Babylon
Subtitle: Mesopotamia and the birth of civilization
By: Paul Kriwaczek
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9781250000071; 9781429941068
Subjects: Politics and government; Civilization; History
Description: 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.
Notes: First published: London : Atlantic Books, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Lessons from the Past : an Introduction; title: Kingship Descends from Heaven : The Urban Revolution Before 4000 BCE; title: The City of Gilgamesh : Temple Rule between c. 4000 and 3000 BCE; title: The Flood : a Caesura in History; title: Big Men and Kings : The City-States, c. 3000 to 2300 BCE; title: Rulers of the Four Quarters : The Bronze Heroic Age, c. 2300 to 2200 BCE; title: Sumer Resurgent : The Dirigiste State, c. 2100 to 2000 BCE; title: Old Babylon : The Culmination, c. 1900 to 1600 BCE; title: Empire of Ashur : Colossus of the First Millennium, c. 1800 BCE to 700 BCE; title: Passing the Baton : an End and a Beginning after 700 BCE.