Mesopotamia
By: edited by Sherman Hollar
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Ancient civilizations
Publisher: Britannica Educational Pub.; Rosen Education Service
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781615305261
Subjects: Civilization; Juvenile literature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mesopotamia : the birthplace of civilization; title: Geography of Mesopotamia; title: Tigris River; title: Euphrates River; title: Peoples of the region; title: The world's first cities; title: Mesopotamian clothing; title: Akkad; title: Sumerian civilization; title: The Sumerian writing system; title: Sumerian schools; title: Stories of gods and heroes; title: The last of the Sumerians; title: The first Kingdom of Babylon; title: The reign of Hammurabi; title: Babylonian language and religion; title: The Assyrians and the Chaldeans; title: The Kingdom of Assyria; title: The Chaldean empire; title: Later history of Mesopotamia.