Ancient Mesopotamia - Portrait of a Dead Civilization (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)

"This splendid work of scholarship . . . sums up with economy and power all that the written record so far deciphered has to tell about the ancient and complementary civilizations of Babylon and Assyria."--Edward B. Garside, "New York Times Book Review"
Ancient Mesopotamia--the area now called Iraq--has received less attention than ancient Egypt and other long-extinct and more spectacular civilizations. But numerous small clay tablets buried in the desert soil for thousands of years make it possible for us to know more about the people of ancient Mesopotamia than any other land in the early Near East.
Professor Oppenheim, who studied these tablets for more than thirty years, used his intimate knowledge of long-dead languages to put together a distinctively personal picture of the Mesopotamians of some three thousand years ago. Following Oppenheim's death, Erica Reiner used the author's outline to complete the revisions he had begun.
"To any serious student of Mesopotamian civilization, this is one of the most valuable books ever written."--Leonard Cottrell, "Book Week"
"Leo Oppenheim has made a bold, brave, pioneering attempt to present a synthesis of the vast mass of philological and archaeological data that have accumulated over the past hundred years in the field of Assyriological research."--Samuel Noah Kramer, "Archaeology"
A. Leo Oppenheim, one of the most distinguished Assyriologists of our time, was editor in charge of the "Assyrian Dictionary" of the Oriental Institute and John A. Wilson Professor of Oriental Studies at the University of Chicago.

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	1977
First published:	September 1977
Authors:	A.Leo Oppenheim
Dimensions:	203 x 134 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	445
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-63187-5
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > BC to 500 CE, Ancient & classical world Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > BCE to 500 CE > Ancient Near East Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > BCE to 500 CE > Ancient Near East Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Promotions
LSN:	0-226-63187-7
Barcode:	9780226631875

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