Witchcraft and Magic in Europe, Volume 1
Subtitle: Biblical and Pagan Societies (Witchcraft and Magic in Europe)
Contributors: Bengt Ankarloo (Editor); Stuart Clark (Editor)
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: December 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9780812217858
Subjects: Anthropology; Magic & alchemy; Mind, Body, Spirit; Middle East; History: World; Europe - General; Witchcraft & Wicca; History - General History; Medieval; Europe; Magic, Assyro-Babylonian; Magick Studies; Body, Mind & Spirit-Magick Studies; Body, Mind & Spirit-Witchcraft & Wicca; History / Ancient / General; History / Medieval; Witchcraft; History; Magic, Jewish
First sentence: In Antiquity, the land between Euphrates and Tigris, with the classical Greek name of Mesopotamia (today approximately Iraq), was for a very long period a powerful state with an enormous influence, not only in political affairs but also in the areas of science, technology, literature and religion.