiglath NNP 37411 529 14 - - HYPH 37411 529 15 pileser pileser NN 37411 529 16 III iii CD 37411 529 17 by by IN 37411 529 18 conquering conquer VBG 37411 529 19 the the DT 37411 529 20 ancient ancient JJ 37411 529 21 kingdom kingdom NN 37411 529 22 of of IN 37411 529 23 Egypt Egypt NNP 37411 529 24 . . . 37411 530 1 Palestine Palestine NNP 37411 530 2 gave give VBD 37411 530 3 no no DT 37411 530 4 more more JJR 37411 530 5 trouble trouble NN 37411 530 6 ; ; : 37411 530 7 Manasseh Manasseh NNP 37411 530 8 of of IN 37411 530 9 Judah Judah NNP 37411 530 10 was be VBD 37411 530 11 already already RB 37411 530 12 an an DT 37411 530 13 obedient obedient JJ 37411 530 14 vassal vassal NN 37411 530 15 of of IN 37411 530 16 the the DT 37411 530 17 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 530 18 king king NN 37411 530 19 . . . 37411 531 1 In in IN 37411 531 2 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 532 1 674 674 CD 37411 532 2 ' ' NNS 37411 532 3 the the DT 37411 532 4 Assyrians Assyrians NNPS 37411 532 5 marched march VBD 37411 532 6 into into IN 37411 532 7 Egypt Egypt NNP 37411 532 8 . . . 37411 532 9 ' ' '' 37411 533 1 But but CC 37411 533 2 two two CD 37411 533 3 more more JJR 37411 533 4 campaigns campaign NNS 37411 533 5 were be VBD 37411 533 6 needed need VBN 37411 533 7 for for IN 37411 533 8 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 533 9 subjection subjection NN 37411 533 10 . . . 37411 534 1 In in IN 37411 534 2 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 535 1 670 670 CD 37411 535 2 Esar Esar NNP 37411 535 3 - - HYPH 37411 535 4 haddon haddon NNP 37411 535 5 drove drive VBD 37411 535 6 the the DT 37411 535 7 Egyptian egyptian JJ 37411 535 8 forces force NNS 37411 535 9 before before IN 37411 535 10 him -PRON- PRP 37411 535 11 in in IN 37411 535 12 fifteen fifteen CD 37411 535 13 days day NNS 37411 535 14 ( ( -LRB- 37411 535 15 from from IN 37411 535 16 the the DT 37411 535 17 3rd 3rd NN 37411 535 18 to to IN 37411 535 19 the the DT 37411 535 20 18th 18th NN 37411 535 21 of of IN 37411 535 22 Tammuz Tammuz NNP 37411 535 23 or or CC 37411 535 24 June June NNP 37411 535 25 ) ) -RRB- 37411 535 26 all all PDT 37411 535 27 the the DT 37411 535 28 way way NN 37411 535 29 from from IN 37411 535 30 the the DT 37411 535 31 frontier frontier NN 37411 535 32 to to IN 37411 535 33 Memphis Memphis NNP 37411 535 34 , , , 37411 535 35 thrice thrice NN 37411 535 36 defeating defeat VBG 37411 535 37 them -PRON- PRP 37411 535 38 with with IN 37411 535 39 heavy heavy JJ 37411 535 40 loss loss NN 37411 535 41 and and CC 37411 535 42 wounding wound VBG 37411 535 43 Tirhakah Tirhakah NNP 37411 535 44 their -PRON- PRP$ 37411 535 45 king king NN 37411 535 46 . . . 37411 536 1 Three three CD 37411 536 2 days day NNS 37411 536 3 later later RBR 37411 536 4 Memphis Memphis NNP 37411 536 5 fell fall VBD 37411 536 6 , , , 37411 536 7 and and CC 37411 536 8 Tirhakah Tirhakah NNP 37411 536 9 fled flee VBD 37411 536 10 to to IN 37411 536 11 Ethiopia Ethiopia NNP 37411 536 12 , , , 37411 536 13 leaving leave VBG 37411 536 14 Egypt Egypt NNP 37411 536 15 to to IN 37411 536 16 the the DT 37411 536 17 conqueror conqueror NN 37411 536 18 . . . 37411 537 1 Egypt Egypt NNP 37411 537 2 revolted revolt VBD 37411 537 3 two two CD 37411 537 4 years year NNS 37411 537 5 afterwards afterwards RB 37411 537 6 ( ( -LRB- 37411 537 7 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 538 1 668 668 CD 37411 538 2 ) ) -RRB- 37411 538 3 , , , 37411 538 4 and and CC 37411 538 5 while while IN 37411 538 6 on on IN 37411 538 7 the the DT 37411 538 8 march march NN 37411 538 9 to to TO 37411 538 10 reduce reduce VB 37411 538 11 it -PRON- PRP 37411 538 12 Esar Esar NNP 37411 538 13 - - HYPH 37411 538 14 haddon haddon NNP 37411 538 15 fell fall VBD 37411 538 16 ill ill RB 37411 538 17 , , , 37411 538 18 and and CC 37411 538 19 died die VBD 37411 538 20 on on IN 37411 538 21 the the DT 37411 538 22 10th 10th NN 37411 538 23 of of IN 37411 538 24 Marchesvan Marchesvan NNP 37411 538 25 or or CC 37411 538 26 October October NNP 37411 538 27 . . . 37411 539 1 Assur Assur NNP 37411 539 2 - - HYPH 37411 539 3 bani bani NN 37411 539 4 - - HYPH 37411 539 5 pal pal NN 37411 539 6 , , , 37411 539 7 who who WP 37411 539 8 had have VBD 37411 539 9 already already RB 37411 539 10 been be VBN 37411 539 11 named name VBN 37411 539 12 as as IN 37411 539 13 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 539 14 successor successor NN 37411 539 15 , , , 37411 539 16 became become VBD 37411 539 17 king king NN 37411 539 18 of of IN 37411 539 19 Assyria Assyria NNP 37411 539 20 , , , 37411 539 21 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 539 22 brother brother NN 37411 539 23 Saul Saul NNP 37411 539 24 - - HYPH 37411 539 25 suma suma NN 37411 539 26 - - HYPH 37411 539 27 yukin yukin NN 37411 539 28 taking take VBG 37411 539 29 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 539 30 as as IN 37411 539 31 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 539 32 share share NN 37411 539 33 . . . 37411 540 1 The the DT 37411 540 2 king king NN 37411 540 3 of of IN 37411 540 4 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 540 5 , , , 37411 540 6 however however RB 37411 540 7 , , , 37411 540 8 was be VBD 37411 540 9 required require VBN 37411 540 10 to to TO 37411 540 11 admit admit VB 37411 540 12 the the DT 37411 540 13 supremacy supremacy NN 37411 540 14 of of IN 37411 540 15 the the DT 37411 540 16 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 540 17 monarch monarch NN 37411 540 18 . . . 37411 541 1 The the DT 37411 541 2 Egyptian egyptian JJ 37411 541 3 revolt revolt NN 37411 541 4 was be VBD 37411 541 5 quickly quickly RB 37411 541 6 suppressed suppress VBN 37411 541 7 and and CC 37411 541 8 the the DT 37411 541 9 country country NN 37411 541 10 was be VBD 37411 541 11 again again RB 37411 541 12 divided divide VBN 37411 541 13 into into IN 37411 541 14 twenty twenty CD 37411 541 15 satrapies satrapie NNS 37411 541 16 , , , 37411 541 17 each each DT 37411 541 18 satrapy satrapy NN 37411 541 19 being be VBG 37411 541 20 placed place VBN 37411 541 21 under under IN 37411 541 22 a a DT 37411 541 23 native native JJ 37411 541 24 prince prince NN 37411 541 25 . . . 37411 542 1 But but CC 37411 542 2 the the DT 37411 542 3 arrangement arrangement NN 37411 542 4 answered answer VBD 37411 542 5 badly badly RB 37411 542 6 . . . 37411 543 1 The the DT 37411 543 2 satraps satrap NNS 37411 543 3 quarrelled quarrel VBD 37411 543 4 with with IN 37411 543 5 one one CD 37411 543 6 another another DT 37411 543 7 , , , 37411 543 8 intrigued intrigue VBN 37411 543 9 with with IN 37411 543 10 Tirhakah Tirhakah NNP 37411 543 11 , , , 37411 543 12 and and CC 37411 543 13 rebelled rebel VBD 37411 543 14 against against IN 37411 543 15 Assur Assur NNP 37411 543 16 - - HYPH 37411 543 17 bani bani NN 37411 543 18 - - HYPH 37411 543 19 pal pal NN 37411 543 20 . . . 37411 544 1 Time time NN 37411 544 2 after after IN 37411 544 3 time time NN 37411 544 4 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 544 5 armies army NNS 37411 544 6 had have VBD 37411 544 7 to to TO 37411 544 8 be be VB 37411 544 9 sent send VBN 37411 544 10 to to TO 37411 544 11 reconquer reconquer VB 37411 544 12 the the DT 37411 544 13 land land NN 37411 544 14 . . . 37411 545 1 Once once IN 37411 545 2 Necho Necho NNP 37411 545 3 , , , 37411 545 4 the the DT 37411 545 5 satrap satrap NN 37411 545 6 of of IN 37411 545 7 Sais Sais NNP 37411 545 8 , , , 37411 545 9 was be VBD 37411 545 10 brought bring VBN 37411 545 11 in in IN 37411 545 12 chains chain NNS 37411 545 13 to to IN 37411 545 14 Nineveh Nineveh NNP 37411 545 15 , , , 37411 545 16 there there RB 37411 545 17 , , , 37411 545 18 however however RB 37411 545 19 , , , 37411 545 20 to to TO 37411 545 21 be be VB 37411 545 22 pardoned pardon VBN 37411 545 23 and and CC 37411 545 24 restored restore VBN 37411 545 25 to to IN 37411 545 26 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 545 27 city city NN 37411 545 28 . . . 37411 546 1 Twice Twice NNP 37411 546 2 Thebes Thebes NNP 37411 546 3 was be VBD 37411 546 4 captured capture VBN 37411 546 5 , , , 37411 546 6 once once RB 37411 546 7 after after IN 37411 546 8 it -PRON- PRP 37411 546 9 had have VBD 37411 546 10 been be VBN 37411 546 11 made make VBN 37411 546 12 for for IN 37411 546 13 a a DT 37411 546 14 time time NN 37411 546 15 the the DT 37411 546 16 seat seat NN 37411 546 17 of of IN 37411 546 18 Tirhakah Tirhakah NNP 37411 546 19 's 's POS 37411 546 20 government government NN 37411 546 21 , , , 37411 546 22 a a DT 37411 546 23 second second JJ 37411 546 24 time time NN 37411 546 25 after after IN 37411 546 26 the the DT 37411 546 27 defeat defeat NN 37411 546 28 of of IN 37411 546 29 Urdaman Urdaman NNP 37411 546 30 ( ( -LRB- 37411 546 31 Rud Rud NNP 37411 546 32 - 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- HYPH 37411 552 3 bani bani NN 37411 552 4 - - HYPH 37411 552 5 pal pal NNP 37411 552 6 , , , 37411 552 7 the the DT 37411 552 8 Sardanapallos Sardanapallos NNP 37411 552 9 of of IN 37411 552 10 the the DT 37411 552 11 Greeks Greeks NNPS 37411 552 12 , , , 37411 552 13 was be VBD 37411 552 14 the the DT 37411 552 15 ' ' `` 37411 552 16 Grand Grand NNP 37411 552 17 Monarque Monarque NNP 37411 552 18 ' ' '' 37411 552 19 of of IN 37411 552 20 Assyria Assyria NNP 37411 552 21 , , , 37411 552 22 and and CC 37411 552 23 a a DT 37411 552 24 generous generous JJ 37411 552 25 patron patron NN 37411 552 26 of of IN 37411 552 27 literature literature NN 37411 552 28 and and CC 37411 552 29 learning learning NN 37411 552 30 . . . 37411 553 1 But but CC 37411 553 2 he -PRON- PRP 37411 553 3 lacked lack VBD 37411 553 4 the the DT 37411 553 5 warlike warlike JJ 37411 553 6 instincts instinct NNS 37411 553 7 of of IN 37411 553 8 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 553 9 fathers father NNS 37411 553 10 , , , 37411 553 11 and and CC 37411 553 12 preferred prefer VBD 37411 553 13 to to TO 37411 553 14 remain remain VB 37411 553 15 at at IN 37411 553 16 home home NN 37411 553 17 while while IN 37411 553 18 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 553 19 generals general NNS 37411 553 20 fought fight VBD 37411 553 21 in in IN 37411 553 22 the the DT 37411 553 23 field field NN 37411 553 24 . . . 37411 554 1 His -PRON- PRP$ 37411 554 2 long long JJ 37411 554 3 wars war NNS 37411 554 4 drained drain VBD 37411 554 5 the the DT 37411 554 6 country country NN 37411 554 7 of of IN 37411 554 8 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 554 9 fighting fighting NN 37411 554 10 - 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- HYPH 37411 557 6 bani bani NNP 37411 557 7 - - HYPH 37411 557 8 pal pal NN 37411 557 9 spread spread VB 37411 557 10 far far RB 37411 557 11 and and CC 37411 557 12 wide wide RB 37411 557 13 . . . 37411 558 1 Ambassadors ambassador NNS 37411 558 2 came come VBD 37411 558 3 to to IN 37411 558 4 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 558 5 court court NN 37411 558 6 from from IN 37411 558 7 Ararat Ararat NNP 37411 558 8 , , , 37411 558 9 as as RB 37411 558 10 well well RB 37411 558 11 as as IN 37411 558 12 from from IN 37411 558 13 Gyges Gyges NNP 37411 558 14 of of IN 37411 558 15 Lydia Lydia NNP 37411 558 16 . . . 37411 559 1 At at IN 37411 559 2 first first RB 37411 559 3 no no DT 37411 559 4 interpreter interpreter NN 37411 559 5 could could MD 37411 559 6 be be VB 37411 559 7 found find VBN 37411 559 8 for for IN 37411 559 9 the the DT 37411 559 10 latter latter JJ 37411 559 11 . . . 37411 560 1 Gyges gyge NNS 37411 560 2 wanted want VBD 37411 560 3 help help NN 37411 560 4 against against IN 37411 560 5 the the DT 37411 560 6 Kimmerians Kimmerians NNPS 37411 560 7 , , , 37411 560 8 which which WDT 37411 560 9 , , , 37411 560 10 however however RB 37411 560 11 , , , 37411 560 12 ' ' '' 37411 560 13 the the DT 37411 560 14 great great JJ 37411 560 15 king king NN 37411 560 16 ' ' '' 37411 560 17 does do VBZ 37411 560 18 not not RB 37411 560 19 seem seem VB 37411 560 20 to to TO 37411 560 21 have have VB 37411 560 22 afforded afford VBN 37411 560 23 . . . 37411 561 1 The the DT 37411 561 2 tribute tribute NN 37411 561 3 of of IN 37411 561 4 Gyges Gyges NNP 37411 561 5 was be VBD 37411 561 6 accordingly accordingly RB 37411 561 7 withdrawn withdraw VBN 37411 561 8 after after IN 37411 561 9 a a DT 37411 561 10 time time NN 37411 561 11 , , , 37411 561 12 and and CC 37411 561 13 he -PRON- PRP 37411 561 14 took take VBD 37411 561 15 part part NN 37411 561 16 in in IN 37411 561 17 the the DT 37411 561 18 great great JJ 37411 561 19 rebellion rebellion NN 37411 561 20 which which WDT 37411 561 21 now now RB 37411 561 22 shook shake VBD 37411 561 23 the the DT 37411 561 24 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 561 25 empire empire NN 37411 561 26 to to IN 37411 561 27 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 561 28 foundations foundation NNS 37411 561 29 . . . 37411 562 1 Saul Saul NNP 37411 562 2 - - HYPH 37411 562 3 suma suma NN 37411 562 4 - - HYPH 37411 562 5 yukin yukin FW 37411 562 6 put put VBD 37411 562 7 himself -PRON- PRP 37411 562 8 at at IN 37411 562 9 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 562 10 head head NN 37411 562 11 , , , 37411 562 12 and and CC 37411 562 13 proclaimed proclaim VBD 37411 562 14 the the DT 37411 562 15 independence independence NN 37411 562 16 of of IN 37411 562 17 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 562 18 . . . 37411 563 1 Psammetikhos Psammetikhos NNP 37411 563 2 , , , 37411 563 3 the the DT 37411 563 4 son son NN 37411 563 5 of of IN 37411 563 6 Necho Necho NNP 37411 563 7 of of IN 37411 563 8 Sais Sais NNP 37411 563 9 , , , 37411 563 10 imitated imitate VBD 37411 563 11 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 563 12 example example NN 37411 563 13 in in IN 37411 563 14 Egypt Egypt NNP 37411 563 15 , , , 37411 563 16 and and CC 37411 563 17 with with IN 37411 563 18 the the DT 37411 563 19 assistance assistance NN 37411 563 20 of of IN 37411 563 21 Gyges Gyges NNP 37411 563 22 put put VBD 37411 563 23 down down RP 37411 563 24 the the DT 37411 563 25 rival rival JJ 37411 563 26 satraps satrap NNS 37411 563 27 , , , 37411 563 28 shook shake VBD 37411 563 29 off off RP 37411 563 30 the the DT 37411 563 31 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 563 32 yoke yoke NN 37411 563 33 and and CC 37411 563 34 founded found VBD 37411 563 35 the the DT 37411 563 36 Twenty Twenty NNP 37411 563 37 - - HYPH 37411 563 38 sixth sixth JJ 37411 563 39 dynasty dynasty NN 37411 563 40 . . . 