This is the first book-length study of the Akkadian period of Mesopotamian history, which saw the rise and fall of the world's first empire during over a century of extraordinary political, social, and cultural innovation. It draws together over 40 years of research by one of th…
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Ch. 1. Beginnings, modern and ancient -- ch. 2. Early city states and empires -- ch. 3. The age of Hammurabi -- ch. 4. A Babylonian nation-state -- ch. 5. The Assyrian achievement -- ch. 6. Babylon and her empire -- ch. 7. Mesopotamia between two worlds -- ch. 8. Iraq between Ir…
