Ancient Iraq : Roux, Georges, 1914- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive (original) (raw)

xxi, 546 pages : 20 cm

A history of the politics, economics, and culture of ancient Mesopotamia, from prehistoric times to the dawn of the Christian era, surveying the shared civilization of Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, and Assyrian empires

Includes bibliographical references (pages 433-498) and index

The geographical setting -- In search of the past -- From cave to farm -- From village to city -- Birth of a civilization -- The gods of Sumer -- An age of heroes -- The early dynastic period -- The Akkadians -- The great kingdom of Ur -- The Amorites -- Hammurabi -- In the days of Hammurabi -- New peoples -- The Kassites -- Kassites, Assyrians, and the Oriental powers -- The time of confusion -- The rise of Assyria -- The Assyrian Empire -- The House of Sargon -- The glory of Assyria -- The scribes of Nineveh -- The Chaldaean kings -- The splendour of Babylon -- Death of a civilization -- Epilogue

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