Mesopotamia: The Invention of the City

Mesopotamia: The Invention of the City

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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.

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Weight 0.273 kg
Dimensions 1.9 × 13 × 19.8 cm
Format
Language

Pages

400
Publisher

Year Published

2002-8-29
Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

0140265740
About The Author

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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