Babylon Mesopotamia and the birth of civilization
The author, a historian brings to life the world of ancient Mesopotamia and the city of Babylon, tracing their rise from a loose federation to a monarchy to the rise of ancient Sumerian civilization, with its tales of the Great Flood and the epics of semidivine heroes such as Gilgamesh.
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New York :
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press,
2012.
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Babylon : |b Mesopotamia and the birth of civilization / |c Paul Kriwaczek. |
| 250 | |a First U.S. edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, |c 2012. | |
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| 300 | |a viii, 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations, maps ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 500 | |a Originally published: London : Atlantic Books, 2010. | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Lessons from the past: an Introduction -- Kingship descends from heaven: the urban revolution before 4000 BCE -- The City of Gilgamesh: temple rule between c. 4000 and 3000 BCE -- The flood: a Caesura in history -- Big men and kings: the city-states, c. 3000 to 2300 BCE -- Rulers of the four quarters: the bronze heroic age, c. 2300 to 2200 BCE -- Sumer resurgent: the Dirigiste state, c. 2100 to 2000 BCE -- Old Babylon: the culmination, c. 1900 to 1600 BCE -- Empire of Ashur: colossus of the first millennium, c. 1800 BCE to 700 BCE -- Passing the baton: an end and a beginning after 700 BCE. | |
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