Mesopotamia (British Museum) - Softcover

Reade, Julian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 067456958X ISBN 13: 9780674569584

Publisher: British Museum Press, 2000

Synopsis

A concise, yet thorough study of early Mesopotamia before c.1500 BC. The history of this area of modern-day Syria and Iraq and the people that inhabited it are discussed alongside some wonderful photographs of objects from the British Museum collection. Mesopotamia was a leading centre for literacy and spear-headed innovation and change in the 3rd-2nd millennium BC. Julian Reade discusses the archaeological and textual evidence for early agriculture, the development of social and political complexity, the emergence of the city-states and later empires.

About this title

About the Author:

Julian Reade is an assistant keeper in the Department of Western Asiatic Antiquities in the British Museum.

Review:

An attractively illustrated account of the history of Mesopotamia from the prehistoric times to the rise of Babylon, up to 1500 B.C. Drawing on archaeology and ancient texts, [Julian Reade] describes the central position of Mesopotamia in early Western civilization. It was one of the leading centers of literacy in the world, and the development of agriculture, mathematics, and cities is often traced to this Fertile Crescent. Different cultures lived and clashed in the region, in cycles of 'alternating consolidation and disintegration.' (Paula F. Rohrlick Kliatt)

About this edition

• Publisher: British Museum Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 067456958X
• ISBN 13: 9780674569584
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 96