‘Assyria’ : From the Rise of the Empire to the Fall of Nineveh

Zenaide Alexander Ragozin was born in Russia about 1835. She had no regular education. She studied by herself and travelled extensively in Europe, especially in Italy. In 1874 she came to the United States, where she was naturalized. She has written numerous articles for Russian and American magazines, and was a member of the American Oriental Society, the Societe Ethnologique, the Athenee Oriental of Paris and the Victoria Institute, London. Her most important writings are: The Story of Chaldea (New York, 1886); The Story of Assyria (1887); and The Story of Media, Babylon, and Persia (1888) all in the "Story of the Nations" series. They form the first three volumes of a work on the ancient history of the East, more especially in its political and religious aspect.