Mesopotamia: The Invention of the City - Hardcover

Leick, Gwendolyn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0713991984 ISBN 13: 9780713991987

Publisher: Allen Lane, 2001

Synopsis

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.

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Review:

"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."

About the Author:

GWENDOLYN LEICK is an anthropologist and Assyriologist. She is the author of various publications on the Ancient Near East, including A Dictionary of Near Eastern Mythology and Sex & Eroticism in Mesopotamian Literature. She also acts as a cultural tour guide in the Middle East, lecturing on history, archaeology and anthropology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0713991984
• ISBN 13: 9780713991987
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400