Mesopotamia by Gwendolyn Leick
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 7000 years ago in Mesopotamia, the very first cities were created. This book reveals 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.
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.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780713991987 |
| ISBN 10 | 0713991984 |
| Title | Mesopotamia |
| Author | Gwendolyn Leick |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2001-08-30 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
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