Gwendolyn Leick
ISBN10: 0810861828 ISBN13: 9780810861824
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Edition: 2nd
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 16 Dec 2009
The Greek name Mesopotamia means "land between the rivers." Romans used this term for the area between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, from the south Anatolian mountains ranges to the Persian Gulf, which they controlled only briefly ... More
Gwendolyn Leick
ISBN10: 0415007623 ISBN13: 9780415007627
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 08 May 2002
The present volume is intended as a general reference work for students of religious studies, anthropology and oriental studies and attempts to make the subject accessible to a wider academic audience. In view of the immense number of... More
Gwendolyn Leick
ISBN10: 0810875772 ISBN13: 9780810875777
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 26 Feb 2010
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Leick, Gwendoly Gwendolyn Leick
ISBN10: 0415353467 ISBN13: 9780415353465
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Mar 2006
1 Introduction by Gwendolyn Leick 1Pt. I Land and land use 2 The world of Babylonian countrysides by Seth Richardson 133 Land and land use : the middle Euphrates valley by Lucia Mori 394 Agricultural techniques by Blaboslav Hruska 545 Urban form... More
Gwendolyn Leick
ISBN10: 0140265740 ISBN13: 9780140265743
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 29 Aug 2002
This remarkable book is the first to reveal everyday life as it was in ten long-lost Mesopotamian cities, beginning with Eridu, the Mesopotamian Eden, and ending with Babylon, the first true metropolis: cosmopolitan, decadent, multicultural and... More
Gwendolyn Leick
ISBN10: 0415065348 ISBN13: 9780415065344
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 13 Oct 1994
List of plates Preface Acknowledgements Notes for non-Assyriologist readers Abbreviations Chronological chart Map Introduction 1Pt. I The Sumero-Akkadian tradition of the third and early second millennia 1 The Cosmological... More
Gwendolyn Leick
ISBN10: 0415253152 ISBN13: 9780415253154
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 12 Sep 2002
This new survey introduces the people and the reality behind the popular myth of Babylon. It explores the social, historical, geographical and cultural context in which this extraordinary civilization flourished for so many centuries. More
Gwendolyn Leick
ISBN10: 0415002400 ISBN13: 9780415002400
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 08 Sep 1988
A comprehensive survey of a whole range of ancient Near Eastern architecture showing the development of the principal styles within their geographical and historical context. This Dictionary gives a comprehensive survey of the whole range of... More
Gwendolyn Leick
ISBN10: 0415198119 ISBN13: 9780415198110
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Oct 1998
Gwendolyn Leick has compiled a guide to the little-known world of ancient mythology. These easy-to-read entries contain fascinating detail and provide cross-referencing for the specialist reader. Its wide-ranging bibliography makes use of hard-to... More
Gwendolyn Leick
ISBN10: 0415497833 ISBN13: 9780415497831
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Routledge
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 19 Dec 2008
Historicized by the New Testament as a centre of decadence and corruption, Babylon and its surrounding region was in fact a rich and complex civilization, responsible for the invention of the dictionary and laying the foundations of modern science. More
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