| Description |
480 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 18 cm |
| Series |
Pelican books ; A828 |
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Pelican book ; A828
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| Contents |
The geographical setting -- In search of the past -- From cave to farm -- From village to city -- Birth of a civilization -- The gods of Sumer -- An age of heroes -- The early dynastic period -- Semitic interlude -- Sumerian renaissance -- The Amorites -- Hammurabi -- In the days of Hammurabi -- New peoples -- The Kassites -- Kassites, Assyrians and the oriental powers -- The time of confusion -- The rise of Assyria -- The Assyrian Empire -- The House of Sargon -- The glory of Assyria -- The scribes of Nineveh -- The Chaldaean Kings -- The splendour of Babylon -- Death of a civilization |
| Analysis |
Ancient Mesopotamia to ca 74 |
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Iraq - History |
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Mesopotamia - History |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [391]-443 |
| Subject |
Archaeology -- Iraq.
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| SUBJECT |
Iraq -- History -- To 634.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85067942
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Mesopotamia -- History
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| LC no. |
67093354 |
| ISBN |
0140208283 (paperback) |
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