02454ctm a2200433 a 4500 17138113 OSt 20250616140113.0 ta 170915s2010 nyuabf b 001 0 eng 2012003104 9781250000071 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1250000076 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781429941068 (ebook) 1429941065 (ebook) (OCoLC)ocn740628621 DLC eng DLC YDX BTCTA YDXCP ZQP BDX UPZ ORX BWX CDX DLC pcc a-iq--- DS69.5 .K75 2012 935 Kri 2010 23 Kriwaczek, Paul. Babylon : Mesopotamia and the birth of civilization / by Paul Kriwaczek. New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, c2010. viii, 310 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. First published: London : Atlantic Books, 2010. Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. 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. Iraq Civilization To 634. Babylon (Extinct city) Civilization. Iraq History To 634. Babylon (Extinct city) History. Iraq Politics and government. Babylon (Extinct city) Politics and government. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg BK ddc 8047 8047 0 0 ddc 0 0 EGSTL EGSTL CIRC 2025-03-09 0 935 Kri 2010 17796 2025-06-30 00:00:00 2025-03-09 BK