Mesopotamia: The Mighty Kings

by Time-Life Books

Book Overview

Down through the centuries, travelers hurried across the bleak deserts of Syria and Iraq little knowing that, only a few yards off the beaten track, cities that had once loomed over a green, fertile landscape now lay buried under blank, enigmatic mounds of earth. To the uninformed eye the skeletons of glittering royal palaces and towering temples would have been barely detectable in the glare of the punishing sun. French archaeologist Andr Parrot,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809490412
• ISBN13: 9780809490417
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Time Life Medical
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.3" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 16 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 11 and higher

Customer Reviews

Mesopotamia: The Mighty Kings

This is an excellent book of interest to scholars and average readers. The illustrations are fabulous, the writing excellent, the choice of subject matter interesting, and the contributers are proven scholars.

A solid book with many wonderful stories

Although the title focuses on kings, the book actually provides a brief history of the great empires of Iraq from 2000 BC to 600 BC. I enjoyed the many stories about the many kings who shaped the ancient history of Iraq. Unfortunately, the book does not do justice to the many great kings who lived prior to 2000 BC.