37411 564 1 Saul Saul NNP 37411 564 2 - - HYPH 37411 564 3 suma suma NN 37411 564 4 - - HYPH 37411 564 5 yukin yukin NN 37411 564 6 was be VBD 37411 564 7 less less RBR 37411 564 8 fortunate fortunate JJ 37411 564 9 . . . 37411 565 1 After after IN 37411 565 2 a a DT 37411 565 3 desperate desperate JJ 37411 565 4 struggle struggle NN 37411 565 5 he -PRON- PRP 37411 565 6 was be VBD 37411 565 7 captured capture VBN 37411 565 8 and and CC 37411 565 9 put put VBN 37411 565 10 to to IN 37411 565 11 death death NN 37411 565 12 by by IN 37411 565 13 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 565 14 brother brother NN 37411 565 15 , , , 37411 565 16 and and CC 37411 565 17 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 565 18 was be VBD 37411 565 19 once once RB 37411 565 20 more more RBR 37411 565 21 reduced reduced JJ 37411 565 22 to to IN 37411 565 23 servitude servitude VB 37411 565 24 . . . 37411 566 1 Punishment punishment NN 37411 566 2 was be VBD 37411 566 3 also also RB 37411 566 4 taken take VBN 37411 566 5 upon upon IN 37411 566 6 the the DT 37411 566 7 tribes tribe NNS 37411 566 8 of of IN 37411 566 9 northern northern JJ 37411 566 10 Arabia Arabia NNP 37411 566 11 who who WP 37411 566 12 had have VBD 37411 566 13 joined join VBN 37411 566 14 the the DT 37411 566 15 rebels rebel NNS 37411 566 16 . . . 37411 567 1 But but CC 37411 567 2 the the DT 37411 567 3 empire empire NN 37411 567 4 was be VBD 37411 567 5 terribly terribly RB 37411 567 6 weakened weakened JJ 37411 567 7 . . . 37411 568 1 Egypt Egypt NNP 37411 568 2 was be VBD 37411 568 3 lost lose VBN 37411 568 4 to to IN 37411 568 5 it -PRON- PRP 37411 568 6 for for IN 37411 568 7 ever ever RB 37411 568 8 , , , 37411 568 9 and and CC 37411 568 10 though though IN 37411 568 11 Elam Elam NNP 37411 568 12 was be VBD 37411 568 13 added add VBN 37411 568 14 instead instead RB 37411 568 15 , , , 37411 568 16 it -PRON- PRP 37411 568 17 proved prove VBD 37411 568 18 to to TO 37411 568 19 be be VB 37411 568 20 a a DT 37411 568 21 barren barren JJ 37411 568 22 possession possession NN 37411 568 23 . . . 37411 569 1 When when WRB 37411 569 2 Tuktamme Tuktamme NNP 37411 569 3 the the DT 37411 569 4 ' ' `` 37411 569 5 Manda Manda NNP 37411 569 6 ' ' '' 37411 569 7 appeared appear VBD 37411 569 8 upon upon IN 37411 569 9 the the DT 37411 569 10 scene scene NN 37411 569 11 he -PRON- PRP 37411 569 12 was be VBD 37411 569 13 resisted resist VBN 37411 569 14 with with IN 37411 569 15 difficulty difficulty NN 37411 569 16 . . . 37411 570 1 The the DT 37411 570 2 empire empire NN 37411 570 3 was be VBD 37411 570 4 tottering totter VBG 37411 570 5 to to IN 37411 570 6 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 570 7 fall fall NN 37411 570 8 . . . 37411 571 1 Of of IN 37411 571 2 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 571 3 closing closing NN 37411 571 4 days day NNS 37411 571 5 we -PRON- PRP 37411 571 6 know know VBP 37411 571 7 but but CC 37411 571 8 little little JJ 37411 571 9 from from IN 37411 571 10 the the DT 37411 571 11 monuments monument NNS 37411 571 12 . . . 37411 572 1 Among among IN 37411 572 2 the the DT 37411 572 3 successors successor NNS 37411 572 4 of of IN 37411 572 5 Assur Assur NNP 37411 572 6 - - HYPH 37411 572 7 bani bani NN 37411 572 8 - - HYPH 37411 572 9 pal pal NN 37411 572 10 were be VBD 37411 572 11 Assur Assur NNP 37411 572 12 - - HYPH 37411 572 13 etil etil NNP 37411 572 14 - - HYPH 37411 572 15 ilani ilani NNP 37411 572 16 - - HYPH 37411 572 17 yukin yukin FW 37411 572 18 ( ( -LRB- 37411 572 19 who who WP 37411 572 20 still still RB 37411 572 21 claimed claim VBD 37411 572 22 rule rule NN 37411 572 23 in in IN 37411 572 24 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 572 25 ) ) -RRB- 37411 572 26 , , , 37411 572 27 and and CC 37411 572 28 Sin Sin NNP 37411 572 29 - - HYPH 37411 572 30 sar sar NNP 37411 572 31 - - HYPH 37411 572 32 iskun iskun NN 37411 572 33 . . . 37411 573 1 The the DT 37411 573 2 latter latter NN 37411 573 3 has have VBZ 37411 573 4 sometimes sometimes RB 37411 573 5 been be VBN 37411 573 6 identified identify VBN 37411 573 7 with with IN 37411 573 8 Sarakos Sarakos NNP 37411 573 9 , , , 37411 573 10 said say VBD 37411 573 11 by by IN 37411 573 12 the the DT 37411 573 13 Greek greek JJ 37411 573 14 writer writer NN 37411 573 15 Abydênos Abydênos NNP 37411 573 16 to to TO 37411 573 17 have have VB 37411 573 18 been be VBN 37411 573 19 the the DT 37411 573 20 last last JJ 37411 573 21 king king NN 37411 573 22 of of IN 37411 573 23 Assyria[5 Assyria[5 NNP 37411 573 24 ] ] -RRB- 37411 573 25 . . . 37411 574 1 At at IN 37411 574 2 all all DT 37411 574 3 events event NNS 37411 574 4 the the DT 37411 574 5 fall fall NN 37411 574 6 and and CC 37411 574 7 destruction destruction NN 37411 574 8 of of IN 37411 574 9 Nineveh Nineveh NNP 37411 574 10 may may MD 37411 574 11 be be VB 37411 574 12 placed place VBN 37411 574 13 in in IN 37411 574 14 B.C. 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686 9 the the DT 37411 686 10 capital capital NN 37411 686 11 of of IN 37411 686 12 the the DT 37411 686 13 kingdom kingdom NN 37411 686 14 , , , 37411 686 15 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 686 16 patron patron NN 37411 686 17 - - HYPH 37411 686 18 god god NNP 37411 686 19 Merodach Merodach NNP 37411 686 20 became become VBD 37411 686 21 the the DT 37411 686 22 supreme supreme JJ 37411 686 23 Baal Baal NNP 37411 686 24 or or CC 37411 686 25 Bel Bel NNP 37411 686 26 of of IN 37411 686 27 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 686 28 . . . 37411 687 1 He -PRON- PRP 37411 687 2 had have VBD 37411 687 3 already already RB 37411 687 4 been be VBN 37411 687 5 identified identify VBN 37411 687 6 with with IN 37411 687 7 Asari Asari NNP 37411 687 8 - - HYPH 37411 687 9 mulu mulu NN 37411 687 10 - - HYPH 37411 687 11 dugga dugga NN 37411 687 12 , , , 37411 687 13 the the DT 37411 687 14 son son NN 37411 687 15 of of IN 37411 687 16 Ea Ea NNP 37411 687 17 , , , 37411 687 18 and and CC 37411 687 19 the the DT 37411 687 20 attributes attribute NNS 37411 687 21 of of IN 37411 687 22 the the DT 37411 687 23 latter latter JJ 37411 687 24 were be VBD 37411 687 25 accordingly accordingly RB 37411 687 26 transferred transfer VBN 37411 687 27 to to IN 37411 687 28 the the DT 37411 687 29 new new JJ 37411 687 30 Bel Bel NNP 37411 687 31 . . . 37411 688 1 It -PRON- PRP 37411 688 2 was be VBD 37411 688 3 to to IN 37411 688 4 him -PRON- PRP 37411 688 5 that that IN 37411 688 6 the the DT 37411 688 7 great great JJ 37411 688 8 temple temple NN 37411 688 9 of of IN 37411 688 10 Ê Ê NNP 37411 688 11 - - HYPH 37411 688 12 Saggil Saggil NNP 37411 688 13 was be VBD 37411 688 14 erected erect VBN 37411 688 15 in in IN 37411 688 16 Babylon Babylon NNP 37411 688 17 , , , 37411 688 18 while while IN 37411 688 19 the the DT 37411 688 20 interpreter interpreter NN 37411 688 21 of of IN 37411 688 22 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 688 23 will will NN 37411 688 24 to to IN 37411 688 25 men man NNS 37411 688 26 , , , 37411 688 27 Nebo Nebo NNP 37411 688 28 , , , 37411 688 29 the the DT 37411 688 30 divine divine JJ 37411 688 31 ' ' '' 37411 688 32 prophet prophet NN 37411 688 33 , , , 37411 688 34 ' ' '' 37411 688 35 had have VBD 37411 688 36 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 688 37 temple temple NN 37411 688 38 Ê Ê NNP 37411 688 39 - - HYPH 37411 688 40 Zida Zida NNP 37411 688 41 in in IN 37411 688 42 the the DT 37411 688 43 neighbouring neighbouring NN 37411 688 44 suburb suburb NN 37411 688 45 of of IN 37411 688 46 Borsippa Borsippa NNP 37411 688 47 . . . 37411 689 1 At at IN 37411 689 2 Nipur Nipur NNP 37411 689 3 a a DT 37411 689 4 god god NN 37411 689 5 whose whose WP$ 37411 689 6 name name NN 37411 689 7 has have VBZ 37411 689 8 been be VBN 37411 689 9 variously variously RB 37411 689 10 read read VBN 37411 689 11 Uras Uras NNP 37411 689 12 , , , 37411 689 13 Nin Nin NNP 37411 689 14 - - HYPH 37411 689 15 ip ip NNP 37411 689 16 , , , 37411 689 17 Bar Bar NNP 37411 689 18 and and CC 37411 689 19 Adar Adar NNP 37411 689 20 , , , 37411 689 21 but but CC 37411 689 22 the the DT 37411 689 23 true true JJ 37411 689 24 pronunciation pronunciation NN 37411 689 25 of of IN 37411 689 26 which which WDT 37411 689 27 is be VBZ 37411 689 28 still still RB 37411 689 29 unknown unknown JJ 37411 689 30 , , , 37411 689 31 stood stand VBD 37411 689 32 in in IN 37411 689 33 much much RB 37411 689 34 the the DT 37411 689 35 same same JJ 37411 689 36 relation relation NN 37411 689 37 to to IN 37411 689 38 El El NNP 37411 689 39 - - HYPH 37411 689 40 lil lil NNP 37411 689 41 that that WDT 37411 689 42 Nebo Nebo NNP 37411 689 43 did do VBD 37411 689 44 to to IN 37411 689 45 Merodach Merodach NNP 37411 689 46 . . . 37411 690 1 He -PRON- PRP 37411 690 2 was be VBD 37411 690 3 , , , 37411 690 4 however however RB 37411 690 5 , , , 37411 690 6 regarded regard VBD 37411 690 7 as as IN 37411 690 8 a a DT 37411 690 9 solar solar JJ 37411 690 10 warrior warrior NN 37411 690 11 instead instead RB 37411 690 12 of of IN 37411 690 13 as as IN 37411 690 14 a a DT 37411 690 15 prophet prophet NN 37411 690 16 . . . 37411 691 1 Other other JJ 37411 691 2 deities.--Nergal deities.--Nergal NNP 37411 691 3 was be VBD 37411 691 4 worshipped worship VBN 37411 691 5 in in IN 37411 691 6 Kutha Kutha NNP 37411 691 7 and and CC 37411 691 8 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 691 9 cemeteries cemetery NNS 37411 691 10 ; ; : 37411 691 11 Samas Samas NNP 37411 691 12 , , , 37411 691 13 ' ' '' 37411 691 14 the the DT 37411 691 15 Sun Sun NNP 37411 691 16 , , , 37411 691 17 ' ' '' 37411 691 18 at at IN 37411 691 19 Sippara Sippara NNP 37411 691 20 ; ; : 37411 691 21 Sin sin NN 37411 691 22 , , , 37411 691 23 ' ' '' 37411 691 24 the the DT 37411 691 25 Moon Moon NNP 37411 691 26 , , , 37411 691 27 ' ' '' 37411 691 28 at at IN 37411 691 29 Ur Ur NNP 37411 691 30 and and CC 37411 691 31 Harran Harran NNP 37411 691 32 ; ; : 37411 691 33 Anu Anu NNP 37411 691 34 , , , 37411 691 35 ' ' '' 37411 691 36 the the DT 37411 691 37 Sky Sky NNP 37411 691 38 , , , 37411 691 39 ' ' '' 37411 691 40 at at IN 37411 691 41 Erech Erech NNP 37411 691 42 , , , 37411 691 43 where where WRB 37411 691 44 he -PRON- PRP 37411 691 45 was be VBD 37411 691 46 associated associate VBN 37411 691 47 with with IN 37411 691 48 Istar Istar NNP 37411 691 49 . . . 37411 692 1 Along along IN 37411 692 2 with with IN 37411 692 3 Ea Ea NNP 37411 692 4 and and CC 37411 692 5 Bel Bel NNP 37411 692 6 of of IN 37411 692 7 Nipur Nipur NNP 37411 692 8 , , , 37411 692 9 Anu Anu NNP 37411 692 10 formed form VBD 37411 692 11 a a DT 37411 692 12 triad triad NN 37411 692 13 which which WDT 37411 692 14 represented represent VBD 37411 692 15 in in IN 37411 692 16 the the DT 37411 692 17 official official JJ 37411 692 18 religion religion NN 37411 692 19 the the DT 37411 692 20 three three CD 37411 692 21 elementary elementary JJ 37411 692 22 deities deity NNS 37411 692 23 of of IN 37411 692 24 the the DT 37411 692 25 sea sea NN 37411 692 26 , , , 37411 692 27 the the DT 37411 692 28 earth earth NN 37411 692 29 , , , 37411 692 30 and and CC 37411 692 31 the the DT 37411 692 32 heavens heavens NNPS 37411 692 33 . . . 37411 693 1 The the DT 37411 693 2 sea sea NN 37411 693 3 , , , 37411 693 4 however however RB 37411 693 5 , , , 37411 693 6 was be VBD 37411 693 7 rather rather RB 37411 693 8 the the DT 37411 693 9 primordial primordial JJ 37411 693 10 ' ' `` 37411 693 11 deep deep JJ 37411 693 12 ' ' '' 37411 693 13 out out IN 37411 693 14 of of IN 37411 693 15 which which WDT 37411 693 16 all all DT 37411 693 17 things thing NNS 37411 693 18 arose arise VBD 37411 693 19 than than IN 37411 693 20 the the DT 37411 693 21 sea sea NN 37411 693 22 of of IN 37411 693 23 the the DT 37411 693 24 actual actual JJ 37411 693 25 world world NN 37411 693 26 , , , 37411 693 27 while while IN 37411 693 28 ' ' '' 37411 693 29 the the DT 37411 693 30 heaven heaven NN 37411 693 31 of of IN 37411 693 32 Anu Anu NNP 37411 693 33 ' ' '' 37411 693 34 was be VBD 37411 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699 2 error error NN 37411 699 3 even even RB 37411 699 4 in in IN 37411 699 5 pronunciation pronunciation NN 37411 699 6 was be VBD 37411 699 7 supposed suppose VBN 37411 699 8 to to TO 37411 699 9 invalidate invalidate VB 37411 699 10 the the DT 37411 699 11 ceremony ceremony NN 37411 699 12 . . . 37411 700 1 Among among IN 37411 700 2 the the DT 37411 700 3 hymns hymn NNS 37411 700 4 is be VBZ 37411 700 5 a a DT 37411 700 6 collection collection NN 37411 700 7 of of IN 37411 700 8 penitential penitential JJ 37411 700 9 psalms psalm NNS 37411 700 10 of of IN 37411 700 11 which which WDT 37411 700 12 the the DT 37411 700 13 following follow VBG 37411 700 14 lines line NNS 37411 700 15 will will MD 37411 700 16 give give VB 37411 700 17 some some DT 37411 700 18 idea:-- idea:-- . 37411 700 19 ' ' '' 37411 700 20 O o UH 37411 700 21 lord lord NNP 37411 700 22 , , , 37411 700 23 my -PRON- PRP$ 37411 700 24 sins sin NNS 37411 700 25 are be VBP 37411 700 26 many many JJ 37411 700 27 , , , 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CC 37411 705 6 none none NN 37411 705 7 took take VBD 37411 705 8 my -PRON- PRP$ 37411 705 9 hand hand NN 37411 705 10 ; ; : 37411 705 11 I -PRON- PRP 37411 705 12 wept weep VBD 37411 705 13 and and CC 37411 705 14 none none NN 37411 705 15 stood stand VBD 37411 705 16 at at IN 37411 705 17 my -PRON- PRP$ 37411 705 18 side side NN 37411 705 19 ; ; : 37411 705 20 I -PRON- PRP 37411 705 21 cried cry VBD 37411 705 22 aloud aloud RB 37411 705 23 and and CC 37411 705 24 there there EX 37411 705 25 was be VBD 37411 705 26 none none NN 37411 705 27 that that WDT 37411 705 28 heard hear VBD 37411 705 29 me -PRON- PRP 37411 705 30 . . . 37411 706 1 To to IN 37411 706 2 my -PRON- PRP$ 37411 706 3 god god NNP 37411 706 4 , , , 37411 706 5 the the DT 37411 706 6 merciful merciful JJ 37411 706 7 one one NN 37411 706 8 , , , 37411 706 9 I -PRON- PRP 37411 706 10 turn turn VBP 37411 706 11 myself -PRON- PRP 37411 706 12 , , , 37411 706 13 I -PRON- PRP 37411 706 14 utter utter VBP 37411 706 15 my 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monarch monarch NN 37411 711 14 ; ; : 37411 711 15 in in IN 37411 711 16 Assyria Assyria NNP 37411 711 17 indeed indeed RB 37411 711 18 this this DT 37411 711 19 was be VBD 37411 711 20 commonly commonly RB 37411 711 21 the the DT 37411 711 22 case case NN 37411 711 23 . . . 