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The Babylonians [electronic resource]

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Gwendolyn Leick's approachable survey introduces the Babylonians, the people, the culture and the reality behind the popular myth of Babylon. Spanning some 1800 years in the history of the Babylonians, from the time of Hammurabi, famous for his Law-Code, to the time when Alexander's heirs ruled the Near East, Leick examines how archaeological discoveries and cuneiform tablets recovered from Babylonian cities allow us an impression of the Babylonian people and their society, their intellectual and spiritual preoccupations.Exploring the lives of kings and merchants, women and sl

Title The Babylonians [electronic resource] : An Introduction
Publisher Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
Creation Date 2002
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
English
Content BOOK COVER
TITLE
COPYRIGHT
CONTENTS
1 Setting the scene
2 History
3 Society and economy
4 Religion
5 Material culture
Notes
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Index
Series Peoples of the Ancient World
Extent 1 online resource (189 p.)
Language English
National Library system number 997010708400105171
MARC RECORDS
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