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Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia

The Invention of the City

by Gwendolyn Leick
Paperback
Age range: 18 to null Publication Date: 29/08/2002

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Mesopotamia, situated roughly where Iraq is today, was one of the greatest ancient civilizations. It was here that the very first cities were created, and where the familiar sights of modern urban life - public buildings and gardens, places of worship, even streets and pavements - were originally invented.This remarkable book is the first to reveal everyday life as it was in ten long-lost Mesopotamian cities, beginning with Eridu, the Mesopotamian Eden, and ending with Babylon, the first true metropolis- cosmopolitan, decadent, multicultural and the last centre of a dying civilization. Using archaeological fragments of jewellery, textiles and writings, Gwendolyn Leick paints a colourful picture of the lives of Mesopotamians - from poets and priests to business-women and divorcees - and the incredible achievements of their advanced and imaginative society.
ISBN:
9780140265743
9780140265743
Category:
Middle Eastern history
Age range:
18 to null
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
29-08-2002
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
400
Dimensions (mm):
198x129x17mm
Weight:
0.28kg

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