The seventh 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 seven: Assyrian revival and the struggle for Syria; Tiglath-Pileser III and the organization of the Assyrian Empire from 745 to 722 BC; Sargon of Assyria.