37411 712 1 Subordinate subordinate JJ 37411 712 2 to to IN 37411 712 3 him -PRON- PRP 37411 712 4 were be VBD 37411 712 5 other other JJ 37411 712 6 high high JJ 37411 712 7 - - HYPH 37411 712 8 priests priest NNS 37411 712 9 , , , 37411 712 10 and and CC 37411 712 11 under under IN 37411 712 12 them -PRON- PRP 37411 712 13 again again RB 37411 712 14 the the DT 37411 712 15 ' ' `` 37411 712 16 anointers anointer NNS 37411 712 17 ' ' '' 37411 712 18 ( ( -LRB- 37411 712 19 who who WP 37411 712 20 cleansed cleanse VBD 37411 712 21 the the DT 37411 712 22 sacred sacred JJ 37411 712 23 vessels vessel NNS 37411 712 24 of of IN 37411 712 25 the the DT 37411 712 26 sanctuary sanctuary NN 37411 712 27 ) ) -RRB- 37411 712 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714 10 on on IN 37411 714 11 matters matter NNS 37411 714 12 of of IN 37411 714 13 state state NN 37411 714 14 . . . 37411 715 1 We -PRON- PRP 37411 715 2 hear hear VBP 37411 715 3 of of IN 37411 715 4 armies army NNS 37411 715 5 being be VBG 37411 715 6 accompanied accompany VBN 37411 715 7 by by IN 37411 715 8 them -PRON- PRP 37411 715 9 into into IN 37411 715 10 the the DT 37411 715 11 field field NN 37411 715 12 , , , 37411 715 13 and and CC 37411 715 14 when when WRB 37411 715 15 Assur Assur NNP 37411 715 16 - - HYPH 37411 715 17 bani bani NNP 37411 715 18 - - HYPH 37411 715 19 pal pal NNP 37411 715 20 suppressed suppress VBD 37411 715 21 the the DT 37411 715 22 revolt revolt NN 37411 715 23 of of IN 37411 715 24 the the DT 37411 715 25 Babylonians Babylonians NNPS 37411 715 26 ' ' '' 37411 715 27 by by IN 37411 715 28 the the DT 37411 715 29 command command NN 37411 715 30 of of IN 37411 715 31 the the DT 37411 715 32 prophets prophet NNS 37411 715 33 , , , 37411 715 34 ' ' '' 37411 715 35 he -PRON- PRP 37411 715 36 says say VBZ 37411 715 37 , , , 37411 715 38 ' ' '' 37411 715 39 I -PRON- PRP 37411 715 40 purified purify VBD 37411 715 41 their -PRON- PRP$ 37411 715 42 shrines shrine NNS 37411 715 43 and and CC 37411 715 44 cleansed cleanse VBD 37411 715 45 their -PRON- PRP$ 37411 715 46 chief chief JJ 37411 715 47 places place NNS 37411 715 48 of of IN 37411 715 49 prayer prayer NN 37411 715 50 . . . 37411 716 1 The the DT 37411 716 2 angry angry JJ 37411 716 3 gods god NNS 37411 716 4 and and CC 37411 716 5 wrathful wrathful JJ 37411 716 6 goddesses goddess NNS 37411 716 7 I -PRON- PRP 37411 716 8 soothed soothe VBD 37411 716 9 with with IN 37411 716 10 supplications supplication NNS 37411 716 11 and and CC 37411 716 12 penitential penitential JJ 37411 716 13 psalms psalm NNS 37411 716 14 . . . 37411 717 1 I -PRON- PRP 37411 717 2 restored restore VBD 37411 717 3 and and CC 37411 717 4 established establish VBD 37411 717 5 in in IN 37411 717 6 peace peace NN 37411 717 7 their -PRON- PRP$ 37411 717 8 daily daily JJ 37411 717 9 sacrifices sacrifice NNS 37411 717 10 which which WDT 37411 717 11 they -PRON- PRP 37411 717 12 had have VBD 37411 717 13 discontinued discontinue VBN 37411 717 14 . . . 37411 717 15 ' ' '' 37411 718 1 The the DT 37411 718 2 Temples.--The Temples.--The NNP 37411 718 3 temples temple NNS 37411 718 4 were be VBD 37411 718 5 provided provide VBN 37411 718 6 with with IN 37411 718 7 towers tower NNS 37411 718 8 which which WDT 37411 718 9 served serve VBD 37411 718 10 for for IN 37411 718 11 the the DT 37411 718 12 observation observation NN 37411 718 13 of of IN 37411 718 14 the the DT 37411 718 15 stars star NNS 37411 718 16 , , , 37411 718 17 and and CC 37411 718 18 stood stand VBD 37411 718 19 within within IN 37411 718 20 large large JJ 37411 718 21 courts court NNS 37411 718 22 . . . 37411 719 1 In in IN 37411 719 2 the the DT 37411 719 3 shrine shrine NN 37411 719 4 was be VBD 37411 719 5 a a DT 37411 719 6 ' ' `` 37411 719 7 mercy mercy NN 37411 719 8 - - HYPH 37411 719 9 seat seat NN 37411 719 10 ' ' '' 37411 719 11 whereon whereon NN 37411 719 12 the the DT 37411 719 13 god god NNP 37411 719 14 ' ' '' 37411 719 15 seated seat VBD 37411 719 16 himself -PRON- PRP 37411 719 17 ' ' '' 37411 719 18 on on IN 37411 719 19 certain certain JJ 37411 719 20 occasions occasion NNS 37411 719 21 . . . 37411 720 1 At at IN 37411 720 2 Balawât Balawât NNP 37411 720 3 near near IN 37411 720 4 Nineveh Nineveh NNP 37411 720 5 the the DT 37411 720 6 mercy mercy NN 37411 720 7 - - HYPH 37411 720 8 seat seat NN 37411 720 9 had have VBD 37411 720 10 the the DT 37411 720 11 form form NN 37411 720 12 of of IN 37411 720 13 a a DT 37411 720 14 coffer coffer NN 37411 720 15 or or CC 37411 720 16 ark ark NN 37411 720 17 , , , 37411 720 18 in in IN 37411 720 19 which which WDT 37411 720 20 two two CD 37411 720 21 written write VBN 37411 720 22 tables table NNS 37411 720 23 of of IN 37411 720 24 stone stone NN 37411 720 25 were be VBD 37411 720 26 placed place VBN 37411 720 27 . . . 37411 721 1 In in IN 37411 721 2 front front NN 37411 721 3 of of IN 37411 721 4 it -PRON- PRP 37411 721 5 stood stand VBD 37411 721 6 the the DT 37411 721 7 altar altar NN 37411 721 8 approached approach VBN 37411 721 9 by by IN 37411 721 10 steps step NNS 37411 721 11 . . . 37411 722 1 In in IN 37411 722 2 the the DT 37411 722 3 court court NN 37411 722 4 was be VBD 37411 722 5 a a DT 37411 722 6 ' ' `` 37411 722 7 sea sea NN 37411 722 8 ' ' '' 37411 722 9 or or CC 37411 722 10 large large JJ 37411 722 11 basin basin NN 37411 722 12 of of IN 37411 722 13 water water NN 37411 722 14 , , , 37411 722 15 which which WDT 37411 722 16 like like IN 37411 722 17 that that DT 37411 722 18 of of IN 37411 722 19 Solomon Solomon NNP 37411 722 20 was be VBD 37411 722 21 , , , 37411 722 22 in in IN 37411 722 23 one one CD 37411 722 24 case case NN 37411 722 25 at at IN 37411 722 26 all all DT 37411 722 27 events event NNS 37411 722 28 , , , 37411 722 29 supported support VBN 37411 722 30 on on IN 37411 722 31 bulls bull NNS 37411 722 32 of of IN 37411 722 33 bronze bronze NN 37411 722 34 . . . 37411 723 1 The the DT 37411 723 2 images image NNS 37411 723 3 of of IN 37411 723 4 the the DT 37411 723 5 gods god NNS 37411 723 6 were be VBD 37411 723 7 almost almost RB 37411 723 8 invariably invariably RB 37411 723 9 of of IN 37411 723 10 human human JJ 37411 723 11 form form NN 37411 723 12 . . . 37411 724 1 Astro Astro NNP 37411 724 2 - - HYPH 37411 724 3 theology.--The theology.--The NNP 37411 724 4 prominence prominence NN 37411 724 5 given give VBN 37411 724 6 to to IN 37411 724 7 the the DT 37411 724 8 study study NN 37411 724 9 of of IN 37411 724 10 astronomy astronomy NN 37411 724 11 had have VBD 37411 724 12 much much JJ 37411 724 13 to to TO 37411 724 14 do do VB 37411 724 15 with with IN 37411 724 16 giving give VBG 37411 724 17 Babylonian babylonian JJ 37411 724 18 religion religion NN 37411 724 19 an an DT 37411 724 20 astral astral JJ 37411 724 21 character character NN 37411 724 22 . . . 37411 725 1 The the DT 37411 725 2 stars star NNS 37411 725 3 were be VBD 37411 725 4 worshipped worship VBN 37411 725 5 ; ; : 37411 725 6 Istar Istar NNP 37411 725 7 herself -PRON- PRP 37411 725 8 was be VBD 37411 725 9 originally originally RB 37411 725 10 the the DT 37411 725 11 evening evening NN 37411 725 12 star star NN 37411 725 13 , , , 37411 725 14 and and CC 37411 725 15 most most JJS 37411 725 16 of of IN 37411 725 17 the the DT 37411 725 18 principal principal JJ 37411 725 19 deities deity NNS 37411 725 20 were be VBD 37411 725 21 identified identify VBN 37411 725 22 with with IN 37411 725 23 the the DT 37411 725 24 planets planet NNS 37411 725 25 and and CC 37411 725 26 chief chief JJ 37411 725 27 fixed fix VBN 37411 725 28 stars star NNS 37411 725 29 . . . 37411 726 1 The the DT 37411 726 2 importance importance NN 37411 726 3 of of IN 37411 726 4 the the DT 37411 726 5 stars star NNS 37411 726 6 for for IN 37411 726 7 the the DT 37411 726 8 regulation regulation NN 37411 726 9 of of IN 37411 726 10 the the DT 37411 726 11 calendar calendar NN 37411 726 12 , , , 37411 726 13 moreover moreover RB 37411 726 14 , , , 37411 726 15 kept keep VBD 37411 726 16 them -PRON- PRP 37411 726 17 constantly constantly RB 37411 726 18 before before IN 37411 726 19 the the DT 37411 726 20 eyes eye NNS 37411 726 21 of of IN 37411 726 22 the the DT 37411 726 23 priests priest NNS 37411 726 24 . . . 37411 727 1 But but CC 37411 727 2 whether whether IN 37411 727 3 Babylonian babylonian JJ 37411 727 4 astrotheology astrotheology NN 37411 727 5 was be VBD 37411 727 6 not not RB 37411 727 7 really really RB 37411 727 8 primitive primitive JJ 37411 727 9 or or CC 37411 727 10 whether whether IN 37411 727 11 it -PRON- PRP 37411 727 12 went go VBD 37411 727 13 back back RB 37411 727 14 to to IN 37411 727 15 the the DT 37411 727 16 pre pre JJ 37411 727 17 - - JJ 37411 727 18 Semitic semitic JJ 37411 727 19 period period NN 37411 727 20 we -PRON- PRP 37411 727 21 do do VBP 37411 727 22 not not RB 37411 727 23 yet yet RB 37411 727 24 know know VB 37411 727 25 . . . 37411 728 1 Sacrifices sacrifice NNS 37411 728 2 and and CC 37411 728 3 offerings.--Sacrifices offerings.--sacrifices CD 37411 728 4 were be VBD 37411 728 5 offered offer VBN 37411 728 6 to to IN 37411 728 7 the the DT 37411 728 8 stars star NNS 37411 728 9 , , , 37411 728 10 as as IN 37411 728 11 to to IN 37411 728 12 the the DT 37411 728 13 other other JJ 37411 728 14 divinities divinity NNS 37411 728 15 . . . 37411 729 1 Besides besides IN 37411 729 2 the the DT 37411 729 3 sacrifices sacrifice NNS 37411 729 4 , , , 37411 729 5 offerings offering NNS 37411 729 6 were be VBD 37411 729 7 also also RB 37411 729 8 made make VBN 37411 729 9 of of IN 37411 729 10 meal meal NN 37411 729 11 , , , 37411 729 12 dates date NNS 37411 729 13 , , , 37411 729 14 oil oil NN 37411 729 15 , , , 37411 729 16 and and CC 37411 729 17 wine wine NN 37411 729 18 . . . 37411 730 1 The the DT 37411 730 2 sacrifices sacrifice NNS 37411 730 3 and and CC 37411 730 4 offerings offering NNS 37411 730 5 must must MD 37411 730 6 have have VB 37411 730 7 been be VBN 37411 730 8 numerous numerous JJ 37411 730 9 since since IN 37411 730 10 in in IN 37411 730 11 the the DT 37411 730 12 larger large JJR 37411 730 13 temples temple NNS 37411 730 14 there there EX 37411 730 15 was be VBD 37411 730 16 not not RB 37411 730 17 only only RB 37411 730 18 ' ' '' 37411 730 19 the the DT 37411 730 20 daily daily JJ 37411 730 21 sacrifice sacrifice NN 37411 730 22 ' ' '' 37411 730 23 but but CC 37411 730 24 also also RB 37411 730 25 constant constant JJ 37411 730 26 services service NNS 37411 730 27 both both CC 37411 730 28 by by IN 37411 730 29 day day NN 37411 730 30 and and CC 37411 730 31 night night NN 37411 730 32 . . . 37411 731 1 On on IN 37411 731 2 the the DT 37411 731 3 great great JJ 37411 731 4 festivals festival NNS 37411 731 5 , , , 37411 731 6 moreover moreover RB 37411 731 7 , , , 37411 731 8 there there EX 37411 731 9 were be VBD 37411 731 10 services service NNS 37411 731 11 of of IN 37411 731 12 a a DT 37411 731 13 special special JJ 37411 731 14 character character NN 37411 731 15 , , , 37411 731 16 as as IN 37411 731 17 also also RB 37411 731 18 when when WRB 37411 731 19 days day NNS 37411 731 20 of of IN 37411 731 21 thanksgiving thanksgiving NN 37411 731 22 or or CC 37411 731 23 humiliation humiliation NN 37411 731 24 were be VBD 37411 731 25 ordained ordain VBN 37411 731 26 . . . 37411 732 1 The the DT 37411 732 2 sacrifices sacrifice NNS 37411 732 3 and and CC 37411 732 4 offerings offering NNS 37411 732 5 were be VBD 37411 732 6 provided provide VBN 37411 732 7 partly partly RB 37411 732 8 by by IN 37411 732 9 endowments endowment NNS 37411 732 10 , , , 37411 732 11 partly partly RB 37411 732 12 by by IN 37411 732 13 voluntary voluntary JJ 37411 732 14 gifts gift NNS 37411 732 15 ( ( -LRB- 37411 732 16 sometimes sometimes RB 37411 732 17 called call VBN 37411 732 18 _ _ NNP 37411 732 19 kurbanni kurbanni NNP 37411 732 20 _ _ NNP 37411 732 21 , , , 37411 732 22 the the DT 37411 732 23 Hebrew Hebrew NNP 37411 732 24 _ _ NNP 37411 732 25 korban korban NN 37411 732 26 _ _ NNP 37411 732 27 ) ) -RRB- 37411 732 28 , , , 37411 732 29 partly partly RB 37411 732 30 by by IN 37411 732 31 obligatory obligatory JJ 37411 732 32 contributions contribution NNS 37411 732 33 , , , 37411 732 34 the the DT 37411 732 35 most most RBS 37411 732 36 important important JJ 37411 732 37 of of IN 37411 732 38 which which WDT 37411 732 39 were be VBD 37411 732 40 the the DT 37411 732 41 ' ' `` 37411 732 42 tithes tithe NNS 37411 732 43 . . . 37411 732 44 ' ' '' 37411 733 1 The the DT 37411 733 2 Sabbath.--Besides sabbath.--beside NNS 37411 733 3 the the DT 37411 733 4 festivals festival NNS 37411 733 5 of of IN 37411 733 6 the the DT 37411 733 7 gods god NNS 37411 733 8 there there EX 37411 733 9 was be VBD 37411 733 10 a a DT 37411 733 11 _ _ NNP 37411 733 12 sabattu sabattu NN 37411 733 13 _ _ NNP 37411 733 14 or or CC 37411 733 15 ' ' '' 37411 733 16 Sabbath Sabbath NNP 37411 733 17 , , , 37411 733 18 ' ' '' 37411 733 19 observed observe VBN 37411 733 20 on on IN 37411 733 21 the the DT 37411 733 22 9th 9th JJ 37411 733 23 , , , 37411 733 24 14th 14th JJ 37411 733 25 , , , 37411 733 26 19th 19th JJ 37411 733 27 , , , 37411 733 28 21st 21st NN 37411 733 29 , , , 37411 733 30 and and CC 37411 733 31 28th 28th JJ 37411 733 32 day day NN 37411 733 33 of of IN 37411 733 34 the the DT 37411 733 35 month month NN 37411 733 36 , , , 37411 733 37 on on IN 37411 733 38 which which WDT 37411 733 39 various various JJ 37411 733 40 kinds kind NNS 37411 733 41 of of IN 37411 733 42 work work NN 37411 733 43 were be VBD 37411 733 44 forbidden forbid VBN 37411 733 45 to to TO 37411 733 46 be be VB 37411 733 47 done do VBN 37411 733 48 . . . 37411 734 1 Food food NN 37411 734 2 even even RB 37411 734 3 was be VBD 37411 734 4 not not RB 37411 734 5 allowed allow VBN 37411 734 6 to to TO 37411 734 7 be be VB 37411 734 8 cooked cook VBN 37411 734 9 , , , 37411 734 10 or or CC 37411 734 11 medicine medicine NN 37411 734 12 to to TO 37411 734 13 be be VB 37411 734 14 taken take VBN 37411 734 15 . . . 