Mesopotamia

By Julian Reade and Julian Read

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714121819
• ISBN13: 9780714121819
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: British Museum Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.4" x 9.7"