Ancient Iraq

by Roux, Georges

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Title Statements

Full title :Ancient Iraq / Georges Roux.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1992.
Edition:3rd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Penguin Books
Place of Publication:London
Language:und
Publication Date:1992.

The Physical Object

Description:xxi, 546 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations, maps ; : 20 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:014012523X, 9780140125238
oclc:on1014218654
LC Classification:DS71
Dewey Decimal:935

The geographical setting -- In search of the past -- From cave to farm -- From village to city -- Birth of a civilization -- The gods of Sumer -- An age of heroes -- The early dynastic period -- The Akkadians -- The great kingdom of Ur -- The Amorites -- Hammurabi -- In the days of Hammurabi -- New peoples -- The Kassites -- Kassites, Assyrians, and the Oriental powers -- The time of confusion -- The rise of Assyria -- The Assyrian Empire -- The House of Sargon -- The glory of Assyria -- The scribes of Nineveh -- The Chaldaean kings -- The splendour of Babylon -- Death of a civilization -- Epilogue.