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George Smith


Born
in London, England, The United Kingdom
March 26, 1840

Died
August 19, 1876

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George Smith was a pioneering English Assyriologist who first discovered and translated the Epic of Gilgamesh, one the oldest-known written works of literature.

Smith's earliest successes were the discoveries of two unique inscriptions early in 1867. The first, a total eclipse of the sun in the month of Sivan inscribed on Tablet K51, he linked to the spectacular eclipse that occurred on 15 June 763 BC, a description of which had been published 80 years earlier by French historian François Clément (1714–1793) in L'art de vérifier les dates des faits historiques. This discovery is the cornerstone of ancient Near Eastern chronology. The other was the date of an invasion of Babylonia by the Elamites in 2280 BC.
In 1871, Smith published Annals of
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The Chaldean Account of Gen...

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The Chaldean Account of the...

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The history of Babylonia

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Assyria from the Earliest T...

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History of Assurbanipal

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History of Sennacherib

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