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1.18 to 1.20

Imperialisms, Ancient and Modern, The Collapse of Assyria (616-607 B.C.) 1.18-20

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In the eighteenth year [608-607]: In the month Ulûlu [August/September] the king of Babylonia mustered his army. . . . . Let the one who loves [the gods] Nab� and Marduk keep this tablet and not let it stray into other hands. (From A.K. Grayson, Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles (1975). The original post is at Livius -Articles on Ancient History .)