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MESOPOTAMIAMESOPOTAMIARELATED TITLES & PRODUCTS

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What's Inside:
  • Cradle of Civilization
  • Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and More
  • Day-to-Day Life
  • Gods and Demons
  • The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
  • Accomplishments of the Mesopotamians
  • The Legendary Gilgamesh and the Origins of Writing
  • How We Know What We Know
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  • MAPS
  • LEXILE® READING LEVEL: 1040L

 

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"In the heart of modern-day Iraq, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, lies a dry, flat, hot plain with little to attract a casual tourist. But buried under sandy mounds on this vast plain are the remains of Mesopotamia, "the land between two rivers." Scholars call Mesopotamia "the cradle of civilization" because it was there that the first cities grew from infancy to magnificent maturity. Before. . . "
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CHILDREN'S BOOKS
  • Slavery in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. By, Jacqueline Dembar Greene, Rebound by Sagebrush, 2001.
  • Mesopotamia: The Invention of the City. By Gwendolyn Leick, Penguin Books, 2003.
  • Mesopotamia Before History. By Petr Charvat, Routledge, 2002.
  • Ancient Voices, The Birth Of Civilization (A History Of The Mesopotamian World). By Robert A. Guisepi, International Civilization Series Press, 2004.
ADULT BOOKS
  • The Heavenly Writing : Divination, Horoscopy, and Astronomy in Mesopotamian Culture. By Francesca Rochberg, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
  • Mesopotamia: The Invention of the City. By Gwendolyn Leick, Penguin Books, 2003.
  • The Ancient Mesopotamian City. By Marc Van De Mieroop, Oxford University Press, 1999.
  • Archaeology of Mesopotamia: Theories and Approaches. By Roger Matthews, Routledge, 2003.
  • The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts. By A. R. George, Oxford University Press, 2003.
WEBSITES
  • The British Museum - Assyria, Babylonia and Sumer: www.mesopotamia.co.uk
  • History Link - Mesopotamia: www.historylink101.com/ancient_mesopotamia.htm
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
  • Detroit Institute of Arts - Ancient Art from Mesopotamia:
    www.dia.org/collections/ancient/mesopotamia/mesopotamia.html
  • Michael C. Carlos Museum's Ancient Near Eastern Art (Atlanta, GA): www.carlos.emory.edu/COLLECTION/NEAREAST/