title: A History of Babylonia and Assyria
text: # A History of Babylonia and Assyria
  
  A History of Babylonia and Assyria is a two volume non-fiction work written by Robert William Rogers and originally published in 1900 or 1901 by Eaton & Mains of New York City. It went through successive rewrites that updated the work and the sixth edition was published in 1915 by Abingdon Press.
  
  ## Overview
  
  The two volumes are parceled into four books:
  
      Book 1: " Prolegomena, or Discoveries and Decipherments, Sources, Lands, Peoples, and Chronology of Babylonian History;"
      Book 2: "History of Babylonia;"
      Book 3: "History of Assyria;"
      Book 4: "History of the Chaldean Empire."
  
  By 1915 a "largely rewritten" sixth edition was published.
  
  ## About the author
  
  Robert William Rogers (PH.D, DD., LLD.) was a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. When he wrote this two volume work, he was a Professor in Drew Theological Seminary in Madison, New Jersey. He published several works including, The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, Especially in Its Relations with Israel. A lecture series by him was also published in 1931.
  
  