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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Kriwaczek, Paul.     Subjects     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.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Kriwaczek, Paul.       by title:      Babylon : Mesopotami...         MARC Display

Babylon : Mesopotamia and the birth of civilization / Paul Kriwaczek. by Kriwaczek, Paul. New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2012. Subjects 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. ISBN:  9781250000071 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1250000076 (hardcover : alk. paper) Description:  viii, 310 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Edition:  1st U.S. ed. Contents:  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. Requests:  0 Summary:  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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status Due Date   Aiea Public Library Adult Nonfiction 935 Kr Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 935 Kr Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 935 Kriwaczek Checked out 06/28/2024 Add Copy to MyList Kailua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 935 Kr Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kaimuki Public Library Adult Nonfiction 935 Kr Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 935 Kr Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Lihue Public Library Adult Nonfiction 935 Kr Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Nonfiction 935 Kr Checked In   Add Copy to MyList Salt Lake-Moanalua Public Library Adult Nonfiction 935 Kr Checked In   Add Copy to MyList

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