Tiglath pileser i biography of abraham lincoln

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INSCRIPTION OF TIGLATH-PILESER I

KING OF ASSYRIA

TRANSLATED BY THE EDITOR

This inscription of Tiglath-Pileser I. is the longest and most important of the early Assyrian records that have come down to us.

The genealogical details given in it are of great value for determining the chronology and succession of the earlier monarchs of Assyria, while the description of the campaigns of the king throws a brilliant and unexpected light on the ancient geography of Western Asia.

To the geographer, indeed, the care with which Tiglath-Pileser enumerates the countries he overran and the cities he sacked is of inestimable importance. A new chapter has been added to the history of ancient geography, and we now possess a fairly complete map of the districts north and north-west of Assyria before the overthrow of the Hittite power had brought with it revolution and change.

We find geographical names of similar form stretching westwards from the neighbourhood of Lake Van to the confines