Mesopotamians
By: by Michael Kerrigan.
Series: Ancients in their own words
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781608700660
Subjects: Quotations -- Translations into English -- Juvenile literature; Iraq -- Civilization -- To 634 -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Translations into English; Juvenile literature
Description: "Offers insight into ancient times through the words of its peoples, featuring some of the most important written records from ancient Mesopotamia, including: the Sumerian King List, the Code of Hammurabi, the Hittite-Egyptian treaty of Kadesh, and the Epic of Gilgamesh, with examples of scripts carved into clay tablets and pillars using cuneiform letters"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Sargon legend; title: At the god's command; title: Mesopotamian medicine; title: A catalog of kings; title: Hammurabi's Code; title: Alphabetic origins; title: A permanent peace; title: Sargon states his case; title: Sennacherib goes to war; title: The first flood; title: Babylon rebuilt; title: The world through Babylonian eyes; title: Nebuchadnezzar's boast.