Book Series: Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia

By L. Delaporte

The governor had a right to pasturage, to firstfruits on the harvest and hay, and to requisition men, animals, and chariots, for the levy, maintenance of canals, fords, and roads. The exemptions granted by the king, in remitting these ...

Mesopotamia: The World's Earliest Civilization

By Britannica Educational Publishing

Celebrated for numerous developments in the areas of law, writing, religion, and mathematics, Mesopotamia has been immortalized as the cradle of civilization.

Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins

By Timothy Potts, Ariane Thomas

Mesopotamia, in modern-day Iraq, was home to the remarkable ancient civilizations of Sumer, Akkad, Babylonia, and Assyria.

Mesopotamia: The Invention of the City

By Gwendolyn Leick

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 ...

Mesopotamia

By Serhiĭ Z︠H︡adan

"--Gary Shteyngart, author of Little Failure and Absurdistan This captivating book is Serhiy Zhadan's ode to Kharkiv, the traditionally Russian-speaking city in Eastern Ukraine where he makes his home.

Mesopotamia

By Arthur Nersesian

“Okay, Evil Elvis, give me a 'Hound Dog,'” she said dolefully. Suddenly the little boy, who couldn't've been older than four, silently started mouthing something. “Do it loud so the nice lady can hear you.” In his tiny whiny voice, ...

Mesopotamia

By Enrico Ascalone, Juan Vivanco

Con Roma y Mesopotamia abrimos una nueva serie en la colección “Los Diccionarios del Arte” dedicada a las Civilizaciones Antiguas.

Mesopotamia: The Old Assyrian Period

By K. R. Veenhof, Jesper Eidem

But in spite of the traditions embodied in the beginning of the Assyrian King List ( AKL ) , 2 its mention of Ušpia ( no . 16 ) , remembered as early builder of the temple of Aššur , 3 and ...

Mesopotamia: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Mesopotamian History and Civilizations, Including the Sumerians and Sumerian Mythology, Gilgamesh, Ur, Assyrians, Babylon,...

By Captivating History

Mesopotamia: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Mesopotamian History and Civilizations, Including the Sumerians and Sumerian Mythology, Gilgamesh, Ur, Assyrians, Babylon, Hammurabi and the Persian Empire -- If you want to discover the ...

Mesopotamia: The Invention of the City

By Gwendolyn Leick

More than seven thousand years ago, the first urban civilization began in Mesopotamia, in an area corresponding to present-day Iraq. This remarkable book is the first to reveal everyday life as it was in ten long-lost Mesopotamian cities.

Mesopotamia

By Jane Shuter

Explores the history of the Sumerians of Mesopotamia through archaelogical discoveries.

Mesopotamia: Writing, Reasoning, and the Gods

By Jean Bottéro

Our ancestors, the Mesopotamians, invented writing and with it a new way of looking at the world. In this collection of essays, the French scholar Jean Bottero attempts to go back to the moment which marks the very beginning of history.

Mesopotamia: Inventing Our World

By Clemens Reichel

Mesopotamia: Inventing Our World

Mesopotamia

By Colin Hynson

Glazed pottery What does it tell us ? This piece of Mesopotamian pottery , from about the eighth or seventh century B.C. , shows us that Mesopotamians made clay pots on a potter's wheel . It also shows us that the Mesopotamians had ...

Mesopotamia

By Sherman Hollar Associate Editor, Comptons by Britannica

Presents a history of ancient Mesopotamia and discusses the accomplishments and culture of its people.

Mesopotamia: a Captivating Guide to Ancient Mesopotamian History and Civilizations, Including the Sumerians and Sumerian Mythology, Gilgamesh, Ur, Assyrians, Babylon,...

In part 3 of this book, you will: Get a sense of how Ur came to existence, how it grew, reached its zenith, fell, re-rose, and ultimately perished until it reemerged a little over a century and a half ago Learn of its history, laden with ...