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The Enchanting Story of Ancient Mesopotamia
Have you ever wanted to learn more about where the first civilizations appeared? Or maybe more about the land between the great Tigris and Euphrates Rivers known as Mesopotamia? This book will explore the rise and fall of empires, prosperous ancient cities, and mighty rulers.
The Great Mesopotamian Societies and Kings
Discover the great ancient empires of Sumeria, Assyria, Babylonia, and Persia. Explore their customs, laws, beliefs, literature, art, and music. Meet monarchs like Gilgamesh, Nebuchadnezzar II, and Hammurabi, and learn how they helped develop society.
The People, Cities, Cultures, and Contributions
Learn about Eridu, the ancient Sumerian city dating back to 5400 BCE that was one of the first cities in the world. Get to know the Akkadians, Hittites, Assyrians, Babylonians, and many other people groups of ancient Mesopotamia. We unveil their cultures, traditions, religions, and contributions in the pages of this book.
Explore a Region Shrouded in Mystery
And read the enthralling tales of ancient Mesopotamia!
You may have heard the names Larsa, Sippar, Uruk, Kish, Ur, and Nippur before, but how much do you really know about them? This book will cover their rulers’ legendary exploits. It will also go over the Epic of Gilgamesh, which is one of the earliest pieces of literature in human history.
Discover the world’s first empire–the Akkadian Empire–and read about its founder, King Sargon I. Learn how it transitioned through the rule of the Sumerians, the Elamites, and then the Assyrians.
You will also become acquainted with Hammurabi, the king of Babylon, who gave the world the best-preserved law code from this time in history. Turn the pages of centuries past and learn about Cyrus the Great, Darius I, and Xerxes I of the great Persian Empire.
Hop on for an adventure into ancient Mesopotamia. Get your copy today!
In this book about Ancient Mesopotamia, you will find:
- The exciting tales of ancient Mesopotamia’s dynasties, cities, and prominent rulers
- The interesting mythology, cosmetology, architecture, and everyday life of the ancient people
- The conquests and warfare that took place, including the famous Battle of Opis
- An in-depth analysis of Hammurabi’s famous law code
- And much more!
Mrs Elaine Coombes –
Brilliant book giving understandable background to the different empires, timelines and even the myths of these wonderful empires. The best interpretation of the epic of Gilgamesh I have read to date. My initial interest was in Assyria but then I wanted to learn the lead up to the Assyrian empire to fully understand how they came into being. This gives you a very good understanding of how these empires came to be leading you to research deeper into each of these and others empires in the surrounding areas of Mesopotamia. Highly recommend.
jacqueline –
A lot to take in. Great reference book.
Hazel Bell –
Lacking photography it is a real shameOnly looked through the book quickly, it seems the content is inclusive and interesting
Amazon Customer –
easy written enjoyable but don’t bet on dates and accuracy
John Ferngrove –
I thought I’d give this ‘captivating history’ set a go as, at the price, it would be no great loss if it turned out to be inferior. But as another reviewer says they don’t really amount to history. The historical components are presented as a great wedge of facts, names, dates, places, with only approximate organisation, but then no treatment at all as to the how and why underlying those facts. Why did civilisation begin at Sumer? Because the Mesopotamian alluvial plain provided a basis for agriculture productive enough to produce a food surplus, etc. These kind of process aspects are entirely missing. The mythological aspects are interesting but presented rather haphazardly as though the author has just dumped the content of his memory ontpo paper and not taken to time to make it coherent. The books might be useful as reference works for things like King lists and dynasties, but only if you had grounded your understanding in more serious and systematic history texts. As i half suspected from the price the idea of ‘captivating history’ books is just too good to be true.
Rackham ranter –
Disappointingly simplistic book and very poorly presented in terms of the images and maps which are faint freestyle and much too small. Images are credited as having been lifted from wikipedia, not their original source. I agree the text is superficial. Cant recomend it at all.
Mrs L V McGarvie –
This was a gift to my hubby, he has a big interest in this subject and is thoroughly enjoying this book so far. Alot thicker than I expected and full of information.
Michèle S. L. P. –
Mesopotamia: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Mesopotamian History and Civilizations…
Beaucoup d’information. Illustrations are all in black & white and not of very good quality.
fernando p. –
Conteúdo ótimo.
Como o livro aborda várias civilizações antigas acaba sendo um resumo de cada época. O livro não é ruim, mas quem quer uma abrangência maior deve procurar obras que focam em uma civilização especifica o que não é a proposta desse livro. Porém não tenho nada do que reclamar, estou muito satisfeito.O produto em é excelente com capa dura e páginas bem claras.
Michael Jackson –
Good so far
Haven’t read the whole thing, but It seems very good. Clear and easy to follow along