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The A to Z of Mesopotamia (Paperback)
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The A to Z of Mesopotamia (Paperback)
Series: The A to Z Guide Series
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The Greek name Mesopotamia means "land between the rivers." The
Romans used this term for an area that they controlled only briefly
(between 115 and 117 A.D.): the land between the Euphrates and
Tigris rivers, from the south Anatolian mountains ranges to the
Persian Gulf. It comprises the civilizations of Sumer and Akkad
(third millennium B.C.) as well as the later Babylonian and
Assyrian empires of the second and first millennium. Although the
"history" of Mesopotamia in the strict sense of the term only
begins with the inscriptions of Sumerian rulers around the 27th
century B.C., the foundations for Mesopotamian civilization,
especially the beginnings of irrigation and the emergence of large
permanent settlements, were laid much earlier, in the fifth and
fourth millennium. The A to Z of Mesopotamia defines concepts,
customs, and notions peculiar to the civilization of ancient
Mesopotamia, from adult adoption to ziggurats. This is accomplished
through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography,
appendixes, and hundreds of cross-reference dictionary entries on
religion, economy, society, geography, and important kings and
rulers.
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