Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia
Title | Handbook to Life in Ancient Mesopotamia PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Bertman |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 410 |
Release | 2005-07-14 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0195183649 |
Modern-day archaeological discoveries in the Near East continue to illuminate man's understanding of the ancient world. This illustrated handbook describes the culture, history, and people of Mesopotamia, as well as their struggle for survival and happiness.
Mesopotamia
Title | Mesopotamia PDF eBook |
Author | Gwendolyn Leick |
Publisher | Penguin UK |
Pages | 513 |
Release | 2002-08-29 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0141927119 |
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.
Early Mesopotamia
Title | Early Mesopotamia PDF eBook |
Author | Nicholas Postgate |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 392 |
Release | 2017-07-05 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1136788638 |
The roots of our modern world lie in the civilization of Mesopotamia, which saw the development of the first urban society and the invention of writing. The cuneiform texts reveal the technological and social innovations of Sumer and Babylonia as surprisingly modern, and the influence of this fascinating culture was felt throughout the Near East. Early Mesopotamia gives an entirely new account, integrating the archaeology with historical data which until now have been largely scattered in specialist literature.
Ancient Mesopotamia
Title | Ancient Mesopotamia PDF eBook |
Author | A. Leo Oppenheim |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 494 |
Release | 2013-01-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 022617767X |
"This splendid work of scholarship . . . sums up with economy and power all that the written record so far deciphered has to tell about the ancient and complementary civilizations of Babylon and Assyria."—Edward B. Garside, New York Times Book Review Ancient Mesopotamia—the area now called Iraq—has received less attention than ancient Egypt and other long-extinct and more spectacular civilizations. But numerous small clay tablets buried in the desert soil for thousands of years make it possible for us to know more about the people of ancient Mesopotamia than any other land in the early Near East. Professor Oppenheim, who studied these tablets for more than thirty years, used his intimate knowledge of long-dead languages to put together a distinctively personal picture of the Mesopotamians of some three thousand years ago. Following Oppenheim's death, Erica Reiner used the author's outline to complete the revisions he had begun. "To any serious student of Mesopotamian civilization, this is one of the most valuable books ever written."—Leonard Cottrell, Book Week "Leo Oppenheim has made a bold, brave, pioneering attempt to present a synthesis of the vast mass of philological and archaeological data that have accumulated over the past hundred years in the field of Assyriological research."—Samuel Noah Kramer, Archaeology A. Leo Oppenheim, one of the most distinguished Assyriologists of our time, was editor in charge of the Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute and John A. Wilson Professor of Oriental Studies at the University of Chicago.
Science in Ancient Mesopotamia
Title | Science in Ancient Mesopotamia PDF eBook |
Author | Carol Moss |
Publisher | Children's Press(CT) |
Pages | 68 |
Release | 1999-03 |
Genre | Iraq |
ISBN | 9780531159309 |
Describes the enormous accomplishments of the Sumerians and Babylonians of ancient Mesopotamia in every scientific area, a heritage which affects our own everyday lives.
Myths from Mesopotamia
Title | Myths from Mesopotamia PDF eBook |
Author | Stephanie Dalley |
Publisher | Oxford Paperbacks |
Pages | 369 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 0199538360 |
The stories translated here all of ancient Mesopotamia, and include not only myths about the Creation and stories of the Flood, but also the longest and greatest literary composition, the Epic of Gilgamesh. This is the story of a heroic quest for fame and immortality, pursued by a man of great strength who loses a unique opportunity through a moment's weakness. So much has been discovered in recent years both by way of new tablets and points of grammar and lexicography that these new translations by Stephanie Dalley supersede all previous versions. -- from back cover.
Letters from Mesopotamia: Official Business, and Private Letters on Clay Tablets from Two Millennia
Title | Letters from Mesopotamia: Official Business, and Private Letters on Clay Tablets from Two Millennia PDF eBook |
Author | A. Leo Oppenheim |
Publisher | Chicago : University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | Social Science |
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