Living in ancient Mesopotamia
Bancroft-Hunt, Norman2009
eBook
Find it!
Covers the period from 4000 BCE (Sumer) and 1000 to 500 BCE (Assyria and Babylonia). It examines the day-to-day lives of ancient Mesopotamians, from kings and priests to slaves. Explores Sumerian cultural achievements from the plow to writing & beyond.
Main title:
Living in ancient Mesopotamia / by Norman Bancroft Hunt
Author:
Imprint:
New York Chelsea House 2009
Collation:
96 p. colour illustrations
Series title:
Audience:
SecondaryGeneral
Contents:
Place in history - What Mesopotamia did for us - Landscape and climate - A brief history of Mesopotamia, 6000-539 BCE - Table of major dates - The Sumerians: Expanding onto the plain - Building Southern Mesopotamia - Early village life - Invention of the wheel, 3500-3250 BC 20 - Tepe Gawra: A temple through time - The Bronze Age begins, 3500 BCE 24 - Growth of the town - The invention of writing, 5000-2000 BCE 28 - A city dwelling - An aristocrat's house - Sumerian family life-the family: Structure - Sumerian family life: Clothing and adornment - Sumerian family life: Daily food - The government of Sumer, c.2300 BCE 40 - A visit to the temple - Worshipping the gods - War gets organized - Akkad conquers Sumer - Creating order: The legacy of Hammurabi - Making new laws - Reaching for the heavens - Reading the heavens - Medicine in Mesopotamia - Mesopotamian literature - Creation and Gilgamesh - Exit from Ur - The Spread of Mesopotamian Culture - The Age of super states - Indo-Europeans occupy Mesopotamia - The rise and fall of Assyria, 1420-609 Bce - Assyrian society - The Assyrian Family - An Assyrian soldier's life - Forced migrations - Hunting-the sport of Kings - Cities of splendor and learning - New Babylonia: The Glory of Nebuchadnezzar's City - A society run by priests - Daily life in Babylon: Home and festival - The Hanging Gardens - The god Marduk - The Tower of Babel - Achaemenids, Seleucids, Arsacids, and Sassanidas- Glossary - Index.
ISBN:
9780816063376 (ebook)
Dewey class:
935 LIV
Local class:
935
Language:
English
BRN:
58340
Electronic access:
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | 935 LIV | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |