Babylon : Mesopotamia and the birth of civilization / Paul Kriwaczek.
Kriwaczek, Paul.
2012
DS69.5 .K75 2012 (Mapit)
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Title Babylon : Mesopotamia and the birth of civilization / Paul Kriwaczek.
Author Kriwaczek, Paul.
Edition 1st U.S. ed.
ISBN 9781250000071 (alk. paper)
1250000076 (alk. paper)
Imprint New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2012.
Language English
Description viii, 310 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number DS69.5 .K75 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 935
Summary Historian Kriwaczek (Yiddish Civilization) 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.
Note First published: London : Atlantic Books, 2010.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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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