The Babylonians: An Introduction / Edition 1

by Gwendolyn Leick

Overview

Gwendolyn Leick's approachable survey introduces the Babylonians, the people, the culture and the reality behind the popular myth of Babylon.

Spanning some 1800 years in the history of the Babylonians, from the time of Hammurabi, famous for his Law-Code, to the time when Alexander's heirs ruled the Near East, Leick examines how archaeological discoveries and cuneiform tablets recovered from Babylonian cities allow us an impression of the Babylonian people and their society, their intellectual and spiritual preoccupations.

Exploring the lives of kings and merchants, women and slaves, and the social, historical, geographical and cultural context in which their extraordinary civilization flourished for so many centuries, The Babylonians has provided scholars and students with a dazzling new insight into this fascinating world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415253154
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/12/2002
Series:	Peoples of the Ancient World
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	188
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

List of figures, Introduction, 1 Setting the scene, 2 History, 3 Society and economy, 4 Religion, 5 Material culture, Notes, Bibliography, Index

Editorial Reviews

'A well-referenced work for beginners ... These new and updated texts breathe new life into the field.'- Journal of the Oxford University History Society

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