Mesopotamia

Gwendolyn Leick

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Author
Gwendolyn Leick
Publish Date
2003-06-24
Book Type
Paperback
Publisher Name
Penguin Publishing Group
Subtitle
The Invention of the City
Number of Pages
384
Edition
Illustrated
ISBN-10
0140265740
ISBN-13
9780140265743
SKU
9780140265743

Description

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.