Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana, and Babylonia Layard Paperback Volume 2

Early Adventures in Persia, Susiana, and BabyloniaIncluding a Residence among the Bakhtiyari and Other Wild Tribes before the Discovery of Nineveh\nAuthor(s): Austen Henry Layard\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108043434, 978-1108043434\nSynopsis\nSir Austen Henry Layard [tel] was one of the leading British archaeologists of the Victorian period. His excavations at Nimrud and Nineveh led to important discoveries about ancient Mesopotamia, particularly about the Assyrian civilisation, and his popular books such as Nineveh and its Remains [tel] brought archaeology to a wide audience. This book, first published in 1887, tells the story of an 'adventurous journey' Layard had made over forty years earlier, in 18402. He learnt Arabic and Persian and travelled widely, even among tribal peoples notorious for their lawlessness. Volume 2 opens with Layard's account of attacks by the Persian military ag.