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Mesopotamians / Michael Kerrigan.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Ancients in their own wordsPublication details: New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, c2011.Description: 64 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 1608700666
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 935 22
LOC classification:
  • DS71 .K416 2011
Contents:
The Sargon legend -- At the god's command -- Mesopotamian medicine -- A catalog of kings -- Hammurabi's Code -- Alphabetic origins -- A permanent peace -- Sargon states his case -- Sennacherib goes to war -- The first flood -- Babylon rebuilt -- The world through Babylonian eyes -- Nebuchadnezzar's boast.
Summary: Offers insight into ancient times through the words of its peoples by featuring modern translations of written records from ancient Mesopotamia, including the Sumerian King List, the Code of Hammurabi, the Hittite-Egyptian treaty of Kadesh, and the "Epic of Gilgamesh," with examples of scripts carved into clay tablets and pillars using cuneiform letters.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 63) and index.

The Sargon legend -- At the god's command -- Mesopotamian medicine -- A catalog of kings -- Hammurabi's Code -- Alphabetic origins -- A permanent peace -- Sargon states his case -- Sennacherib goes to war -- The first flood -- Babylon rebuilt -- The world through Babylonian eyes -- Nebuchadnezzar's boast.

Library Media Connection, March 2011

Offers insight into ancient times through the words of its peoples by featuring modern translations of written records from ancient Mesopotamia, including the Sumerian King List, the Code of Hammurabi, the Hittite-Egyptian treaty of Kadesh, and the "Epic of Gilgamesh," with examples of scripts carved into clay tablets and pillars using cuneiform letters.

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