37411 735 1 The the DT 37411 735 2 _ _ NNP 37411 735 3 sabattu sabattu NN 37411 735 4 _ _ NNP 37411 735 5 is be VBZ 37411 735 6 described describe VBN 37411 735 7 as as IN 37411 735 8 ' ' '' 37411 735 9 a a DT 37411 735 10 day day NN 37411 735 11 of of IN 37411 735 12 rest rest NN 37411 735 13 for for IN 37411 735 14 the the DT 37411 735 15 heart heart NN 37411 735 16 , , , 37411 735 17 ' ' '' 37411 735 18 and and CC 37411 735 19 a a DT 37411 735 20 ' ' `` 37411 735 21 free free JJ 37411 735 22 - - HYPH 37411 735 23 will will NN 37411 735 24 offering offer VBG 37411 735 25 ' ' '' 37411 735 26 had have VBD 37411 735 27 to to TO 37411 735 28 be be VB 37411 735 29 made make VBN 37411 735 30 in in IN 37411 735 31 the the DT 37411 735 32 night night NN 37411 735 33 of of IN 37411 735 34 it -PRON- PRP 37411 735 35 . . . 37411 736 1 Monotheistic monotheistic JJ 37411 736 2 tendency.--Among tendency.--among CD 37411 736 3 the the DT 37411 736 4 educated educate VBN 37411 736 5 classes class NNS 37411 736 6 religious religious JJ 37411 736 7 feeling feeling NN 37411 736 8 seems seem VBZ 37411 736 9 to to TO 37411 736 10 have have VB 37411 736 11 been be VBN 37411 736 12 fervent fervent JJ 37411 736 13 , , , 37411 736 14 and and CC 37411 736 15 at at IN 37411 736 16 times time NNS 37411 736 17 the the DT 37411 736 18 language language NN 37411 736 19 used use VBD 37411 736 20 approaches approach NNS 37411 736 21 that that DT 37411 736 22 of of IN 37411 736 23 monotheism monotheism NN 37411 736 24 . . . 37411 737 1 Thus thus RB 37411 737 2 in in IN 37411 737 3 an an DT 37411 737 4 early early JJ 37411 737 5 hymn hymn NN 37411 737 6 to to IN 37411 737 7 the the DT 37411 737 8 Moon Moon NNP 37411 737 9 - - HYPH 37411 737 10 god god NNP 37411 737 11 which which WDT 37411 737 12 was be VBD 37411 737 13 composed compose VBN 37411 737 14 in in IN 37411 737 15 the the DT 37411 737 16 city city NN 37411 737 17 of of IN 37411 737 18 Ur Ur NNP 37411 737 19 , , , 37411 737 20 we -PRON- PRP 37411 737 21 read:-- read:-- . 37411 737 22 ' ' '' 37411 737 23 Father Father NNP 37411 737 24 , , , 37411 737 25 long long RB 37411 737 26 - - HYPH 37411 737 27 suffering suffer VBG 37411 737 28 and and CC 37411 737 29 full full JJ 37411 737 30 of of IN 37411 737 31 forgiveness forgiveness NN 37411 737 32 , , , 37411 737 33 whose whose WP$ 37411 737 34 hand hand NN 37411 737 35 upholds uphold VBZ 37411 737 36 the the DT 37411 737 37 life life NN 37411 737 38 of of IN 37411 737 39 all all DT 37411 737 40 mankind mankind NN 37411 737 41 ! ! . 37411 737 42 ... ... . 37411 738 1 First first RB 37411 738 2 - - HYPH 37411 738 3 born bear VBN 37411 738 4 , , , 37411 738 5 omnipotent omnipotent NN 37411 738 6 , , , 37411 738 7 whose whose WP$ 37411 738 8 heart heart NN 37411 738 9 is be VBZ 37411 738 10 immensity immensity NN 37411 738 11 , , , 37411 738 12 and and CC 37411 738 13 there there EX 37411 738 14 is be VBZ 37411 738 15 none none NN 37411 738 16 who who WP 37411 738 17 may may MD 37411 738 18 fathom fathom VB 37411 738 19 it -PRON- PRP 37411 738 20 ! ! . 37411 738 21 ... ... . 37411 739 1 In in IN 37411 739 2 heaven heaven NNP 37411 739 3 , , , 37411 739 4 who who WP 37411 739 5 is be VBZ 37411 739 6 supreme supreme NNP 37411 739 7 ? ? . 37411 740 1 Thou thou VB 37411 740 2 alone alone RB 37411 740 3 , , , 37411 740 4 thou thou NNP 37411 740 5 art art NNP 37411 740 6 supreme supreme NNP 37411 740 7 ! ! . 37411 741 1 On on IN 37411 741 2 earth earth NN 37411 741 3 , , , 37411 741 4 who who WP 37411 741 5 is be VBZ 37411 741 6 supreme supreme NNP 37411 741 7 ? ? . 37411 742 1 Thou thou VB 37411 742 2 alone alone RB 37411 742 3 , , , 37411 742 4 thou thou NNP 37411 742 5 art art NNP 37411 742 6 supreme supreme NNP 37411 742 7 ! ! . 37411 742 8 ' ' '' 37411 743 1 So so RB 37411 743 2 , , , 37411 743 3 again again RB 37411 743 4 , , , 37411 743 5 Nebuchadrezzar Nebuchadrezzar NNP 37411 743 6 prays pray VBZ 37411 743 7 as as IN 37411 743 8 follows follow VBZ 37411 743 9 to to IN 37411 743 10 Bel Bel NNP 37411 743 11 - - HYPH 37411 743 12 Merodach:-- Merodach:-- NNP 37411 743 13 ' ' POS 37411 743 14 O o UH 37411 743 15 prince prince NN 37411 743 16 , , , 37411 743 17 thou thou NNP 37411 743 18 art art NN 37411 743 19 from from IN 37411 743 20 everlasting everlasting JJ 37411 743 21 , , , 37411 743 22 lord lord NNP 37411 743 23 of of IN 37411 743 24 all all DT 37411 743 25 that that WDT 37411 743 26 exists exist VBZ 37411 743 27 , , , 37411 743 28 for for IN 37411 743 29 the the DT 37411 743 30 king king NN 37411 743 31 whom whom WP 37411 743 32 thou thou NNP 37411 743 33 lovest lovest NNP 37411 743 34 , , , 37411 743 35 whom whom WP 37411 743 36 thou thou NNP 37411 743 37 callest callest NNP 37411 743 38 by by IN 37411 743 39 name name NN 37411 743 40 , , , 37411 743 41 as as IN 37411 743 42 it -PRON- PRP 37411 743 43 seems seem VBZ 37411 743 44 good good JJ 37411 743 45 to to IN 37411 743 46 thee thee PRP 37411 743 47 , , , 37411 743 48 thou thou NNP 37411 743 49 guidest guidest VBD 37411 743 50 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 743 51 name name NN 37411 743 52 aright aright NN 37411 743 53 , , , 37411 743 54 thou thou NNP 37411 743 55 watchest watchest NNP 37411 743 56 over over IN 37411 743 57 him -PRON- PRP 37411 743 58 in in IN 37411 743 59 the the DT 37411 743 60 path path NN 37411 743 61 of of IN 37411 743 62 righteousness righteousness NN 37411 743 63 . . . 37411 744 1 I -PRON- PRP 37411 744 2 , , , 37411 744 3 the the DT 37411 744 4 prince prince NN 37411 744 5 who who WP 37411 744 6 obeys obey VBZ 37411 744 7 thee thee NNP 37411 744 8 , , , 37411 744 9 am be VBP 37411 744 10 the the DT 37411 744 11 work work NN 37411 744 12 of of IN 37411 744 13 thy thy PRP$ 37411 744 14 hands hand NNS 37411 744 15 ; ; : 37411 744 16 thou thou NNP 37411 744 17 hast hast NNP 37411 744 18 created create VBD 37411 744 19 me -PRON- PRP 37411 744 20 and and CC 37411 744 21 hast hast NN 37411 744 22 entrusted entrust VBD 37411 744 23 to to IN 37411 744 24 me -PRON- PRP 37411 744 25 the the DT 37411 744 26 sovereignty sovereignty NN 37411 744 27 over over IN 37411 744 28 multitudes multitude NNS 37411 744 29 of of IN 37411 744 30 men man NNS 37411 744 31 , , , 37411 744 32 according accord VBG 37411 744 33 to to IN 37411 744 34 thy thy NN 37411 744 35 goodness goodness NN 37411 744 36 , , , 37411 744 37 O o UH 37411 744 38 lord lord NNP 37411 744 39 , , , 37411 744 40 which which WDT 37411 744 41 thou thou NNP 37411 744 42 hast hast NNP 37411 744 43 made make VBN 37411 744 44 to to TO 37411 744 45 pass pass VB 37411 744 46 over over RP 37411 744 47 them -PRON- PRP 37411 744 48 all all DT 37411 744 49 . . . 37411 745 1 Let let VB 37411 745 2 me -PRON- PRP 37411 745 3 love love VB 37411 745 4 thy thy PRP$ 37411 745 5 supreme supreme NNP 37411 745 6 lordship lordship NNP 37411 745 7 , , , 37411 745 8 let let VB 37411 745 9 the the DT 37411 745 10 fear fear NN 37411 745 11 of of IN 37411 745 12 thy thy NN 37411 745 13 divinity divinity NN 37411 745 14 exist exist VBP 37411 745 15 in in IN 37411 745 16 my -PRON- PRP$ 37411 745 17 heart heart NN 37411 745 18 , , , 37411 745 19 and and CC 37411 745 20 give give VB 37411 745 21 what what WP 37411 745 22 seemeth seemeth NN 37411 745 23 good good RB 37411 745 24 to to IN 37411 745 25 thee thee PRP 37411 745 26 , , , 37411 745 27 since since IN 37411 745 28 thou thou NNP 37411 745 29 maintainest maintainest VB 37411 745 30 my -PRON- PRP$ 37411 745 31 life life NN 37411 745 32 . . . 37411 745 33 ' ' '' 37411 746 1 The the DT 37411 746 2 future future JJ 37411 746 3 life.--The life.--The NNP 37411 746 4 mass mass NN 37411 746 5 of of IN 37411 746 6 the the DT 37411 746 7 people people NNS 37411 746 8 , , , 37411 746 9 however however RB 37411 746 10 , , , 37411 746 11 were be VBD 37411 746 12 sunk sink VBN 37411 746 13 in in IN 37411 746 14 the the DT 37411 746 15 grossest gross JJS 37411 746 16 superstition superstition NN 37411 746 17 , , , 37411 746 18 and and CC 37411 746 19 the the DT 37411 746 20 future future NN 37411 746 21 to to TO 37411 746 22 which which WDT 37411 746 23 they -PRON- PRP 37411 746 24 looked look VBD 37411 746 25 forward forward RB 37411 746 26 was be VBD 37411 746 27 sufficiently sufficiently RB 37411 746 28 dreary dreary JJ 37411 746 29 . . . 37411 747 1 Hades hade NNS 37411 747 2 lay lie VBD 37411 747 3 beneath beneath IN 37411 747 4 the the DT 37411 747 5 earth earth NN 37411 747 6 , , , 37411 747 7 where where WRB 37411 747 8 the the DT 37411 747 9 spirits spirit NNS 37411 747 10 of of IN 37411 747 11 the the DT 37411 747 12 dead dead JJ 37411 747 13 flitted flit VBN 37411 747 14 about about IN 37411 747 15 like like IN 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851 13 to to IN 37411 851 14 her -PRON- PRP 37411 851 15 in in IN 37411 851 16 case case NN 37411 851 17 of of IN 37411 851 18 divorce divorce NN 37411 851 19 . . . 37411 852 1 Moreover moreover RB 37411 852 2 the the DT 37411 852 3 woman woman NN 37411 852 4 could could MD 37411 852 5 act act VB 37411 852 6 apart apart RB 37411 852 7 from from IN 37411 852 8 her -PRON- PRP$ 37411 852 9 husband husband NN 37411 852 10 , , , 37411 852 11 entering enter VBG 37411 852 12 into into IN 37411 852 13 partnership partnership NN 37411 852 14 , , , 37411 852 15 trading trade VBG 37411 852 16 with with IN 37411 852 17 her -PRON- PRP$ 37411 852 18 money money NN 37411 852 19 and and CC 37411 852 20 conducting conduct VBG 37411 852 21 law law NN 37411 852 22 - - HYPH 37411 852 23 suits suit NNS 37411 852 24 in in IN 37411 852 25 her -PRON- PRP$ 37411 852 26 own own JJ 37411 852 27 name name NN 37411 852 28 . . . 37411 853 1 In in IN 37411 853 2 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 854 1 555 555 CD 37411 854 2 we -PRON- PRP 37411 854 3 find find VBP 37411 854 4 a a DT 37411 854 5 father father NN 37411 854 6 transferring transfer VBG 37411 854 7 all all PDT 37411 854 8 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 854 9 property property NN 37411 854 10 to to IN 37411 854 11 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 854 12 daughter daughter NN 37411 854 13 , , , 37411 854 14 and and CC 37411 854 15 reserving reserve VBG 37411 854 16 only only RB 37411 854 17 the the DT 37411 854 18 use use NN 37411 854 19 of of IN 37411 854 20 it -PRON- PRP 37411 854 21 during during IN 37411 854 22 the the DT 37411 854 23 rest rest NN 37411 854 24 of of IN 37411 854 25 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 854 26 life life NN 37411 854 27 . . . 37411 855 1 On on IN 37411 855 2 the the DT 37411 855 3 other other JJ 37411 855 4 hand hand NN 37411 855 5 wives wife NNS 37411 855 6 , , , 37411 855 7 like like IN 37411 855 8 concubines concubine NNS 37411 855 9 , , , 37411 855 10 could could MD 37411 855 11 sometimes sometimes RB 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, 37411 856 6 and and CC 37411 856 7 there there EX 37411 856 8 was be VBD 37411 856 9 the the DT 37411 856 10 utmost utmost JJ 37411 856 11 freedom freedom NN 37411 856 12 as as IN 37411 856 13 regards regard VBZ 37411 856 14 the the DT 37411 856 15 devolution devolution NN 37411 856 16 of of IN 37411 856 17 property property NN 37411 856 18 , , , 37411 856 19 which which WDT 37411 856 20 could could MD 37411 856 21 be be VB 37411 856 22 ' ' `` 37411 856 23 tied tie VBN 37411 856 24 up up RP 37411 856 25 ' ' '' 37411 856 26 by by IN 37411 856 27 will will NN 37411 856 28 . . . 37411 857 1 Burial.--The Burial.--The NNP 37411 857 2 dead dead JJ 37411 857 3 were be VBD 37411 857 4 buried bury VBN 37411 857 5 after after IN 37411 857 6 complete complete JJ 37411 857 7 or or CC 37411 857 8 partial partial JJ 37411 857 9 cremation cremation NN 37411 857 10 . . . 37411 858 1 With with IN 37411 858 2 the the DT 37411 858 3 exception exception NN 37411 858 4 of of IN 37411 858 5 the the DT 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37411 901 16 or or CC 37411 901 17 eponym eponym NN 37411 901 18 , , , 37411 901 19 after after IN 37411 901 20 whom whom WP 37411 901 21 the the DT 37411 901 22 year year NN 37411 901 23 was be VBD 37411 901 24 named name VBN 37411 901 25 -- -- : 37411 901 26 an an DT 37411 901 27 honour honour NN 37411 901 28 which which WDT 37411 901 29 they -PRON- PRP 37411 901 30 shared share VBD 37411 901 31 with with IN 37411 901 32 the the DT 37411 901 33 monarch monarch NN 37411 901 34 . . . 37411 902 1 The the DT 37411 902 2 office office NN 37411 902 3 does do VBZ 37411 902 4 not not RB 37411 902 5 appear appear VB 37411 902 6 to to TO 37411 902 7 have have VB 37411 902 8 existed exist VBN 37411 902 9 in in IN 37411 902 10 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 902 11 . . . 37411 903 1 Among among IN 37411 903 2 the the DT 37411 903 3 tablets tablet NNS 37411 903 4 which which WDT 37411 903 5 have have VBP 37411 903 6 come come VBN 37411 903 7 from from IN 37411 903 8 the the DT 37411 903 9 library library NN 37411 903 10 of of IN 37411 903 11 Nineveh Nineveh NNP 37411 903 12 are be VBP 37411 903 13 some some DT 37411 903 14 which which WDT 37411 903 15 contain contain VBP 37411 903 16 long long JJ 37411 903 17 lists list NNS 37411 903 18 of of IN 37411 903 19 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 903 20 officials official NNS 37411 903 21 . . . 37411 904 1 They -PRON- PRP 37411 904 2 were be VBD 37411 904 3 a a DT 37411 904 4 very very RB 37411 904 5 numerous numerous JJ 37411 904 6 body body NN 37411 904 7 , , , 37411 904 8 but but CC 37411 904 9 we -PRON- PRP 37411 904 10 need need VBP 37411 904 11 mention mention VB 37411 904 12 only only RB 37411 904 13 the the DT 37411 904 14 Rab Rab NNP 37411 904 15 - - HYPH 37411 904 16 shakeh shakeh NNP 37411 904 17 ( ( -LRB- 37411 904 18 _ _ NNP 37411 904 19 Rab Rab NNP 37411 904 20 - - HYPH 37411 904 21 saki saki NNP 37411 904 22 _ _ NNP 37411 904 23 ) ) -RRB- 37411 904 24 , , , 37411 904 25 ' ' '' 37411 904 26 chief chief NN 37411 904 27 of of IN 37411 904 28 the the DT 37411 904 29 princes prince NNS 37411 904 30 , , , 37411 904 31 ' ' '' 37411 904 32 or or CC 37411 904 33 Vizier Vizier NNP 37411 904 34 , , , 37411 904 35 the the DT 37411 904 36 Rab Rab NNP 37411 904 37 - - HYPH 37411 904 38 saris saris NNP 37411 904 39 ( ( -LRB- 37411 904 40 _ _ NNP 37411 904 41 Rab Rab NNP 37411 904 42 - - HYPH 37411 904 43 sa sa NNP 37411 904 44 - - HYPH 37411 904 45 resi resi NN 37411 904 46 _ _ NNP 37411 904 47 ) ) -RRB- 37411 904 48 or or CC 37411 904 49 ' ' `` 37411 904 50 chief chief NN 37411 904 51 of of IN 37411 904 52 the the DT 37411 904 53 nobles noble NNS 37411 904 54 , , , 37411 904 55 ' ' '' 37411 904 56 and and CC 37411 904 57 the the DT 37411 904 58 Rab Rab NNP 37411 904 59 - - HYPH 37411 904 60 mag mag NNP 37411 904 61 ( ( -LRB- 37411 904 62 _ _ NNP 37411 904 63 Rab Rab NNP 37411 904 64 - - HYPH 37411 904 65 mugi mugi NNP 37411 904 66 _ _ NNP 37411 904 67 ) ) -RRB- 37411 904 68 or or CC 37411 904 69 ' ' `` 37411 904 70 chief chief JJ 37411 904 71 physician physician NN 37411 904 72 . . . 