TY - BOOK N2 - 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. AB - 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. T1 - Babylon :Mesopotamia and the birth of civilization / DA - 2012. CY - New York : AU - Kriwaczek, Paul. ET - 1st U.S. ed. CN - DS69.5 CN - DS69.5 PB - Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, PP - New York : PY - 2012. N1 - First published: London : Atlantic Books, 2010. ID - 435267 SN - 9781250000071 (alk. paper) SN - 1250000076 (alk. paper) TI - Babylon :Mesopotamia and the birth of civilization / ER -