books about: mesopotamia     books:     Mesopotamia      Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary Jeremy Black, Anthony Green University of Texas Press, 1992 An excellent reference dictionary Even though I have read a number of books about ancient Mesopotamia, many of which are focussed on political and economic history rather than on beliefs and religious practices, I am was still very confused about who were the principal gods and goddesses, during what ...             Murder in Mesopotamia: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Agatha Christie Collection) Agatha Christie Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2007 Mesopotamian Madness I read this book when I was just a boy, barely old enough to speak the word "Mesopotamia." In retrospect, I wonder why American publishers carried over Christie's British title unchanged, when they seemed to have so little faith in us so often that every other title ...             Life in Ancient Mesopotamia (Peoples of the Ancient World) Shilpa Mehta-Jones Crabtree Publishing Company, 2004 Don't let the cover fool you. Don't let the cover of this book fool you. The lovely cover makes this book look like a high school or college text, but upon opening it you will find it appeals to a younger crowd. Their are lovely pictures and illustrations. The text is succinct and relatively ...             The Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East (Cultural Atlas of) Michael Roaf Facts on File, 1990 Good overview of the "Cradle of Civilization" This atlas covers the historical development of the ancient Near East (with an emphasis on ancient Mesopotamia) from Paleolithic times to the conquest of the Persian empire by Alexander the Great. Michael Roaf does an excellent job of illustrating the book with color ...             Mesopotamia (DK Eyewitness Books) John Farndon DK CHILDREN, 2007 Great for homeschooling This book is great. I use it for homeschooling my children along with The Great Courses DVD course "Between the Rivers: Mesopotamia". It is easy to match each lecture and the page number that it correlates to in this DK book. As usual, the photography is fantastic. ...             Ancient Mesopotamia: The Sumerians, Babylonians, And Assyrians (People of the Ancient World) Virginia Schomp Childrens Press, 2005 Lovely. Very lovely, informative, entertaining, elegant, delightful. Practically a mini-encyclopedia in one volume, covering the major aspects of the Mesopotamian civilization. I just loved it from cover to cover. Get it right away!             Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization A. Leo Oppenheim, Erica Reiner University Of Chicago Press, 1977 Classic Introduction Georges Roux's outstanding book on ancient Iraq - which opens my eyes - seems amateurish compared to this one - probably the single best introduction to ancient Mesopotamia written in the English language. Iraq's civilization is interesting for two reasons. From a ...             Historical Atlas of Ancient Mesopotamia (Historical Atlas) Norman Bancroft Hunt Checkmark Books, 2004 I love this book I have a number of historical atlases. I prefer larger books and this is a large sized book. The book tries to cover a lot of time. From -6000 BC to 700 AD. At present I am only half way through (around 700 BC). The first part of the book covers the first ...             Religion in Ancient Mesopotamia Jean Bottero University Of Chicago Press, 2004 Excellent introduction. This book is an excellent introduction to religion in ancient Mesopotamia. It is clear, straightforward and written with a minimum of academic jargon. I would go so far as to say it is easy to read, not common for books of this type. The author makes clear points, ...             Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others (Oxford World's Classics) Oxford University Press, USA, 1998 This is the one scholars quote from . . . A collection of the major Mesopotamian myths translated by a respected scholar. This is an excellent source for those desiring an authoritative translation. Even so, these myths can be somewhat awkward to read given Dalley's use of square brackets to indicate gaps in ...             Beer: A History of Suds and Civilization from Mesopotamia to Microbreweries Gregg Smith Avon Books (P), 1995 What a book... Mr. Gregg Smith loves beer. He loves the history of beer, he loves the brewing of beer, and he loves the people who brew the beer. He guides us on the journey of time and space, from the birth of beer with the first hunter and gathers who loved it so much that they ...             Mesopotamia Gwendolyn Leick Penguin (Non-Classics), 2003 The Tale of Ten Cities Mesopotamia: The Invention of the City by Gwendolyn Leick is a book only a history major could fall in love with. But even non-history majors can enjoy it. The book is ten chapters, each chapter a detailed history of one city, using archaeological information in the ...             The Looting of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad: The Lost Legacy of Ancient Mesopotamia Milbry Polk, Angela M.H. Schuster Harry N. Abrams, 2005 The Looting of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad This gorgeously illustrated and very detailed guide to the cultural atrocoties committed in April of 2003 is a masterpiece of literature. I am very glad that someone took the time to make a wonderful guide to this event. Flipping through the pages and looking at the ...             Mesopotamia: Assyrians, Sumerians, Babylonians (Dictionaries of Civilizations) Enrico Ascalone University of California Press, 2007 A Great Layman's Introduction to Ancient Mesopotamia This book is an introduction to ancient Mesopotamia with heavy emphasis on the art of the region. It is aimed for the armchair archaeologist and is not written for a professional in the field. The book contains a variety of short (one or two page) topics with one ...             The Oldest Cuisine in the World: Cooking in Mesopotamia Jean Bottero University Of Chicago Press, 2004 Culinary historians, take note! This is a wonderful piece of scholarship, with a practical purpose. To my knowledge, this is a group of some of the earliest recipes ever translated. I have Apicius, and have done some of the recipes in it, but this takes culinary history back at least 1000 years ...          products you might be interested in search for books civilization, civilizations, dictionaries, illustrated, mesopotamia, microbreweries      geepe.com    web we recommend A Great Layman's Introduction to Ancient Mesopotamia randomly chosen book: Paddington Pocket Library (Paddington)