Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

by Paul Kriwaczek

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In Babylon, Paul Kriwaczek tells the story of ancient Mesopotamia from the earliest settlements around 5400 BC, to the eclipse of Babylon by the Persians in the sixth century BC. He chronicles the rise and fall of dynastic power during this period; he examines its numerous material, social and cultural innovations and inventions: The wheel, civil, engineering, building bricks, the centralized state, the division of labour, organised religion, sculpture, education, mathematics, law and monumental building.

At the heart of Kriwaczek's magisterial account, though, is the glory of Babylon - 'gateway to the gods' - which rose to glorious prominence...

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  • ISBN10 1848871562
  • ISBN13 9781848871564
  • Publish Date 1 July 2010
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 9 March 2021
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Atlantic Books
  • Edition Main - Atlantic Edition
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 320
  • Language English