37411 904 73 ' ' '' 37411 905 1 The the DT 37411 905 2 identification identification NN 37411 905 3 of of IN 37411 905 4 the the DT 37411 905 5 two two CD 37411 905 6 last last JJ 37411 905 7 is be VBZ 37411 905 8 due due JJ 37411 905 9 to to IN 37411 905 10 Mr. Mr. NNP 37411 905 11 Pinches Pinches NNP 37411 905 12 . . . 37411 906 1 The the DT 37411 906 2 priests priest NNS 37411 906 3 and and CC 37411 906 4 judges judge NNS 37411 906 5 have have VBP 37411 906 6 already already RB 37411 906 7 been be VBN 37411 906 8 alluded allude VBN 37411 906 9 to to IN 37411 906 10 , , , 37411 906 11 as as IN 37411 906 12 also also RB 37411 906 13 the the DT 37411 906 14 clerks clerk NNS 37411 906 15 or or CC 37411 906 16 scribes scribe NNS 37411 906 17 , , , 37411 906 18 many many DT 37411 906 19 of of IN 37411 906 20 whom whom WP 37411 906 21 , , , 37411 906 22 at at IN 37411 906 23 least least JJS 37411 906 24 in in IN 37411 906 25 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 906 26 , , , 37411 906 27 were be VBD 37411 906 28 also also RB 37411 906 29 priests priest NNS 37411 906 30 . . . 37411 907 1 Poets poet NNS 37411 907 2 and and CC 37411 907 3 musicians musician NNS 37411 907 4 were be VBD 37411 907 5 attached attach VBN 37411 907 6 to to IN 37411 907 7 the the DT 37411 907 8 court court NN 37411 907 9 , , , 37411 907 10 and and CC 37411 907 11 we -PRON- PRP 37411 907 12 hear hear VBP 37411 907 13 of of IN 37411 907 14 a a DT 37411 907 15 grant grant NN 37411 907 16 of of IN 37411 907 17 land land NN 37411 907 18 being be VBG 37411 907 19 made make VBN 37411 907 20 to to IN 37411 907 21 a a DT 37411 907 22 court court NN 37411 907 23 - - HYPH 37411 907 24 poet poet NN 37411 907 25 , , , 37411 907 26 in in IN 37411 907 27 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 907 28 , , , 37411 907 29 for for IN 37411 907 30 some some DT 37411 907 31 verses verse NNS 37411 907 32 in in IN 37411 907 33 which which WDT 37411 907 34 he -PRON- PRP 37411 907 35 had have VBD 37411 907 36 doubtless doubtless RB 37411 907 37 flattered flatter VBN 37411 907 38 the the DT 37411 907 39 king king NN 37411 907 40 . . . 37411 908 1 Society society NN 37411 908 2 , , , 37411 908 3 in in IN 37411 908 4 short short JJ 37411 908 5 , , , 37411 908 6 was be VBD 37411 908 7 highly highly RB 37411 908 8 organized organize VBN 37411 908 9 , , , 37411 908 10 and and CC 37411 908 11 the the DT 37411 908 12 principle principle NN 37411 908 13 of of IN 37411 908 14 a a DT 37411 908 15 subdivision subdivision NN 37411 908 16 of of IN 37411 908 17 labour labour NN 37411 908 18 was be VBD 37411 908 19 fully fully RB 37411 908 20 understood understand VBN 37411 908 21 . . . 37411 909 1 In in IN 37411 909 2 one one CD 37411 909 3 important important JJ 37411 909 4 respect respect NN 37411 909 5 , , , 37411 909 6 however however RB 37411 909 7 , , , 37411 909 8 the the DT 37411 909 9 basis basis NN 37411 909 10 upon upon IN 37411 909 11 which which WDT 37411 909 12 society society NN 37411 909 13 rested rest VBD 37411 909 14 in in IN 37411 909 15 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 909 16 and and CC 37411 909 17 in in IN 37411 909 18 Assyria Assyria NNP 37411 909 19 was be VBD 37411 909 20 different different JJ 37411 909 21 . . . 37411 910 1 The the DT 37411 910 2 government government NN 37411 910 3 of of IN 37411 910 4 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 910 5 was be VBD 37411 910 6 theocratic theocratic JJ 37411 910 7 , , , 37411 910 8 that that DT 37411 910 9 of of IN 37411 910 10 Assyria Assyria NNP 37411 910 11 was be VBD 37411 910 12 military military JJ 37411 910 13 . . . 37411 911 1 While while IN 37411 911 2 Assyria Assyria NNP 37411 911 3 with with IN 37411 911 4 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 911 5 bureaucratic bureaucratic JJ 37411 911 6 centralization centralization NN 37411 911 7 is be VBZ 37411 911 8 an an DT 37411 911 9 anticipation anticipation NN 37411 911 10 of of IN 37411 911 11 imperial imperial JJ 37411 911 12 Rome Rome NNP 37411 911 13 , , , 37411 911 14 Babylonia Babylonia NNP 37411 911 15 with with IN 37411 911 16 its -PRON- PRP$ 37411 911 17 theocratic theocratic JJ 37411 911 18 constitution constitution NN 37411 911 19 is be VBZ 37411 911 20 an an DT 37411 911 21 anticipation anticipation NN 37411 911 22 of of IN 37411 911 23 papal papal JJ 37411 911 24 Rome Rome NNP 37411 911 25 . . . 37411 912 1 The the DT 37411 912 2 king king NN 37411 912 3 was be VBD 37411 912 4 the the DT 37411 912 5 adopted adopt VBN 37411 912 6 son son NN 37411 912 7 of of IN 37411 912 8 Bel Bel NNP 37411 912 9 , , , 37411 912 10 and and CC 37411 912 11 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 912 12 right right NN 37411 912 13 to to TO 37411 912 14 rule rule VB 37411 912 15 was be VBD 37411 912 16 based base VBN 37411 912 17 on on IN 37411 912 18 the the DT 37411 912 19 fact fact NN 37411 912 20 that that IN 37411 912 21 Bel Bel NNP 37411 912 22 , , , 37411 912 23 the the DT 37411 912 24 true true JJ 37411 912 25 lord lord NNP 37411 912 26 and and CC 37411 912 27 ruler ruler NN 37411 912 28 of of IN 37411 912 29 the the DT 37411 912 30 State State NNP 37411 912 31 , , , 37411 912 32 had have VBD 37411 912 33 delegated delegate VBN 37411 912 34 to to IN 37411 912 35 him -PRON- PRP 37411 912 36 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 912 37 power power NN 37411 912 38 . . . 37411 913 1 APPENDIX APPENDIX NNP 37411 913 2 ASSYRIAN ASSYRIAN NNP 37411 913 3 MEASURES measures NN 37411 913 4 OF of IN 37411 913 5 LENGTH LENGTH NNP 37411 913 6 . . . 37411 914 1 60 60 CD 37411 914 2 Uban Uban NNP 37411 914 3 ( ( -LRB- 37411 914 4 ' ' `` 37411 914 5 fingers finger NNS 37411 914 6 ' ' POS 37411 914 7 ) ) -RRB- 37411 914 8 1 1 CD 37411 914 9 Ammat ammat NN 37411 914 10 ( ( -LRB- 37411 914 11 ' ' `` 37411 914 12 cubit cubit NN 37411 914 13 ' ' '' 37411 914 14 ) ) -RRB- 37411 914 15 . . . 37411 915 1 6 6 CD 37411 915 2 Ammat ammat NN 37411 915 3 1 1 CD 37411 915 4 Qanu Qanu NNP 37411 915 5 ( ( -LRB- 37411 915 6 ' ' `` 37411 915 7 reed reed NN 37411 915 8 ' ' '' 37411 915 9 ) ) -RRB- 37411 915 10 . . . 37411 916 1 2 2 CD 37411 916 2 Qanu Qanu NNP 37411 916 3 1 1 CD 37411 916 4 Gar Gar NNP 37411 916 5 . . . 37411 917 1 60 60 CD 37411 917 2 Gar gar NN 37411 917 3 1 1 CD 37411 917 4 Sussu sussu NN 37411 917 5 ( ( -LRB- 37411 917 6 ' ' `` 37411 917 7 soss soss NN 37411 917 8 ' ' '' 37411 917 9 ) ) -RRB- 37411 917 10 . . . 37411 918 1 30 30 CD 37411 918 2 Sussi Sussi NNP 37411 918 3 1 1 CD 37411 918 4 Kaspu Kaspu NNP 37411 918 5 . . . 37411 919 1 MEASURES MEASURES NNP 37411 919 2 OF of IN 37411 919 3 CAPACITY[6 capacity[6 NN 37411 919 4 ] ] -RRB- 37411 919 5 . . . 37411 920 1 10 10 CD 37411 920 2 GAR[7 GAR[7 NNP 37411 920 3 ] ] -RRB- 37411 920 4 1 1 CD 37411 920 5 QA qa NN 37411 920 6 . . . 37411 921 1 27 27 CD 37411 921 2 QA qa NN 37411 921 3 1 1 CD 37411 921 4 AP AP NNP 37411 921 5 . . . 37411 922 1 36 36 CD 37411 922 2 QA qa NN 37411 922 3 1 1 CD 37411 922 4 PI pi NN 37411 922 5 ( ( -LRB- 37411 922 6 or or CC 37411 922 7 Persian Persian NNP 37411 922 8 Ardeb Ardeb NNP 37411 922 9 ) ) -RRB- 37411 922 10 . . . 37411 923 1 60 60 CD 37411 923 2 QA qa NN 37411 923 3 1 1 CD 37411 923 4 Homer Homer NNP 37411 923 5 . . . 37411 924 1 3 3 CD 37411 924 2 Homers Homers NNPS 37411 924 3 ( ( -LRB- 37411 924 4 or or CC 37411 924 5 5 5 CD 37411 924 6 Ardebs Ardebs NNP 37411 924 7 ) ) -RRB- 37411 924 8 1 1 CD 37411 924 9 GUR GUR NNP 37411 924 10 ( ( -LRB- 37411 924 11 about about RB 37411 924 12 250 250 CD 37411 924 13 quarts quart NNS 37411 924 14 ) ) -RRB- 37411 924 15 . . . 37411 925 1 [ [ -LRB- 37411 925 2 6 6 CD 37411 925 3 ] ] -RRB- 37411 925 4 As as IN 37411 925 5 determined determine VBN 37411 925 6 by by IN 37411 925 7 Dr. Dr. NNP 37411 925 8 Oppert Oppert NNP 37411 925 9 . . . 37411 926 1 [ [ -LRB- 37411 926 2 7 7 CD 37411 926 3 ] ] -RRB- 37411 926 4 Capitals capital NNS 37411 926 5 denote denote VBP 37411 926 6 that that IN 37411 926 7 the the DT 37411 926 8 Semitic semitic JJ 37411 926 9 pronunciation pronunciation NN 37411 926 10 of of IN 37411 926 11 the the DT 37411 926 12 ideograph ideograph NNP 37411 926 13 is be VBZ 37411 926 14 unknown unknown JJ 37411 926 15 . . . 37411 927 1 MEASURES measures NN 37411 927 2 OF of IN 37411 927 3 WEIGHT WEIGHT NNP 37411 927 4 AND and CC 37411 927 5 COINAGE COINAGE NNP 37411 927 6 . . . 37411 928 1 60 60 CD 37411 928 2 Shekels shekel NNS 37411 928 3 1 1 CD 37411 928 4 Silver silver NN 37411 928 5 Mana Mana NNP 37411 928 6 ( ( -LRB- 37411 928 7 ' ' `` 37411 928 8 Mina Mina NNP 37411 928 9 ' ' '' 37411 928 10 ) ) -RRB- 37411 928 11 = = NFP 37411 928 12 £ £ $ 37411 928 13 9 9 CD 37411 928 14 . . . 37411 929 1 60 60 CD 37411 929 2 Silver Silver NNP 37411 929 3 Manas Manas NNP 37411 929 4 1 1 CD 37411 929 5 Silver Silver NNP 37411 929 6 Talent Talent NNP 37411 929 7 . . . 37411 930 1 60 60 CD 37411 930 2 Gold gold NN 37411 930 3 Manas mana NNS 37411 930 4 1 1 CD 37411 930 5 Gold Gold NNP 37411 930 6 Talent Talent NNP 37411 930 7 ( ( -LRB- 37411 930 8 £ £ $ 37411 930 9 8400 8400 CD 37411 930 10 ) ) -RRB- 37411 930 11 . . . 37411 931 1 The the DT 37411 931 2 silver silver NN 37411 931 3 shekel shekel NN 37411 931 4 was be VBD 37411 931 5 worth worth JJ 37411 931 6 about about RB 37411 931 7 3_s 3_s CD 37411 931 8 . . . 37411 931 9 _ _ NNP 37411 931 10 THE the DT 37411 931 11 MONTHS MONTHS NNP 37411 931 12 OF of IN 37411 931 13 THE the DT 37411 931 14 YEAR YEAR NNP 37411 931 15 . . . 37411 932 1 Assyrian Assyrian NNP 37411 932 2 Name Name NNP 37411 932 3 . . . 37411 933 1 Sumerian Sumerian NNP 37411 933 2 Name Name NNP 37411 933 3 . . . 37411 934 1 Zodiacal Zodiacal NNP 37411 934 2 Sign Sign NNP 37411 934 3 . . . 37411 935 1 Corresponding Corresponding NNP 37411 935 2 Months Months NNPS 37411 935 3 . . . 37411 936 1 ( ( -LRB- 37411 936 2 1 1 LS 37411 936 3 ) ) -RRB- 37411 936 4 Nisannu Nisannu NNP 37411 936 5 ( ( -LRB- 37411 936 6 Nisan Nisan NNP 37411 936 7 ) ) -RRB- 37411 936 8 Month Month NNP 37411 936 9 of of IN 37411 936 10 ' ' `` 37411 936 11 the the DT 37411 936 12 dweller dweller NN 37411 936 13 in in IN 37411 936 14 the the DT 37411 936 15 Asherah[8 asherah[8 NN 37411 936 16 ] ] -RRB- 37411 936 17 Aries Aries NNP 37411 936 18 March March NNP 37411 936 19 - - HYPH 37411 936 20 April April NNP 37411 936 21 . . . 37411 937 1 ( ( -LRB- 37411 937 2 2 2 LS 37411 937 3 ) ) -RRB- 37411 937 4 Aaru Aaru NNP 37411 937 5 ( ( -LRB- 37411 937 6 Iyyar Iyyar NNP 37411 937 7 ) ) -RRB- 37411 937 8 ' ' '' 37411 937 9 The the DT 37411 937 10 directing direct VBG 37411 937 11 bull bull NN 37411 937 12 ' ' '' 37411 937 13 Taurus Taurus NNP 37411 937 14 April April NNP 37411 937 15 - - HYPH 37411 937 16 May May NNP 37411 937 17 . . . 37411 938 1 ( ( -LRB- 37411 938 2 3 3 LS 37411 938 3 ) ) -RRB- 37411 938 4 Sivanu Sivanu NNP 37411 938 5 ( ( -LRB- 37411 938 6 Sivan Sivan NNP 37411 938 7 ) ) -RRB- 37411 938 8 ' ' `` 37411 938 9 Bricks brick NNS 37411 938 10 ' ' '' 37411 938 11 ( ( -LRB- 37411 938 12 ? ? . 37411 938 13 ) ) -RRB- 37411 939 1 Gemini Gemini NNP 37411 939 2 May May NNP 37411 939 3 - - HYPH 37411 939 4 June June NNP 37411 939 5 . . . 37411 940 1 ( ( -LRB- 37411 940 2 4 4 LS 37411 940 3 ) ) -RRB- 37411 940 4 Duzu Duzu NNP 37411 940 5 ( ( -LRB- 37411 940 6 Tammuz Tammuz NNP 37411 940 7 ) ) -RRB- 37411 940 8 ' ' '' 37411 940 9 The the DT 37411 940 10 growth growth NN 37411 940 11 of of IN 37411 940 12 seed seed NN 37411 940 13 ' ' '' 37411 940 14 Cancer Cancer NNP 37411 940 15 June June NNP 37411 940 16 - - HYPH 37411 940 17 July July NNP 37411 940 18 . . . 37411 941 1 ( ( -LRB- 37411 941 2 5 5 LS 37411 941 3 ) ) -RRB- 37411 941 4 Abu Abu NNP 37411 941 5 ( ( -LRB- 37411 941 6 Ab Ab NNP 37411 941 7 ) ) -RRB- 37411 941 8 ' ' '' 37411 941 9 The the DT 37411 941 10 fiery fiery JJ 37411 941 11 - - HYPH 37411 941 12 hot hot JJ 37411 941 13 ' ' '' 37411 941 14 Leo Leo NNP 37411 941 15 July July NNP 37411 941 16 - - HYPH 37411 941 17 August August NNP 37411 941 18 . . . 37411 942 1 ( ( -LRB- 37411 942 2 6 6 CD 37411 942 3 ) ) -RRB- 37411 942 4 Ululu Ululu NNP 37411 942 5 ( ( -LRB- 37411 942 6 Elul Elul NNP 37411 942 7 ) ) -RRB- 37411 942 8 ' ' '' 37411 942 9 The the DT 37411 942 10 message message NN 37411 942 11 of of IN 37411 942 12 Istar Istar NNP 37411 942 13 ' ' POS 37411 942 14 Virgo Virgo NNP 37411 942 15 August August NNP 37411 942 16 - - HYPH 37411 942 17 September September NNP 37411 942 18 . . . 37411 943 1 ( ( -LRB- 37411 943 2 7 7 LS 37411 943 3 ) ) -RRB- 37411 943 4 Tasritu Tasritu NNP 37411 943 5 ( ( -LRB- 37411 943 6 Tisri Tisri NNP 37411 943 7 ) ) -RRB- 37411 943 8 ' ' '' 37411 943 9 The the DT 37411 943 10 holy holy JJ 37411 943 11 mound mound NN 37411 943 12 ' ' '' 37411 943 13 Libra Libra NNP 37411 943 14 September September NNP 37411 943 15 - - HYPH 37411 943 16 October October NNP 37411 943 17 . . . 37411 944 1 ( ( -LRB- 37411 944 2 8) 8) CD 37411 944 3 Arakh Arakh NNP 37411 944 4 - - HYPH 37411 944 5 savna savna VBN 37411 944 6 ' ' '' 37411 944 7 Opposite opposite VB 37411 944 8 the the DT 37411 944 9 foundation foundation NN 37411 944 10 ( ( -LRB- 37411 944 11 of of IN 37411 944 12 the the DT 37411 944 13 year year NN 37411 944 14 ) ) -RRB- 37411 944 15 ( ( -LRB- 37411 944 16 Marchesvan Marchesvan NNP 37411 944 17 , , , 37411 944 18 ' ' '' 37411 944 19 the the DT 37411 944 20 eighth eighth JJ 37411 944 21 month month NN 37411 944 22 ' ' '' 37411 944 23 ) ) -RRB- 37411 944 24 Scorpio Scorpio NNP 37411 944 25 October October NNP 37411 944 26 - - HYPH 37411 944 27 November November NNP 37411 944 28 . . . 37411 945 1 ( ( -LRB- 37411 945 2 9 9 CD 37411 945 3 ) ) -RRB- 37411 945 4 Kisilivu Kisilivu NNP 37411 945 5 ( ( -LRB- 37411 945 6 Chisleu Chisleu NNP 37411 945 7 ) ) -RRB- 37411 945 8 ' ' '' 37411 945 9 The the DT 37411 945 10 cloudy cloudy JJ 37411 945 11 ' ' `` 37411 945 12 Sagittarius Sagittarius NNP 37411 945 13 November November NNP 37411 945 14 - - HYPH 37411 945 15 December December NNP 37411 945 16 . . . 37411 946 1 ( ( -LRB- 37411 946 2 10 10 CD 37411 946 3 ) ) -RRB- 37411 946 4 Dhabitu Dhabitu NNP 37411 946 5 ( ( -LRB- 37411 946 6 Tebet Tebet NNP 37411 946 7 ) ) -RRB- 37411 946 8 ' ' '' 37411 946 9 The the DT 37411 946 10 cave cave NN 37411 946 11 of of IN 37411 946 12 the the DT 37411 946 13 dawn dawn NN 37411 946 14 ' ' '' 37411 946 15 ( ( -LRB- 37411 946 16 ? ? . 