Bibliograph

Babylon, Mesopotamia and the birth of civilization, Paul Kriwaczek

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Babylon, Mesopotamia and the birth of civilization, Paul Kriwaczek

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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mapsillustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Babylon

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

740628621

Responsibility statement

Paul Kriwaczek

Sub title

Mesopotamia and the birth of civilization

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

Table Of Contents

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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