The eighth of a thirteen volume history of Egypt and the surrounding civilizations. This volume continues a treatment of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria by G. Maspero, translated by M.L. McClure, and edited by A.H. Sayce. The set is spectacularly illustrated with over twelve hundred plates and illustrations. Contents of volume eight: Sennacherib (705-681 BC); Power of Assyria at its zenith - Esarhaddon and Assur-Bani-Pal; The Medes and the Second Chaldean Empire.