37411 946 17 ) ) -RRB- 37411 947 1 Capricornus Capricornus NNP 37411 947 2 December December NNP 37411 947 3 - - HYPH 37411 947 4 January January NNP 37411 947 5 . . . 37411 948 1 ( ( -LRB- 37411 948 2 11 11 CD 37411 948 3 ) ) -RRB- 37411 948 4 Sabadhu Sabadhu NNP 37411 948 5 ( ( -LRB- 37411 948 6 Sebat Sebat NNP 37411 948 7 ) ) -RRB- 37411 948 8 ' ' `` 37411 948 9 The the DT 37411 948 10 curse curse NN 37411 948 11 of of IN 37411 948 12 rain rain NN 37411 948 13 ' ' '' 37411 948 14 Aquarius Aquarius NNP 37411 948 15 January January NNP 37411 948 16 - - HYPH 37411 948 17 February February NNP 37411 948 18 . . . 37411 949 1 ( ( -LRB- 37411 949 2 12 12 CD 37411 949 3 ) ) -RRB- 37411 949 4 Addaru Addaru NNP 37411 949 5 ( ( -LRB- 37411 949 6 Adar Adar NNP 37411 949 7 ) ) -RRB- 37411 949 8 The the DT 37411 949 9 month month NN 37411 949 10 of of IN 37411 949 11 ' ' `` 37411 949 12 cultivation cultivation NN 37411 949 13 ' ' '' 37411 949 14 Pisces Pisces NNPS 37411 949 15 February February NNP 37411 949 16 - - HYPH 37411 949 17 March March NNP 37411 949 18 . . . 37411 950 1 ( ( -LRB- 37411 950 2 13 13 CD 37411 950 3 ) ) -RRB- 37411 950 4 Arakh Arakh NNP 37411 950 5 - - HYPH 37411 950 6 makhru makhru NN 37411 950 7 ( ( -LRB- 37411 950 8 Ve Ve NNP 37411 950 9 - - HYPH 37411 950 10 Adar Adar NNP 37411 950 11 ) ) -RRB- 37411 950 12 , , , 37411 950 13 the the DT 37411 950 14 intercalary intercalary JJ 37411 950 15 month month NN 37411 950 16 . . . 37411 951 1 [ [ -LRB- 37411 951 2 8 8 CD 37411 951 3 ] ] -RRB- 37411 951 4 _ _ NNP 37411 951 5 Zaggara Zaggara NNP 37411 951 6 _ _ NNP 37411 951 7 , , , 37411 951 8 rendered render VBN 37411 951 9 by by IN 37411 951 10 the the DT 37411 951 11 Semitic Semitic NNP 37411 951 12 _ _ NNP 37411 951 13 bit bit NN 37411 951 14 ili ili NNP 37411 951 15 _ _ NNP 37411 951 16 ( ( -LRB- 37411 951 17 Beth Beth NNP 37411 951 18 - - HYPH 37411 951 19 el el NNP 37411 951 20 ) ) -RRB- 37411 951 21 , , , 37411 951 22 ' ' '' 37411 951 23 house house NN 37411 951 24 of of IN 37411 951 25 God God NNP 37411 951 26 , , , 37411 951 27 ' ' '' 37411 951 28 as as RB 37411 951 29 well well RB 37411 951 30 as as IN 37411 951 31 by by IN 37411 951 32 _ _ NNP 37411 951 33 asirtu asirtu NNP 37411 951 34 _ _ NNP 37411 951 35 , , , 37411 951 36 ' ' '' 37411 951 37 the the DT 37411 951 38 symbol symbol NN 37411 951 39 of of IN 37411 951 40 the the DT 37411 951 41 goddess goddess NN 37411 951 42 Asherah Asherah NNP 37411 951 43 ' ' '' 37411 951 44 ( ( -LRB- 37411 951 45 mistranslated mistranslate VBN 37411 951 46 ' ' `` 37411 951 47 grove grove NN 37411 951 48 ' ' '' 37411 951 49 in in IN 37411 951 50 the the DT 37411 951 51 Authorized Authorized NNP 37411 951 52 Version Version NNP 37411 951 53 of of IN 37411 951 54 the the DT 37411 951 55 Old Old NNP 37411 951 56 Testament Testament NNP 37411 951 57 ) ) -RRB- 37411 951 58 . . . 37411 952 1 BABYLONIAN BABYLONIAN NNP 37411 952 2 KINGS king NNS 37411 952 3 . . . 37411 953 1 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 954 1 Sargon Sargon NNP 37411 954 2 of of IN 37411 954 3 Akkad Akkad NNP 37411 954 4 3800 3800 CD 37411 954 5 Naram Naram NNP 37411 954 6 - - HYPH 37411 954 7 Sin Sin NNP 37411 954 8 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 954 9 son son NN 37411 954 10 3700 3700 CD 37411 954 11 ( ( -LRB- 37411 954 12 1 1 LS 37411 954 13 ) ) -RRB- 37411 954 14 The the DT 37411 954 15 Dynasty Dynasty NNP 37411 954 16 of of IN 37411 954 17 Babylon Babylon NNP 37411 954 18 : : : 37411 954 19 11 11 CD 37411 954 20 kings king NNS 37411 954 21 for for IN 37411 954 22 304 304 CD 37411 954 23 years year NNS 37411 954 24 2478 2478 CD 37411 954 25 - - SYM 37411 954 26 2174 2174 CD 37411 954 27 The the DT 37411 954 28 sixth sixth JJ 37411 954 29 king king NN 37411 954 30 of of IN 37411 954 31 the the DT 37411 954 32 dynasty dynasty NN 37411 954 33 was be VBD 37411 954 34 Khammurabi Khammurabi NNP 37411 954 35 2356 2356 CD 37411 954 36 - - SYM 37411 954 37 2301 2301 CD 37411 954 38 ( ( -LRB- 37411 954 39 2 2 LS 37411 954 40 ) ) -RRB- 37411 954 41 The the DT 37411 954 42 Dynasty Dynasty NNP 37411 954 43 of of IN 37411 954 44 Lagas Lagas NNP 37411 954 45 : : : 37411 954 46 11 11 CD 37411 954 47 kings king NNS 37411 954 48 for for IN 37411 954 49 368 368 CD 37411 954 50 years year NNS 37411 954 51 2174 2174 CD 37411 954 52 - - SYM 37411 954 53 1806 1806 CD 37411 954 54 ( ( -LRB- 37411 954 55 3 3 LS 37411 954 56 ) ) -RRB- 37411 954 57 The the DT 37411 954 58 Kassite Kassite NNP 37411 954 59 Dynasty Dynasty NNP 37411 954 60 : : : 37411 954 61 36 36 CD 37411 954 62 kings king NNS 37411 954 63 for for IN 37411 954 64 576 576 CD 37411 954 65 years year NNS 37411 954 66 9 9 CD 37411 954 67 months month NNS 37411 954 68 1806 1806 CD 37411 954 69 - - SYM 37411 954 70 1229 1229 CD 37411 954 71 Among among IN 37411 954 72 the the DT 37411 954 73 kings king NNS 37411 954 74 of of IN 37411 954 75 this this DT 37411 954 76 dynasty dynasty NN 37411 954 77 were be VBD 37411 954 78 Burna Burna NNP 37411 954 79 - - HYPH 37411 954 80 buryas buryas NNP 37411 954 81 ( ( -LRB- 37411 954 82 cir cir NNP 37411 954 83 . . . 37411 955 1 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 956 1 1420 1420 CD 37411 956 2 ) ) -RRB- 37411 956 3 , , , 37411 956 4 the the DT 37411 956 5 contemporary contemporary NN 37411 956 6 of of IN 37411 956 7 the the DT 37411 956 8 Egyptian Egyptian NNP 37411 956 9 Pharaohs Pharaohs NNP 37411 956 10 Amenophis Amenophis NNP 37411 956 11 III III NNP 37411 956 12 and and CC 37411 956 13 Amenophis Amenophis NNP 37411 956 14 IV IV NNP 37411 956 15 , , , 37411 956 16 and and CC 37411 956 17 Kuri Kuri NNP 37411 956 18 - - HYPH 37411 956 19 galzu galzu NNP 37411 956 20 ( ( -LRB- 37411 956 21 cir cir NNP 37411 956 22 . . . 37411 957 1 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 958 1 1400 1400 CD 37411 958 2 ) ) -RRB- 37411 958 3 . . . 37411 959 1 The the DT 37411 959 2 last last JJ 37411 959 3 six six CD 37411 959 4 kings king NNS 37411 959 5 were be VBD 37411 959 6 : : : 37411 959 7 Rimmon Rimmon NNP 37411 959 8 - - HYPH 37411 959 9 nadin nadin NNP 37411 959 10 - - HYPH 37411 959 11 suma suma NN 37411 959 12 1297 1297 CD 37411 959 13 Conquest Conquest NNP 37411 959 14 of of IN 37411 959 15 Babylon Babylon NNP 37411 959 16 by by IN 37411 959 17 Tiglath Tiglath NNP 37411 959 18 - - HYPH 37411 959 19 Uras Uras NNP 37411 959 20 of of IN 37411 959 21 Assyria Assyria NNP 37411 959 22 1291 1291 CD 37411 959 23 Expulsion expulsion NN 37411 959 24 of of IN 37411 959 25 the the DT 37411 959 26 Assyrians Assyrians NNPS 37411 959 27 ; ; : 37411 959 28 Rimmon Rimmon NNP 37411 959 29 - - HYPH 37411 959 30 suma suma NN 37411 959 31 - - HYPH 37411 959 32 natsir natsir NN 37411 959 33 king king NN 37411 959 34 1284 1284 CD 37411 959 35 Meli Meli NNP 37411 959 36 - - HYPH 37411 959 37 sipak sipak VB 37411 959 38 1261 1261 CD 37411 959 39 Merodach Merodach NNP 37411 959 40 - - HYPH 37411 959 41 baladan baladan NNP 37411 959 42 I -PRON- PRP 37411 959 43 1246 1246 CD 37411 959 44 Zamama Zamama NNP 37411 959 45 - - HYPH 37411 959 46 nadin nadin NNP 37411 959 47 - - HYPH 37411 959 48 sumi sumi NNP 37411 959 49 1233 1233 CD 37411 959 50 Bel Bel NNP 37411 959 51 - - HYPH 37411 959 52 suma suma NNP 37411 959 53 - - HYPH 37411 959 54 nadin nadin NNP 37411 959 55 1232 1232 CD 37411 959 56 ( ( -LRB- 37411 959 57 4 4 LS 37411 959 58 ) ) -RRB- 37411 959 59 The the DT 37411 959 60 Dynasty Dynasty NNP 37411 959 61 of of IN 37411 959 62 Isin Isin NNP 37411 959 63 : : : 37411 959 64 11 11 CD 37411 959 65 kings king NNS 37411 959 66 for for IN 37411 959 67 72 72 CD 37411 959 68 years year NNS 37411 959 69 6 6 CD 37411 959 70 months month NNS 37411 959 71 1229 1229 CD 37411 959 72 - - SYM 37411 959 73 1156 1156 CD 37411 959 74 ( ( -LRB- 37411 959 75 5 5 LS 37411 959 76 ) ) -RRB- 37411 959 77 The the DT 37411 959 78 Dynasty Dynasty NNP 37411 959 79 of of IN 37411 959 80 the the DT 37411 959 81 Sea Sea NNP 37411 959 82 - - HYPH 37411 959 83 coast coast NNP 37411 959 84 : : : 37411 959 85 3 3 CD 37411 959 86 kings king NNS 37411 959 87 for for IN 37411 959 88 21 21 CD 37411 959 89 years year NNS 37411 959 90 5 5 CD 37411 959 91 months month NNS 37411 959 92 1156 1156 CD 37411 959 93 - - SYM 37411 959 94 1135 1135 CD 37411 959 95 ( ( -LRB- 37411 959 96 6 6 CD 37411 959 97 ) ) -RRB- 37411 959 98 The the DT 37411 959 99 Dynasty Dynasty NNP 37411 959 100 of of IN 37411 959 101 Bit Bit NNP 37411 959 102 - - HYPH 37411 959 103 Bazi Bazi NNP 37411 959 104 : : : 37411 959 105 3 3 CD 37411 959 106 kings king NNS 37411 959 107 for for IN 37411 959 108 20 20 CD 37411 959 109 years year NNS 37411 959 110 3 3 CD 37411 959 111 months month NNS 37411 959 112 1135 1135 CD 37411 959 113 - - SYM 37411 959 114 1115 1115 CD 37411 959 115 ( ( -LRB- 37411 959 116 7 7 CD 37411 959 117 ) ) -RRB- 37411 959 118 An an DT 37411 959 119 Elamite Elamite NNP 37411 959 120 usurper usurper NN 37411 959 121 for for IN 37411 959 122 6 6 CD 37411 959 123 years year NNS 37411 959 124 1115 1115 CD 37411 959 125 - - SYM 37411 959 126 1109 1109 CD 37411 959 127 ( ( -LRB- 37411 959 128 8) 8) CD 37411 959 129 The the DT 37411 959 130 31 31 CD 37411 959 131 [ [ -LRB- 37411 959 132 kings king NNS 37411 959 133 ] ] -RRB- 37411 959 134 of of IN 37411 959 135 the the DT 37411 959 136 Dynasty Dynasty NNP 37411 959 137 of of IN 37411 959 138 Babylon[9 Babylon[9 NNP 37411 959 139 ] ] -RRB- 37411 959 140 1109- 1109- CD 37411 959 141 730 730 CD 37411 959 142 Among among IN 37411 959 143 them -PRON- PRP 37411 959 144 were be VBD 37411 959 145 : : : 37411 959 146 Nebuchadrezzar Nebuchadrezzar NNP 37411 959 147 I I NNP 37411 959 148 1109 1109 CD 37411 959 149 - - SYM 37411 959 150 1096 1096 CD 37411 959 151 Merodach Merodach NNP 37411 959 152 - - HYPH 37411 959 153 nadin nadin NNP 37411 959 154 - - HYPH 37411 959 155 akhi akhi NNP 37411 959 156 1096 1096 CD 37411 959 157 - - SYM 37411 959 158 1090 1090 CD 37411 959 159 Merodach Merodach NNP 37411 959 160 - - HYPH 37411 959 161 sapik sapik JJ 37411 959 162 - - HYPH 37411 959 163 zirrat zirrat NN 37411 959 164 cir cir NN 37411 959 165 . . . 37411 960 1 1075 1075 CD 37411 960 2 Nebo Nebo NNP 37411 960 3 - - HYPH 37411 960 4 baladan baladan NNP 37411 960 5 cir cir NNP 37411 960 6 . . . 37411 961 1 880 880 CD 37411 961 2 Merodach Merodach NNP 37411 961 3 - - HYPH 37411 961 4 balasu balasu JJ 37411 961 5 - - HYPH 37411 961 6 iqbi iqbi NNP 37411 961 7 cir cir NNP 37411 961 8 . . . 37411 962 1 820 820 CD 37411 962 2 Nabu Nabu NNP 37411 962 3 - - HYPH 37411 962 4 natsir natsir NN 37411 962 5 ( ( -LRB- 37411 962 6 Nabonassar Nabonassar NNP 37411 962 7 ) ) -RRB- 37411 962 8 747 747 CD 37411 962 9 Nabu Nabu NNP 37411 962 10 - - HYPH 37411 962 11 nadin nadin NNP 37411 962 12 - - HYPH 37411 962 13 ziri ziri NNP 37411 962 14 ( ( -LRB- 37411 962 15 Nadios Nadios NNP 37411 962 16 ) ) -RRB- 37411 962 17 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 962 18 son son NN 37411 962 19 733 733 CD 37411 962 20 Nabu Nabu NNP 37411 962 21 - - HYPH 37411 962 22 suma suma NN 37411 962 23 - - HYPH 37411 962 24 yukin yukin FW 37411 962 25 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 962 26 son son NN 37411 962 27 731 731 CD 37411 962 28 ( ( -LRB- 37411 962 29 9 9 CD 37411 962 30 ) ) -RRB- 37411 962 31 The the DT 37411 962 32 Dynasty Dynasty NNP 37411 962 33 of of IN 37411 962 34 Sape Sape NNP 37411 962 35 : : : 37411 962 36 Yukin Yukin NNP 37411 962 37 - - HYPH 37411 962 38 zira zira NNP 37411 962 39 ( ( -LRB- 37411 962 40 Chinziros Chinziros NNP 37411 962 41 ) ) -RRB- 37411 962 42 730 730 CD 37411 962 43 ( ( -LRB- 37411 962 44 10 10 CD 37411 962 45 ) ) -RRB- 37411 962 46 The the DT 37411 962 47 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 962 48 Dynasties Dynasties NNPS 37411 962 49 : : : 37411 962 50 Pulu pulu NN 37411 962 51 ( ( -LRB- 37411 962 52 Pul Pul NNP 37411 962 53 , , , 37411 962 54 Pôros Pôros NNP 37411 962 55 ) ) -RRB- 37411 962 56 , , , 37411 962 57 called call VBN 37411 962 58 Tiglath Tiglath NNP 37411 962 59 - - HYPH 37411 962 60 pileser pileser NNP 37411 962 61 III III NNP 37411 962 62 in in IN 37411 962 63 Assyria Assyria NNP 37411 962 64 727 727 CD 37411 962 65 Ululâ Ululâ NNP 37411 962 66 , , , 37411 962 67 called call VBN 37411 962 68 Shalmaneser Shalmaneser NNP 37411 962 69 IV IV NNP 37411 962 70 in in IN 37411 962 71 Assyria Assyria NNP 37411 962 72 725 725 CD 37411 962 73 Merodach Merodach NNP 37411 962 74 - - HYPH 37411 962 75 baladan baladan NNP 37411 962 76 II II NNP 37411 962 77 , , , 37411 962 78 the the DT 37411 962 79 Chaldaean Chaldaean NNP 37411 962 80 from from IN 37411 962 81 the the DT 37411 962 82 Sea Sea NNP 37411 962 83 - - HYPH 37411 962 84 coast coast NNP 37411 962 85 721 721 CD 37411 962 86 Sargon Sargon NNP 37411 962 87 of of IN 37411 962 88 Assyria Assyria NNP 37411 962 89 709 709 CD 37411 962 90 Sennacherib Sennacherib NNP 37411 962 91 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 962 92 son son NN 37411 962 93 704 704 CD 37411 962 94 Merodach Merodach NNP 37411 962 95 - - HYPH 37411 962 96 zakir zakir NNP 37411 962 97 - - HYPH 37411 962 98 sumi sumi NNP 37411 962 99 for for IN 37411 962 100 1 1 CD 37411 962 101 month month NN 37411 962 102 702 702 CD 37411 962 103 Merodach Merodach NNP 37411 962 104 - - HYPH 37411 962 105 baladan baladan NNP 37411 962 106 III iii CD 37411 962 107 for for IN 37411 962 108 six six CD 37411 962 109 months month NNS 37411 962 110 702 702 CD 37411 962 111 Bel Bel NNP 37411 962 112 - - HYPH 37411 962 113 ebus ebus NNP 37411 962 114 of of IN 37411 962 115 Babylon Babylon NNP 37411 962 116 702 702 CD 37411 962 117 Assur Assur NNP 37411 962 118 - - HYPH 37411 962 119 nadin nadin NNP 37411 962 120 - - HYPH 37411 962 121 suma suma NN 37411 962 122 son son NN 37411 962 123 of of IN 37411 962 124 Sennacherib Sennacherib NNP 37411 962 125 700 700 CD 37411 962 126 Nergal Nergal NNP 37411 962 127 - - HYPH 37411 962 128 yusezib yusezib NNP 37411 962 129 694 694 CD 37411 962 130 Musezib Musezib NNP 37411 962 131 - - HYPH 37411 962 132 Merodach Merodach NNP 37411 962 133 693 693 CD 37411 962 134 Sennacherib Sennacherib NNP 37411 962 135 a a DT 37411 962 136 second second JJ 37411 962 137 time time NN 37411 962 138 689 689 CD 37411 962 139 Esar Esar NNP 37411 962 140 - - HYPH 37411 962 141 haddon haddon NNP 37411 962 142 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 962 143 son son NN 37411 962 144 681 681 CD 37411 962 145 