Mesopotamian Civilization
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Author | : A. Leo Oppenheim |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 494 |
Release | : 2013-01-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 022617767X |
"This splendid work of scholarship . . . sums up with economy and power all that the written record so far deciphered has to tell about the ancient and complementary civilizations of Babylon and Assyria."—Edward B. Garside, New York Times Book Review Ancient Mesopotamia—the area now called Iraq—has received less attention than ancient Egypt and other long-extinct and more spectacular civilizations. But numerous small clay tablets buried in the desert soil for thousands of years make it possible for us to know more about the people of ancient Mesopotamia than any other land in the early Near East. Professor Oppenheim, who studied these tablets for more than thirty years, used his intimate knowledge of long-dead languages to put together a distinctively personal picture of the Mesopotamians of some three thousand years ago. Following Oppenheim's death, Erica Reiner used the author's outline to complete the revisions he had begun. "To any serious student of Mesopotamian civilization, this is one of the most valuable books ever written."—Leonard Cottrell, Book Week "Leo Oppenheim has made a bold, brave, pioneering attempt to present a synthesis of the vast mass of philological and archaeological data that have accumulated over the past hundred years in the field of Assyriological research."—Samuel Noah Kramer, Archaeology A. Leo Oppenheim, one of the most distinguished Assyriologists of our time, was editor in charge of the Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute and John A. Wilson Professor of Oriental Studies at the University of Chicago.
Author | : Rupert Matthews |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2009-08-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1615312358 |
Mesopotamia, the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, was home to some of the worlds first cities and empires. This book beautifully describes the Ancient Mesopotamians, deftly combining dramatic illustrations of their myths with factual explanations about how people really lived at the time.
Author | : Daniel T. Potts |
Publisher | : A&C Black |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1997-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780485930016 |
Likely to become a standard work for students of the ancient Near East, and for those interested in the high cultures of the region, this account is also a highly accessible repository of information valuable to archaeologists, anthropologists, etc
Author | : Ariane Thomas |
Publisher | : Getty Publications |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 1606066498 |
Mesopotamia, in modern-day Iraq, was home to the remarkable ancient civilizations of Sumer, Akkad, Babylonia, and Assyria. From the rise of the first cities around 3500 BCE, through the mighty empires of Nineveh and Babylon, to the demise of its native culture around 100 CE, Mesopotamia produced some of the most powerful and captivating art of antiquity and led the world in astronomy, mathematics, and other sciences—a legacy that lives on today. Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins presents a rich panorama of ancient Mesopotamia’s history, from its earliest prehistoric cultures to its conquest by Alexander the Great in 331 BCE. This catalogue records the beauty and variety of the objects on display, on loan from the Louvre’s unparalleled collection of ancient Near Eastern antiquities: cylinder seals, monumental sculptures, cuneiform tablets, jewelry, glazed bricks, paintings, figurines, and more. Essays by international experts explore a range of topics, from the earliest French excavations to Mesopotamia’s economy, religion, cities, cuneiform writing, rulers, and history—as well as its enduring presence in the contemporary imagination.
Author | : Kathleen Kuiper Manager, Arts and Culture |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2010-08-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1615301127 |
Presents an introduction to the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia, from the earliest rise of the Sumerians to the seventh century C.E. Sasanian period, discussing the history, government, literature, religion, art, and architecture of each era.
Author | : Daniel T. Potts |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 406 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780801433399 |
Describes the material infrastructure of the civilization of Southern Mesopotamia in the third millennium BC. Examines the climate, landforms, and other conditions that enabled the area to become populated, details religious ideas and basic conditions of life, and compares contributions to Mesopotamian civilization from the East and from the West. Other subjects include agriculture and diet, kinship, mortuary practices, and functional aspects of writing and sealing. Includes many bandw drawings and maps. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author | : Guillermo Algaze |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2009-05-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0226013782 |
The alluvial lowlands of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in southern Mesopotamia are widely known as the “cradle of civilization,” owing to the scale of the processes of urbanization that took place in the area by the second half of the fourth millennium BCE. In Ancient Mesopotamia at the Dawn of Civilization, Guillermo Algaze draws on the work of modern economic geographers to explore how the unique river-based ecology and geography of the Tigris-Euphrates alluvium affected the development of urban civilization in southern Mesopotamia. He argues that these natural conditions granted southern polities significant competitive advantages over their landlocked rivals elsewhere in Southwest Asia, most importantly the ability to easily transport commodities. In due course, this resulted in increased trade and economic activity and higher population densities in the south than were possible elsewhere. As southern polities grew in scale and complexity throughout the fourth millennium, revolutionary new forms of labor organization and record keeping were created, and it is these socially created innovations, Algaze argues, that ultimately account for why fully developed city-states emerged earlier in southern Mesopotamia than elsewhere in Southwest Asia or the world.
Author | : Rupert Matthews |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Total Pages | : 50 |
Release | : 2009-08-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1404280375 |
Describes the Ancient Mesopotamians and their myths with factual explanations about how people really lived at the time.
Author | : Norman Yoffee |
Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0816532818 |
Between 1969 and 1980, Soviet archaeologists conducted excavations of Mesopotamian villages occupied from preagricultural times through the beginnings of early civilization. The results of their work were published primarily in Soviet journals and in the English-language journals Sumer and Iraq. This volume brings together translations of these Russian articles along with newly commissioned work to make the results of this research accessible for the first time to the Western world. In addition to eight articles available here for the first time in English, a concluding chapter by Norman Yoffee offers new insights on cultural interaction based on the research at hand. The research conducted by the Soviets helped transform our knowledge of the early post-Paleolithic prehistory of Mesopotamia.
Author | : Tom Head |
Publisher | : ABDO |
Total Pages | : 115 |
Release | : 2015-01-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1629693049 |
The legacy of past civilizations is still with us today. In Ancient Mesopotamia, readers discover the history and impressive accomplishments of the ancient Mesopotamians, including their extraordinary cultural achievements and technological wonders. Engaging text provides details on the civilization's history, development, daily life, culture, art, technology, warfare, social organization, and more. Well-chosen maps and images of artifacts bring the past to life. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.