TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kerrigan,Michael
TI  - Mesopotamians
T2  - Ancients in their own words
SN  - 1608700666
AV  - DS71 .K416 2011
U1  - 935 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - New York
PB  - Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
KW  - Quotations
KW  - sears
KW  - Iraq
KW  - Civilization
N1  - 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; 7.3; 5-8; Follett Library Resources
N2  - 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
ER  -