"Everyday Life in Ancient Mesopotamia," based on articles
originally published in "L'Histoire" by Jean Bottero, Andre Finet,
Bertrand Lafont, and Georges Roux, presents new discoveries about
this amazing Mesopotamian culture made during the past ten years.
Features of everyday Meopotamian life highlight the new sections of
this book. Both gourmet cuisine and popular cookery used fish,
meats, fruits, vegetables, and grains, available fresh or preserved
(through methods still used today), and served with beer and wine.
While feelings toward love and sex are rarely found in personal
writings or correspondence, myths, prayers, and accounts of an
acceptance of a wide range of behaviors (despite monogamy,
prostitution flourished) argue that both were considered natural
and necessary for a happy existence.
Under law woman existed as a man's property, yet stories show
that wives frequently used beauty and wits to keep husbands in
hand, and a wife's financial holdings remained her property,
reverting to her family at her death. Women were allowed to
participate in activities that could increase this wealth and some,
pledged to the gods and shut away in group homes, were nonetheless
able to participate in lucrative business ventures. Also included
are accounts of the exceptional life of the queen and the women of
Mari, the story of the great Queen Semiramis, and chapters on
magic, medicine, and astrology.
The concluding section offers a fascinating in-depth comparison
of ancient Sumerian myths and stories similar to those found in the
Hebrew bible. The new information found in "Everyday Life in
Ancient Mesopotamia" makes a significant contribution, one that
deepens our knowledge and understanding of this great, ancient
civilization.
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