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Situated in an area roughly corresponding to present-day Iraq, Mesopotamia is one of the great, ancient civilizations, though it is still relatively unknown. Yet, over 7,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, the very first cities were created. This is the first book to reveal how life was lived in ten Mesopotamian cities: from Eridu, the Mesopotamian Eden, to that potent symbol of decadence, Babylon - the first true metropolis: multicultural, multi-ethnic, the last centre of a dying civilization.
| ISBN | 0140265740 | | Pages | 384 | | ISBN13 | 9780140265743
(What's this?) | | Part volume | The Invention of the City | | Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd | | Volumes | 1 | | Imprint | Penguin Books Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 288 | | Format | Paperback | | Published in | London | | Publication date | 29 Aug 2002 | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Non-book description | book | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Library of Congress | DS69.5.L45 | | Spine width (mm) | 18 | | DEWEY | 935 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| | | List of Illustrations | | | | | | Preface | | | | | | Note on the Text | | | | | | Chronology | | | | 1 | | Eridu | | 1 | | 2 | | Uruk | | 30 | | 3 | | Shuruppak | | 61 | | 4 | | Akkad | | 85 | | 5 | | Ur | | 109 | | 6 | | Nippur | | 141 | | 7 | | Sippar | | 167 | | 8 | | Ashur | | 194 | | 9 | | Nineveh | | 218 | | 10 | | Babylon | | 245 | | | | Glossary | | 275 | | | | Notes and References | | 285 | | | | Bibliographies | | 309 | | | | Index | | 331 |
"As Leick convincingly shows, Mesopotamian antiquity has as much interest as, and even greater importance than, Egypt; and her welcome book helps redress the balance of knowledge in its direction."  Be the first to write a customer review
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