Mesopotamia: The Invention of the City

by Gwendolyn Leick

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780140265743
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/24/2003
Pages:	384
Sales rank:	676,826
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.76(h) x 0.95(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

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.

Table of Contents

	List of Illustrations	vii
	Preface	xiii
	Note on the Text	xix
	Chronology	xxi
1	Eridu	1
2	Uruk	30
3	Shuruppak	61
4	Akkad	85
5	Ur	109
6	Nippur	141
7	Sippar	167
8	Ashur	194
9	Nineveh	218
10	Babylon	245
	Glossary	275
	Notes and References	285
	Bibliographies	309
	Index	331