The Resource Babylon : Mesopotamia and the birth of civilization, Paul Kriwaczek
Babylon : Mesopotamia and the birth of civilization, Paul Kriwaczek
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The item Babylon : Mesopotamia and the birth of civilization, Paul Kriwaczek represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Houston Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 4 library branches.
- Summary
- Historian Kriwaczek (Yiddish Civilization) brings to life the world of ancient Mesopotamia and the city of Babylon, tracing their rise from a loose federation to a monarchy to the rise of ancient Sumerian civilization, with its tales of the Great Flood and the epics of semidivine heroes such as Gilgamesh
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- viii, 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- First published: London : Atlantic Books, 2010
- Contents
-
- Lessons from the Past : an Introduction
- Kingship Descends from Heaven : The Urban Revolution Before 4000 BCE
- The City of Gilgamesh : Temple Rule between c. 4000 and 3000 BCE
- The Flood : a Caesura in History
- Big Men and Kings : The City-States, c. 3000 to 2300 BCE
- Rulers of the Four Quarters : The Bronze Heroic Age, c. 2300 to 2200 BCE
- Sumer Resurgent : The Dirigiste State, c. 2100 to 2000 BCE
- Old Babylon : The Culmination, c. 1900 to 1600 BCE
- Empire of Ashur : Colossus of the First Millennium, c. 1800 BCE to 700 BCE
- Passing the Baton : an End and a Beginning after 700 BCE
- Isbn
- 9781250000071
- Label
- Babylon : Mesopotamia and the birth of civilization
- Title
- Babylon
- Title remainder
- Mesopotamia and the birth of civilization
- Statement of responsibility
- Paul Kriwaczek
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Historian Kriwaczek (Yiddish Civilization) brings to life the world of ancient Mesopotamia and the city of Babylon, tracing their rise from a loose federation to a monarchy to the rise of ancient Sumerian civilization, with its tales of the Great Flood and the epics of semidivine heroes such as Gilgamesh
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kriwaczek, Paul
- Dewey number
- 935
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DS69.5
- LC item number
- .K75 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Iraq
- Babylon (Extinct city)
- Iraq
- Babylon (Extinct city)
- Iraq
- Babylon (Extinct city)
- Label
- Babylon : Mesopotamia and the birth of civilization, Paul Kriwaczek
- Note
- First published: London : Atlantic Books, 2010
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Lessons from the Past : an Introduction -- Kingship Descends from Heaven : The Urban Revolution Before 4000 BCE -- The City of Gilgamesh : Temple Rule between c. 4000 and 3000 BCE -- The Flood : a Caesura in History -- Big Men and Kings : The City-States, c. 3000 to 2300 BCE -- Rulers of the Four Quarters : The Bronze Heroic Age, c. 2300 to 2200 BCE -- Sumer Resurgent : The Dirigiste State, c. 2100 to 2000 BCE -- Old Babylon : The Culmination, c. 1900 to 1600 BCE -- Empire of Ashur : Colossus of the First Millennium, c. 1800 BCE to 700 BCE -- Passing the Baton : an End and a Beginning after 700 BCE
- Control code
- ocm740628621
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- viii, 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781250000071
- Lccn
- 2012003104
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)740628621
- (Sirsi) a1132235
- Label
- Babylon : Mesopotamia and the birth of civilization, Paul Kriwaczek
- Note
- First published: London : Atlantic Books, 2010
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Lessons from the Past : an Introduction -- Kingship Descends from Heaven : The Urban Revolution Before 4000 BCE -- The City of Gilgamesh : Temple Rule between c. 4000 and 3000 BCE -- The Flood : a Caesura in History -- Big Men and Kings : The City-States, c. 3000 to 2300 BCE -- Rulers of the Four Quarters : The Bronze Heroic Age, c. 2300 to 2200 BCE -- Sumer Resurgent : The Dirigiste State, c. 2100 to 2000 BCE -- Old Babylon : The Culmination, c. 1900 to 1600 BCE -- Empire of Ashur : Colossus of the First Millennium, c. 1800 BCE to 700 BCE -- Passing the Baton : an End and a Beginning after 700 BCE
- Control code
- ocm740628621
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- viii, 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781250000071
- Lccn
- 2012003104
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)740628621
- (Sirsi) a1132235
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