Between two rivers ancient Mesopotamia and the birth of history
"Thousands of years ago, in a part of the world we now call ancient Mesopotamia, people began writing things down for the very first time. What they left behind, in a vast region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, preserves leaps in human ingenuity, like the earliest depiction of a wheel and t...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
W.W. Norton and Company,
2025.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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| Summary: | "Thousands of years ago, in a part of the world we now call ancient Mesopotamia, people began writing things down for the very first time. What they left behind, in a vast region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, preserves leaps in human ingenuity, like the earliest depiction of a wheel and the first approximation of pi.... the world's first cities, the first writing system, early seeds of agriculture, and groundbreaking developments in medicine and astronomy"-- |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 327 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-318) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781324036425 1324036427 |
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