Georgetown Peabody Library

Ancient Mesopotamia, Erica C.D. Hunter

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

index present

non fiction

Ancient Mesopotamia

bibliography

144991015

Erica C.D. Hunter

Cultural atlas for young people

Text, maps, illustrations, charts, tables, and chronologies depict the history, society, and political life of ancient Mesopotamia

Physical background -- Archaeology in West Asia -- Early peoples (to 11,000 B.C.E.) -- Mesopotamian sites - Shanidar -- Early village life -- First farmers (11,000-9300 B.C.E.) -- Animals in daily life -- Technology and trade -- Art of pottery -- First civilization (7000-4000 B.C.E.) -- Mesopotamian sites - tell Madhhur -- Birth of the city (4000-3000 B.C.E.) -- Mesopotamian sites - Uruk -- Cylinder seals -- Writing -- Sumerian city-states (3000-2350 B.C.E.) -- Mesopotamian sites - Nippur and Ebla -- Mesopotamian sites - Ur -- Ziggurats -- Religion and ritual -- Kings of Agade (2350-2000 B.C.E.) -- Rival kingdoms (2000-1600 B.C.E.) -- Law and society -- Mittani and the Assyrians -- Kassite's (1600-1200 B.C.E.) -- Everyday life -- New powers -- Israel and Judah -- Mesopotamian sites - Kalhu -- Late Assyrian rule (1000-750 B.C.E.) -- Assyria triumphant (750-626 B.C.E.) -- Mesopotamian sites - Ashur and Nineve -- Warfare -- Babylonian revival (626-560 B.C.E.) -- Mesopotamian sites - Babylon -- Persian empire (560-521 B.C.E.) -- Darius empire (512-486 B.C.E.) -- Mesopotamian - Susa -- Final years (486-323 B.C.E.) -- War and looting -- Glossary and further reading/web sites -- Gazetteer -- Index

juvenile