Samas Samas NNP 37411 962 146 - - HYPH 37411 962 147 suma suma NN 37411 962 148 - - HYPH 37411 962 149 yukin yukin NN 37411 962 150 ( ( -LRB- 37411 962 151 Saosduchinos Saosduchinos NNP 37411 962 152 ) ) -RRB- 37411 962 153 668 668 CD 37411 962 154 Kandalanu Kandalanu NNP 37411 962 155 ( ( -LRB- 37411 962 156 Kineladanos Kineladanos NNP 37411 962 157 ) ) -RRB- 37411 962 158 648 648 CD 37411 962 159 Nabu Nabu NNP 37411 962 160 - - HYPH 37411 962 161 pal pal NN 37411 962 162 - - HYPH 37411 962 163 utsur utsur NN 37411 962 164 ( ( -LRB- 37411 962 165 Nabopolassar Nabopolassar NNP 37411 962 166 ) ) -RRB- 37411 962 167 626 626 CD 37411 962 168 Nabu Nabu NNP 37411 962 169 - - HYPH 37411 962 170 kudurri kudurri NNP 37411 962 171 - - HYPH 37411 962 172 utsar utsar NNP 37411 962 173 ( ( -LRB- 37411 962 174 Nebuchadrezzar Nebuchadrezzar NNP 37411 962 175 ) ) -RRB- 37411 962 176 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 962 177 son son NN 37411 962 178 605 605 CD 37411 962 179 Evil evil JJ 37411 962 180 - - HYPH 37411 962 181 Merodach Merodach NNP 37411 962 182 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 962 183 son son NN 37411 962 184 562 562 CD 37411 962 185 Nergal Nergal NNP 37411 962 186 - - HYPH 37411 962 187 sarra sarra NNP 37411 962 188 - - HYPH 37411 962 189 utsur utsur NN 37411 962 190 ( ( -LRB- 37411 962 191 Nergalsharezer Nergalsharezer NNP 37411 962 192 ) ) -RRB- 37411 962 193 560 560 CD 37411 962 194 Laborosoarchod Laborosoarchod NNP 37411 962 195 , , , 37411 962 196 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 962 197 son son NN 37411 962 198 , , , 37411 962 199 for for IN 37411 962 200 3 3 CD 37411 962 201 months month NNS 37411 962 202 556 556 CD 37411 962 203 Nabu Nabu NNP 37411 962 204 - - HYPH 37411 962 205 nahid nahid NN 37411 962 206 ( ( -LRB- 37411 962 207 Nabonidos Nabonidos NNP 37411 962 208 ) ) -RRB- 37411 962 209 556 556 CD 37411 962 210 Cyrus Cyrus NNP 37411 962 211 conquers conquer VBZ 37411 962 212 Babylon Babylon NNP 37411 962 213 538 538 CD 37411 962 214 Cambyses cambyse VBZ 37411 962 215 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 962 216 son son NN 37411 962 217 529 529 CD 37411 962 218 Gomates Gomates NNPS 37411 962 219 ( ( -LRB- 37411 962 220 Gaumata Gaumata NNP 37411 962 221 ) ) -RRB- 37411 962 222 the the DT 37411 962 223 Magian Magian NNP 37411 962 224 ( ( -LRB- 37411 962 225 the the DT 37411 962 226 pseudo pseudo NN 37411 962 227 - - HYPH 37411 962 228 Bardes barde NNS 37411 962 229 or or CC 37411 962 230 Smerdis Smerdis NNP 37411 962 231 ) ) -RRB- 37411 962 232 521 521 CD 37411 962 233 Dareios dareio NNS 37411 962 234 ( ( -LRB- 37411 962 235 Dârayavaush Dârayavaush NNP 37411 962 236 ) ) -RRB- 37411 962 237 the the DT 37411 962 238 son son NN 37411 962 239 of of IN 37411 962 240 Hystaspes Hystaspes NNP 37411 962 241 ( ( -LRB- 37411 962 242 Vishtâspa Vishtâspa NNP 37411 962 243 ) ) -RRB- 37411 962 244 521 521 CD 37411 962 245 Xerxes xerxe NNS 37411 962 246 I -PRON- PRP 37411 962 247 ( ( -LRB- 37411 962 248 Khshayârshâ Khshayârshâ NNP 37411 962 249 ) ) -RRB- 37411 962 250 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 962 251 son son NN 37411 962 252 485 485 CD 37411 962 253 Samas Samas NNP 37411 962 254 - - HYPH 37411 962 255 erba erba NNP 37411 962 256 , , , 37411 962 257 rebel rebel NN 37411 962 258 - - HYPH 37411 962 259 king king NN 37411 962 260 480 480 CD 37411 962 261 Xerxes xerxe NNS 37411 962 262 restored restore VBD 37411 962 263 479 479 CD 37411 962 264 Artaxerxes Artaxerxes NNPS 37411 962 265 I -PRON- PRP 37411 962 266 ( ( -LRB- 37411 962 267 Artakshatra Artakshatra NNP 37411 962 268 ) ) -RRB- 37411 962 269 Longimanus Longimanus NNP 37411 962 270 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 962 271 son son NN 37411 962 272 465 465 CD 37411 962 273 Xerxes Xerxes NNP 37411 962 274 II II NNP 37411 962 275 , , , 37411 962 276 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 962 277 son son NN 37411 962 278 , , , 37411 962 279 for for IN 37411 962 280 two two CD 37411 962 281 months month NNS 37411 962 282 425 425 CD 37411 962 283 Sogdianos Sogdianos NNP 37411 962 284 , , , 37411 962 285 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 962 286 half half JJ 37411 962 287 - - HYPH 37411 962 288 brother brother NN 37411 962 289 , , , 37411 962 290 for for IN 37411 962 291 seven seven CD 37411 962 292 months month NNS 37411 962 293 425 425 CD 37411 962 294 Dareios dareio NNS 37411 962 295 II ii CD 37411 962 296 , , , 37411 962 297 Nothos Nothos NNP 37411 962 298 ( ( -LRB- 37411 962 299 or or CC 37411 962 300 Okhos Okhos NNP 37411 962 301 ) ) -RRB- 37411 962 302 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 962 303 brother brother NN 37411 962 304 424 424 CD 37411 962 305 Artaxerxes Artaxerxes NNP 37411 962 306 II II NNP 37411 962 307 ( ( -LRB- 37411 962 308 Mnêmôn Mnêmôn NNP 37411 962 309 ) ) -RRB- 37411 962 310 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 962 311 son son NN 37411 962 312 405 405 CD 37411 962 313 Okhos Okhos NNP 37411 962 314 ( ( -LRB- 37411 962 315 Uvasu Uvasu NNP 37411 962 316 ) ) -RRB- 37411 962 317 the the DT 37411 962 318 son son NN 37411 962 319 of of IN 37411 962 320 Artaxerxes Artaxerxes NNP 37411 962 321 362 362 CD 37411 962 322 Arses arse VBZ 37411 962 323 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 962 324 son son NN 37411 962 325 339 339 CD 37411 962 326 Dareios dareio NNS 37411 962 327 III III NNP 37411 962 328 , , , 37411 962 329 Kodomannos Kodomannos NNP 37411 962 330 336 336 CD 37411 962 331 Conquered conquer VBN 37411 962 332 by by IN 37411 962 333 Alexander Alexander NNP 37411 962 334 the the DT 37411 962 335 Great great JJ 37411 962 336 330 330 CD 37411 962 337 [ [ -LRB- 37411 962 338 9 9 CD 37411 962 339 ] ] -RRB- 37411 962 340 The the DT 37411 962 341 fracture fracture NN 37411 962 342 of of IN 37411 962 343 the the DT 37411 962 344 tablet tablet NN 37411 962 345 makes make VBZ 37411 962 346 the the DT 37411 962 347 arrangement arrangement NN 37411 962 348 of of IN 37411 962 349 this this DT 37411 962 350 Dynasty Dynasty NNP 37411 962 351 not not RB 37411 962 352 absolutely absolutely RB 37411 962 353 certain certain JJ 37411 962 354 . . . 37411 963 1 ASSYRIAN assyrian JJ 37411 963 2 KINGS king NNS 37411 963 3 . . . 37411 964 1 Sargon Sargon NNP 37411 964 2 asserts assert VBZ 37411 964 3 he -PRON- PRP 37411 964 4 was be VBD 37411 964 5 preceded precede VBN 37411 964 6 by by IN 37411 964 7 330 330 CD 37411 964 8 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 964 9 kings king NNS 37411 964 10 . . . 37411 965 1 HIGH high JJ 37411 965 2 PRIESTS priests NN 37411 965 3 OF of IN 37411 965 4 ASSUR ASSUR NNP 37411 965 5 . . . 37411 966 1 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 967 1 Isme Isme NNP 37411 967 2 - - HYPH 37411 967 3 Dagon Dagon NNP 37411 967 4 cir cir NNP 37411 967 5 . . . 37411 968 1 1850 1850 CD 37411 968 2 Samas Samas NNP 37411 968 3 - - HYPH 37411 968 4 Rimmon Rimmon NNP 37411 968 5 I -PRON- PRP 37411 968 6 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 968 7 son son NN 37411 968 8 1820 1820 CD 37411 968 9 Igur Igur NNP 37411 968 10 - - HYPH 37411 968 11 Kapkapu Kapkapu NNP 37411 968 12 ? ? . 37411 969 1 Samas Samas NNP 37411 969 2 - - HYPH 37411 969 3 Rimmon Rimmon NNP 37411 969 4 II II NNP 37411 969 5 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 969 6 brother brother NN 37411 969 7 ? ? . 37411 970 1 Khallu Khallu NNP 37411 970 2 ? ? . 37411 971 1 Irisum irisum VB 37411 971 2 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 971 3 son son NN 37411 971 4 ? ? . 37411 972 1 KINGS king NNS 37411 972 2 OF of IN 37411 972 3 ASSYRIA assyria NN 37411 972 4 . . . 37411 973 1 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 974 1 Bel Bel NNP 37411 974 2 - - HYPH 37411 974 3 Kapkapu Kapkapu NNP 37411 974 4 ' ' '' 37411 974 5 the the DT 37411 974 6 founder founder NN 37411 974 7 of of IN 37411 974 8 the the DT 37411 974 9 monarchy monarchy NN 37411 974 10 ' ' '' 37411 974 11 ? ? . 37411 975 1 Ada'si ada'si VB 37411 975 2 ? ? . 37411 976 1 Bel Bel NNP 37411 976 2 - - HYPH 37411 976 3 basi basi NNP 37411 976 4 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 976 5 son son NN 37411 976 6 ? ? . 37411 977 1 Assur Assur NNP 37411 977 2 - - HYPH 37411 977 3 bil bil NN 37411 977 4 - - HYPH 37411 977 5 nisi nisi NN 37411 977 6 - - HYPH 37411 977 7 su su NNP 37411 977 8 , , , 37411 977 9 cir cir NNP 37411 977 10 . . . 37411 978 1 1450 1450 CD 37411 978 2 Buzur Buzur NNP 37411 978 3 - - HYPH 37411 978 4 Assur Assur NNP 37411 978 5 , , , 37411 978 6 1440 1440 CD 37411 978 7 Assur assur NN 37411 978 8 - - HYPH 37411 978 9 nadin nadin NNP 37411 978 10 - - HYPH 37411 978 11 akhi akhi NNP 37411 978 12 , , , 37411 978 13 1420 1420 CD 37411 978 14 Assur Assur NNP 37411 978 15 - - HYPH 37411 978 16 yuballidh yuballidh NNP 37411 978 17 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 978 18 son son NN 37411 978 19 , , , 37411 978 20 1400 1400 CD 37411 978 21 Bel Bel NNP 37411 978 22 - - HYPH 37411 978 23 nirari nirari NNP 37411 978 24 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 978 25 son son NN 37411 978 26 , , , 37411 978 27 1380 1380 CD 37411 978 28 Pudilu Pudilu NNP 37411 978 29 ( ( -LRB- 37411 978 30 Pedael Pedael NNP 37411 978 31 ) ) -RRB- 37411 978 32 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 978 33 son son NN 37411 978 34 , , , 37411 978 35 1360 1360 CD 37411 978 36 Rimmon Rimmon NNP 37411 978 37 - - HYPH 37411 978 38 nirari nirari NNP 37411 978 39 I -PRON- PRP 37411 978 40 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 978 41 son son NN 37411 978 42 , , , 37411 978 43 1340 1340 CD 37411 978 44 Shalmaneser Shalmaneser NNP 37411 978 45 I -PRON- PRP 37411 978 46 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 978 47 son son NN 37411 978 48 ( ( -LRB- 37411 978 49 founder founder NN 37411 978 50 of of IN 37411 978 51 Calah Calah NNP 37411 978 52 ) ) -RRB- 37411 978 53 , , , 37411 978 54 1320 1320 CD 37411 978 55 Tiglath Tiglath NNP 37411 978 56 - - HYPH 37411 978 57 Uras Uras NNP 37411 978 58 I -PRON- PRP 37411 978 59 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 978 60 son son NN 37411 978 61 , , , 37411 978 62 1300 1300 CD 37411 978 63 Assur Assur NNP 37411 978 64 - - HYPH 37411 978 65 natsir natsir NN 37411 978 66 - - HYPH 37411 978 67 pal pal NN 37411 978 68 I -PRON- PRP 37411 978 69 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 978 70 son son NN 37411 978 71 , , , 37411 978 72 1280 1280 CD 37411 978 73 Assur Assur NNP 37411 978 74 - - HYPH 37411 978 75 narara narara NNP 37411 978 76 , , , 37411 978 77 1270 1270 CD 37411 978 78 Nebo Nebo NNP 37411 978 79 - - HYPH 37411 978 80 dân dân NNP 37411 978 81 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 978 82 son son NN 37411 978 83 , , , 37411 978 84 1265 1265 CD 37411 978 85 Bel Bel NNP 37411 978 86 - - HYPH 37411 978 87 kudurri kudurri NNP 37411 978 88 - - HYPH 37411 978 89 utsur utsur NNP 37411 978 90 , , , 37411 978 91 1230 1230 CD 37411 978 92 Uras Uras NNP 37411 978 93 - - HYPH 37411 978 94 pileser pileser NNP 37411 978 95 , , , 37411 978 96 1215 1215 CD 37411 978 97 Assur Assur NNP 37411 978 98 - - HYPH 37411 978 99 dân dân NNP 37411 978 100 I -PRON- PRP 37411 978 101 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 978 102 son son NN 37411 978 103 , , , 37411 978 104 1185 1185 CD 37411 978 105 Mutaggil Mutaggil NNP 37411 978 106 - - HYPH 37411 978 107 Nebo Nebo NNP 37411 978 108 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 978 109 son son NN 37411 978 110 , , , 37411 978 111 1160 1160 CD 37411 978 112 Assur Assur NNP 37411 978 113 - - HYPH 37411 978 114 ris ris NNP 37411 978 115 - - HYPH 37411 978 116 ilim ilim NNP 37411 978 117 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 978 118 son son NN 37411 978 119 , , , 37411 978 120 1140 1140 CD 37411 978 121 Tiglath Tiglath NNP 37411 978 122 - - HYPH 37411 978 123 pileser pileser NN 37411 978 124 I -PRON- PRP 37411 978 125 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 978 126 son son NN 37411 978 127 , , , 37411 978 128 1115 1115 CD 37411 978 129 Assur Assur NNP 37411 978 130 - - HYPH 37411 978 131 bil bil NNP 37411 978 132 - - HYPH 37411 978 133 kala kala NNP 37411 978 134 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 978 135 son son NN 37411 978 136 , , , 37411 978 137 1090 1090 CD 37411 978 138 Samas Samas NNP 37411 978 139 - - HYPH 37411 978 140 Rimmon Rimmon NNP 37411 978 141 I -PRON- PRP 37411 978 142 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 978 143 brother brother NN 37411 978 144 , , , 37411 978 145 1070 1070 CD 37411 978 146 Assur Assur NNP 37411 978 147 - - HYPH 37411 978 148 irbi irbi NNP 37411 978 149 ? ? . 