The following tables make no pretence to finality. In Babylonian history no date before B.C. 747 can be considered absolutely fixed. In Assyrian history the Eponym Canon certainly goes back to about B.C. 893. Then scattered notices in later writers enable us to approximate to earlier dates and the varied synchronisms between Assyrian and Babylonian kings render the dates probable, as far back as the First Dynasty of Babylon. There is only one fixed date before that, the period of Sargon I., which depends on a statement of Nabonidus. The sequence of monarchs is, however, very probably correct. As knowledge increases, more names will be added to fill up the gaps, and dated documents will give the lengths of the reigns. A discussion of the grounds for the dates cannot be given here. The reader may refer to Dr. P. Rost, in the _Mittheilungen der Vorderasiatischen Gesellschaft_, 1897, No. 2, and _Orientalistische Litteratur-Zeitung_, 1900, pp. 143, 175, 212. Radau’s _Early Babylonian History_ may be consulted for the earliest dates. In the early periods, a vertical line between two names denotes that the second was son of the former. This is often all we know, but it is useful to mark the fact, as we cannot then insert other rulers between them. Names printed in capitals are either Sumerian or their true pronunciation is unknown. When these capitals are in Roman type, we know that they were kings or Patesis; when they are printed in italic, we only know that they were the parents of those whose names follow. We do not then know whether they reigned or not. For Assyrian chronology, see _Annals of the Kings of Assyria_, by Budge and King, 1902. Assyria Early Patesis, Dates Conjectural, Order Uncertain Ushpia, Ilushuma, | Irishum, _circa_ B.C. 2100 | Ikunum, Ishme-Dagan, _circa_ B.C. 1930 | Shamshi-Adad I., _circa_ B.C. 1910 Igur-kapkapu, | Shamshi-Adad II., Bêl-upaḫḫir (?), | Shamshi-Adad III. Early Kings, Dates Conjectural _circa_ B.C. Bêl-ibni, Sulili (?), Bêl-kapkapu, 1700 Ashur-bêl-nishêshu, 1500 Puzur-Ashur, 1470 Ashur-nâdin-aḫê, 1430 Ashur-uballiṭ, son, 1420 Bêl-nirari, son, 1400 Pudi-ilu, son, 1397 Adad-nirari I., son, 1395 Shulmanu-asharid (Shalmaneser) I., son, 1380 Tukulti-Ninip I., son, 1340 Ashur-nâṣir-pal I., 1330 Ashur-narara, 1300 Nabû-daian, 1295 Bêl-kudur-uṣur, 1290 Ninip-apil-esharra, 1285 Ashur-dan, son, 1260 Mutakkil-Nusku, son, 1250 Ashur-rêsh-ishi, son, 1220 Tukulti-apil-esharra (Tiglath-pileser) I., son, 1200 Ashur-bêl-kala, son, 1090 Shamshi-Adad IV., brother, 1080 Ashur-nâṣir-pal II., 1050 Erba-Adad (?), Ashur-nâdin-aḫê, Ashur-erbi, Tukulti-apil-esharra (Tiglath-pileser) II., 950 Ashur-dan II., son, 930 Adad-nirari II., son, 911 Dates Certain From Eponym Canon