37411 979 1 Tiglath Tiglath NNP 37411 979 2 - - HYPH 37411 979 3 pileser pileser NN 37411 979 4 II II NNP 37411 979 5 , , , 37411 979 6 950 950 CD 37411 979 7 Assur Assur NNP 37411 979 8 - - HYPH 37411 979 9 dân dân NNP 37411 979 10 II II NNP 37411 979 11 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 979 12 son son NN 37411 979 13 , , , 37411 979 14 930 930 CD 37411 979 15 Rimmon Rimmon NNP 37411 979 16 - - HYPH 37411 979 17 nirari nirari NNP 37411 979 18 II II NNP 37411 979 19 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 979 20 son son NN 37411 979 21 , , , 37411 979 22 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 980 1 911 911 CD 37411 980 2 Tiglath Tiglath NNP 37411 980 3 - - HYPH 37411 980 4 Uras Uras NNP 37411 980 5 II II NNP 37411 980 6 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 980 7 son son NN 37411 980 8 , , , 37411 980 9 889 889 CD 37411 980 10 Assur assur JJ 37411 980 11 - - HYPH 37411 980 12 natsir natsir NN 37411 980 13 - - HYPH 37411 980 14 pal pal NN 37411 980 15 II II NNP 37411 980 16 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 980 17 son son NN 37411 980 18 , , , 37411 980 19 883 883 CD 37411 980 20 Shalmaneser Shalmaneser NNP 37411 980 21 II II NNP 37411 980 22 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 980 23 son son NN 37411 980 24 858 858 CD 37411 980 25 Assur Assur NNP 37411 980 26 - - HYPH 37411 980 27 dain dain NN 37411 980 28 - - HYPH 37411 980 29 pal pal NN 37411 980 30 ( ( -LRB- 37411 980 31 Sardanapallos Sardanapallos NNP 37411 980 32 ) ) -RRB- 37411 980 33 , , , 37411 980 34 rebel rebel NN 37411 980 35 - - HYPH 37411 980 36 king king NN 37411 980 37 825 825 CD 37411 980 38 Samas Samas NNP 37411 980 39 - - HYPH 37411 980 40 Rimmon Rimmon NNP 37411 980 41 II II NNP 37411 980 42 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 980 43 brother brother NN 37411 980 44 823 823 CD 37411 980 45 Rimmon Rimmon NNP 37411 980 46 - - HYPH 37411 980 47 nirari nirari NNP 37411 980 48 III III NNP 37411 980 49 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 980 50 son son NN 37411 980 51 810 810 CD 37411 980 52 Shalmaneser Shalmaneser NNP 37411 980 53 III III NNP 37411 980 54 781 781 CD 37411 980 55 Assur Assur NNP 37411 980 56 - - HYPH 37411 980 57 dân dân NNP 37411 980 58 III III NNP 37411 980 59 771 771 CD 37411 980 60 Assur Assur NNP 37411 980 61 - - HYPH 37411 980 62 nirari nirari NNP 37411 980 63 753 753 CD 37411 980 64 Tiglath Tiglath NNP 37411 980 65 - - HYPH 37411 980 66 pileser pileser NN 37411 980 67 III III NNP 37411 980 68 , , , 37411 980 69 Pulu Pulu NNP 37411 980 70 ( ( -LRB- 37411 980 71 Pul Pul NNP 37411 980 72 , , , 37411 980 73 Pôros Pôros NNP 37411 980 74 ) ) -RRB- 37411 980 75 , , , 37411 980 76 usurper usurper NNP 37411 980 77 745 745 CD 37411 980 78 Shalmaneser Shalmaneser NNP 37411 980 79 IV IV NNP 37411 980 80 , , , 37411 980 81 Ululâ Ululâ NNP 37411 980 82 , , , 37411 980 83 usurper usurper VB 37411 980 84 727 727 CD 37411 980 85 Sargon Sargon NNP 37411 980 86 usurper usurper NN 37411 980 87 722 722 CD 37411 980 88 Sennacherib Sennacherib NNP 37411 980 89 ( ( -LRB- 37411 980 90 Sin Sin NNP 37411 980 91 - - HYPH 37411 980 92 akhi akhi NNP 37411 980 93 - - HYPH 37411 980 94 erba erba NNP 37411 980 95 ) ) -RRB- 37411 980 96 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 980 97 son son NN 37411 980 98 705 705 NNP 37411 980 99 Esar Esar NNP 37411 980 100 - - HYPH 37411 980 101 haddon haddon NNP 37411 980 102 I I NNP 37411 980 103 ( ( -LRB- 37411 980 104 Assur Assur NNP 37411 980 105 - - HYPH 37411 980 106 akhi akhi NNP 37411 980 107 - - HYPH 37411 980 108 iddina iddina NNP 37411 980 109 ) ) -RRB- 37411 980 110 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 980 111 son son NN 37411 980 112 681 681 CD 37411 980 113 Assur Assur NNP 37411 980 114 - - HYPH 37411 980 115 bani bani NN 37411 980 116 - - HYPH 37411 980 117 pal pal NNP 37411 980 118 ( ( -LRB- 37411 980 119 Sardanapallos Sardanapallos NNP 37411 980 120 ) ) -RRB- 37411 980 121 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 980 122 son son NN 37411 980 123 668 668 CD 37411 980 124 Assur Assur NNP 37411 980 125 - - HYPH 37411 980 126 etil etil NNP 37411 980 127 - - HYPH 37411 980 128 ilani ilani NNP 37411 980 129 - - HYPH 37411 980 130 yukinni yukinni NNP 37411 980 131 his -PRON- PRP$ 37411 980 132 son son NN 37411 980 133 ? ? . 37411 981 1 Sin sin NN 37411 981 2 - - HYPH 37411 981 3 sarra sarra NNP 37411 981 4 - - HYPH 37411 981 5 iskun iskun NNP 37411 981 6 ( ( -LRB- 37411 981 7 Sarakos Sarakos NNP 37411 981 8 ) ) -RRB- 37411 981 9 ? ? . 37411 982 1 Destruction destruction NN 37411 982 2 of of IN 37411 982 3 Nineveh Nineveh NNP 37411 982 4 606 606 CD 37411 982 5 SYNCHRONISMS SYNCHRONISMS . 37411 982 6 BETWEEN between IN 37411 982 7 ASSYRIAN assyrian NN 37411 982 8 AND and CC 37411 982 9 BIBLICAL biblical NN 37411 982 10 HISTORY HISTORY NNP 37411 982 11 . . . 37411 983 1 B.C. B.C. NNP 37411 984 1 Battle Battle NNP 37411 984 2 of of IN 37411 984 3 Qarqar Qarqar NNP 37411 984 4 ; ; : 37411 984 5 Shalmaneser Shalmaneser NNP 37411 984 6 II II NNP 37411 984 7 defeats defeat VBZ 37411 984 8 Hadadezer Hadadezer NNP 37411 984 9 of of IN 37411 984 10 Damascus Damascus NNP 37411 984 11 , , , 37411 984 12 Ahab Ahab NNP 37411 984 13 of of IN 37411 984 14 Israel Israel NNP 37411 984 15 , , , 37411 984 16 & & CC 37411 984 17 c. c. NNP 37411 984 18 853 853 CD 37411 984 19 Campaigns Campaigns NNPS 37411 984 20 against against IN 37411 984 21 Hadadezer Hadadezer NNP 37411 984 22 of of IN 37411 984 23 Damascus Damascus NNP 37411 984 24 850 850 CD 37411 984 25 - - HYPH 37411 984 26 845 845 CD 37411 984 27 Campaign campaign NN 37411 984 28 against against IN 37411 984 29 Hazael Hazael NNP 37411 984 30 of of IN 37411 984 31 Damascus Damascus NNP 37411 984 32 ; ; : 37411 984 33 tribute tribute NN 37411 984 34 paid pay VBD 37411 984 35 to to IN 37411 984 36 Shalmaneser Shalmaneser NNP 37411 984 37 by by IN 37411 984 38 Jehu Jehu NNP 37411 984 39 ' ' POS 37411 984 40 the the DT 37411 984 41 son son NN 37411 984 42 of of IN 37411 984 43 Omri Omri NNP 37411 984 44 ' ' POS 37411 984 45 41 41 CD 37411 984 46 Damascus Damascus NNP 37411 984 47 captured capture VBN 37411 984 48 by by IN 37411 984 49 Rimmon Rimmon NNP 37411 984 50 - - HYPH 37411 984 51 nirari nirari NNP 37411 984 52 III III NNP 37411 984 53 ; ; : 37411 984 54 tribute tribute NN 37411 984 55 paid pay VBN 37411 984 56 by by IN 37411 984 57 Samaria Samaria NNP 37411 984 58 804 804 CD 37411 984 59 Pul Pul NNP 37411 984 60 , , , 37411 984 61 who who WP 37411 984 62 takes take VBZ 37411 984 63 the the DT 37411 984 64 name name NN 37411 984 65 of of IN 37411 984 66 Tiglath Tiglath NNP 37411 984 67 - - HYPH 37411 984 68 pileser pileser NNP 37411 984 69 III III NNP 37411 984 70 , , , 37411 984 71 usurps usurps VB 37411 984 72 the the DT 37411 984 73 throne throne NN 37411 984 74 , , , 37411 984 75 April April NNP 37411 984 76 745 745 CD 37411 984 77 War War NNP 37411 984 78 with with IN 37411 984 79 Hamath Hamath NNP 37411 984 80 ; ; : 37411 984 81 submission submission NN 37411 984 82 of of IN 37411 984 83 Uzziah Uzziah NNP 37411 984 84 ; ; : 37411 984 85 fall fall NN 37411 984 86 of of IN 37411 984 87 Arpad Arpad NNP 37411 984 88 843 843 CD 37411 984 89 - - HYPH 37411 984 90 840 840 CD 37411 984 91 Tribute Tribute NNP 37411 984 92 paid pay VBN 37411 984 93 to to IN 37411 984 94 Tiglath Tiglath NNP 37411 984 95 - - HYPH 37411 984 96 pileser pileser NNP 37411 984 97 ( ( -LRB- 37411 984 98 Pul Pul NNP 37411 984 99 ) ) -RRB- 37411 984 100 by by IN 37411 984 101 Menahem Menahem NNP 37411 984 102 of of IN 37411 984 103 Samaria Samaria NNP 37411 984 104 and and CC 37411 984 105 Rezon Rezon NNP 37411 984 106 of of IN 37411 984 107 Damascus Damascus NNP 37411 984 108 738 738 CD 37411 984 109 Damascus Damascus NNP 37411 984 110 besieged besiege VBD 37411 984 111 ; ; : 37411 984 112 the the DT 37411 984 113 tribes tribe NNS 37411 984 114 beyond beyond IN 37411 984 115 the the DT 37411 984 116 Jordan Jordan NNP 37411 984 117 carried carry VBD 37411 984 118 away away RB 37411 984 119 ; ; : 37411 984 120 Jehoahaz Jehoahaz NNP 37411 984 121 ( ( -LRB- 37411 984 122 Ahaz Ahaz NNP 37411 984 123 ) ) -RRB- 37411 984 124 of of IN 37411 984 125 Judah Judah NNP 37411 984 126 becomes become VBZ 37411 984 127 an an DT 37411 984 128 Assyrian assyrian JJ 37411 984 129 vassal vassal NN 37411 984 130 734 734 CD 37411 984 131 Pekah Pekah NNP 37411 984 132 put put VBD 37411 984 133 to to IN 37411 984 134 death death NN 37411 984 135 ; ; : 37411 984 136 Hosea Hosea NNP 37411 984 137 succeeds succeed VBZ 37411 984 138 733 733 CD 37411 984 139 ( ( -LRB- 37411 984 140 ? ? . 37411 985 1 729 729 LS 37411 985 2 ) ) -RRB- 37411 985 3 Damascus Damascus NNP 37411 985 4 captured capture VBD 37411 985 5 ; ; : 37411 985 6 Rezon Rezon NNP 37411 985 7 slain slain VBP 37411 985 8 ; ; : 37411 985 9 Ahaz Ahaz NNP 37411 985 10 at at IN 37411 985 11 Damascus Damascus NNP 37411 985 12 732 732 CD 37411 985 13 Capture Capture NNP 37411 985 14 of of IN 37411 985 15 Samaria Samaria NNP 37411 985 16 by by IN 37411 985 17 Sargon Sargon NNP 37411 985 18 722 722 CD 37411 985 19 Embassy Embassy NNP 37411 985 20 of of IN 37411 985 21 Merodach Merodach NNP 37411 985 22 - - HYPH 37411 985 23 baladan baladan NNP 37411 985 24 to to IN 37411 985 25 Hezekiah Hezekiah NNP 37411 985 26 712 712 CD 37411 985 27 Capture Capture NNP 37411 985 28 of of IN 37411 985 29 Ashdod Ashdod NNP 37411 985 30 by by IN 37411 985 31 the the DT 37411 985 32 Assyrians Assyrians NNPS 37411 985 33 711 711 CD 37411 985 34 Campaign campaign NN 37411 985 35 of of IN 37411 985 36 Sennacherib Sennacherib NNP 37411 985 37 against against IN 37411 985 38 Judah Judah NNP 37411 985 39 701 701 CD 37411 985 40 Murder murder NN 37411 985 41 of of IN 37411 985 42 Sennacherib Sennacherib NNP 37411 985 43 681 681 CD 37411 985 44 Manasseh Manasseh NNP 37411 985 45 of of IN 37411 985 46 Judah Judah NNP 37411 985 47 tributary tributary NN 37411 985 48 to to IN 37411 985 49 Esar Esar NNP 37411 985 50 - - HYPH 37411 985 51 haddon haddon NNP 37411 985 52 676 676 CD 37411 985 53 Destruction Destruction NNP 37411 985 54 of of IN 37411 985 55 Thebes Thebes NNP 37411 985 56 ( ( -LRB- 37411 985 57 No No NNP 37411 985 58 - - HYPH 37411 985 59 Amon Amon NNP 37411 985 60 ) ) -RRB- 37411 985 61 in in IN 37411 985 62 Egypt Egypt NNP 37411 985 63 by by IN 37411 985 64 the the DT 37411 985 65 Assyrians Assyrians NNPS 37411 985 66 665 665 CD 37411 985 67 Babylonian babylonian JJ 37411 985 68 invasion invasion NN 37411 985 69 of of IN 37411 985 70 Egypt Egypt NNP 37411 985 71 567 567 CD 37411 985 72 THE the DT 37411 985 73 PRINCIPAL principal NN 37411 985 74 DEITIES deity NNS 37411 985 75 OF of IN 37411 985 76 BABYLONIA BABYLONIA NNP 37411 985 77 AND and CC 37411 985 78 ASSYRIA ASSYRIA NNP 37411 985 79 . . . 37411 986 1 Arm Arm NNP 37411 986 2 ( ( -LRB- 37411 986 3 Sumerian Sumerian NNP 37411 986 4 Ana Ana NNP 37411 986 5 ) ) -RRB- 37411 986 6 , , , 37411 986 7 the the DT 37411 986 8 sky sky NN 37411 986 9 - - HYPH 37411 986 10 god god NNP 37411 986 11 of of IN 37411 986 12 Erech Erech NNP 37411 986 13 , , , 37411 986 14 and and CC 37411 986 15 wife wife NN 37411 986 16 Anat Anat NNP 37411 986 17 . . . 37411 987 1 Bel bel VB 37411 987 2 the the DT 37411 987 3 elder elder NN 37411 987 4 ( ( -LRB- 37411 987 5 Sum Sum NNP 37411 987 6 . . . 37411 988 1 Mul mul NN 37411 988 2 - - HYPH 37411 988 3 lil lil NNP 37411 988 4 or or CC 37411 988 5 El El NNP 37411 988 6 - - HYPH 37411 988 7 lil lil NNP 37411 988 8 ) ) -RRB- 37411 988 9 , , , 37411 988 10 the the DT 37411 988 11 earth earth NN 37411 988 12 - - HYPH 37411 988 13 god god NNP 37411 988 14 of of IN 37411 988 15 Nipur Nipur NNP 37411 988 16 , , , 37411 988 17 and and CC 37411 988 18 wife wife NN 37411 988 19 Beltis Beltis NNP 37411 988 20 . . . 37411 989 1 Ea Ea NNP 37411 989 2 , , , 37411 989 3 the the DT 37411 989 4 water water NN 37411 989 5 - - HYPH 37411 989 6 god god NNP 37411 989 7 of of IN 37411 989 8 Eridu Eridu NNP 37411 989 9 , , , 37411 989 10 and and CC 37411 989 11 wife wife NN 37411 989 12 Dav Dav NNP 37411 989 13 - - HYPH 37411 989 14 kina kina NNP 37411 989 15 . . . 37411 990 1 Bel Bel NNP 37411 990 2 - - HYPH 37411 990 3 Merodach Merodach NNP 37411 990 4 ( ( -LRB- 37411 990 5 Maruduk Maruduk NNP 37411 990 6 ) ) -RRB- 37411 990 7 of of IN 37411 990 8 Babylon Babylon NNP 37411 990 9 , , , 37411 990 10 the the DT 37411 990 11 son son NN 37411 990 12 of of IN 37411 990 13 Ea Ea NNP 37411 990 14 , , , 37411 990 15 and and CC 37411 990 16 wife wife NN 37411 990 17 Zarpanit Zarpanit NNP 37411 990 18 . . . 37411 991 1 Istar Istar NNP 37411 991 2 , , , 37411 991 3 the the DT 37411 991 4 goddess goddess NN 37411 991 5 of of IN 37411 991 6 the the DT 37411 991 7 evening evening NN 37411 991 8 - 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NNP 37411 993 16 Rimmon Rimmon NNP 37411 993 17 ( ( -LRB- 37411 993 18 Rammanu Rammanu NNP 37411 993 19 ) ) -RRB- 37411 993 20 or or CC 37411 993 21 Barqu Barqu NNP 37411 993 22 ( ( -LRB- 37411 993 23 Sum Sum NNP 37411 993 24 . . . 37411 994 1 Mer Mer NNP 37411 994 2 ) ) -RRB- 37411 994 3 , , , 37411 994 4 the the DT 37411 994 5 air air NN 37411 994 6 - - HYPH 37411 994 7 god god NNP 37411 994 8 . . . 37411 995 1 Uras[10 uras[10 NN 37411 995 2 ] ] -RRB- 37411 995 3 , , , 37411 995 4 the the DT 37411 995 5 warrior warrior NN 37411 995 6 - - HYPH 37411 995 7 god god NNP 37411 995 8 of of IN 37411 995 9 Nipur Nipur NNP 37411 995 10 , , , 37411 995 11 the the DT 37411 995 12 minister minister NNP 37411 995 13 of of IN 37411 995 14 the the DT 37411 995 15 elder elder JJ 37411 995 16 Bel Bel NNP 37411 995 17 . . . 37411 996 1 Nebo Nebo NNP 37411 996 2 ( ( -LRB- 37411 996 3 Nabu Nabu NNP 37411 996 4 ) ) -RRB- 37411 996 5 , , , 37411 996 6 ' ' '' 37411 996 7 the the DT 37411 996 8 prophet prophet NN 37411 996 9 ' ' '' 37411 996 10 of of IN 37411 996 11 Borsippa Borsippa NNP 37411 996 12 , , , 37411 996 13 the the DT 37411 996 14 minister minister NN 37411 996 15 of of IN 37411 996 16 Merodach Merodach NNP 37411 996 17 . . . 37411 997 1 Tasmit tasmit VB 37411 997 2 , , , 37411 997 3 ' ' '' 37411 997 4 the the DT 37411 997 5 hearer hearer NN 37411 997 6 , , , 37411 997 7 ' ' '' 37411 997 8 the the DT 37411 997 9 wife wife NN 37411 997 10 of of IN 37411 997 11 Nebo Nebo NNP 37411 997 12 . . . 37411 998 1 Nusku Nusku NNP 37411 998 2 , , , 37411 998 3 a a DT 37411 998 4 Sumerian sumerian JJ 37411 998 5 deity deity NN 37411 998 6 identified identify VBN 37411 998 7 with with IN 37411 998 8 Nebo Nebo NNP 37411 998 9 . . . 37411 999 1 Nergal Nergal NNP 37411 999 2 , , , 37411 999 3 the the DT 37411 999 4 warrior warrior NN 37411 999 5 - - HYPH 37411 999 6 god god NNP 37411 999 7 of of IN 37411 999 8 Kutha Kutha NNP 37411 999 9 . . . 37411 1000 1 Assur Assur NNP 37411 1000 2 , , , 37411 1000 3 the the DT 37411 1000 4 national national NNP 37411 1000 5 - - HYPH 37411 1000 6 god god NNP 37411 1000 7 of of IN 37411 1000 8 Assyria Assyria NNP 37411 1000 9 . . . 37411 1001 1 [ [ -LRB- 37411 1001 2 10 10 CD 37411 1001 3 ] ] -RRB- 37411 1001 4 The the DT 37411 1001 5 reading reading NN 37411 1001 6 of of IN 37411 1001 7 the the DT 37411 1001 8 name name NN 37411 1001 9 of of IN 37411 1001 10 this this DT 37411 1001 11 god god NNP 37411 1001 12 is be VBZ 37411 1001 13 doubtful doubtful JJ 37411 1001 14 . . . 37411 1002 1 It -PRON- PRP 37411 1002 2 has have VBZ 37411 1002 3 been be VBN 37411 1002 4 variously variously RB 37411 1002 5 transcribed transcribe VBN 37411 1002 6 Bar Bar NNP 37411 1002 7 , , , 37411 1002 8 Nin Nin NNP 37411 1002 9 - - HYPH 37411 1002 10 ip ip NNP 37411 1002 11 , , , 37411 1002 12 and and CC 37411 1002 13 Adar Adar NNP 37411 1002 14 , , , 37411 1002 15 the the DT 37411 1002 16 last last JJ 37411 1002 17 of of IN 37411 1002 18 which which WDT 37411 1002 19 , , , 37411 1002 20 however however RB 37411 1002 21 , , , 37411 1002 22 is be VBZ 37411 1002 23 certainly certainly RB 37411 1002 24 wrong wrong JJ 37411 1002 25 . . . 37411 1003 1 Oxford Oxford NNP 37411 1003 2 HORACE HORACE NNP 37411 1003 3 HART HART NNP 37411 1003 4 , , , 37411 1003 5 PRINTER PRINTER NNP 37411 1003 6 TO to IN 37411 1003 7 THE the DT 37411 1003 8 UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY NNP