Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization Paperback by Paul Kriwaczek (Author)
CAN DELIVER IF LOCAL ok condition copy of Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization Paperback by Paul Kriwaczek (Author) "In Babylon, Paul Kriwaczek tells the story of ancient Mesopotamia from the earliest settlements around BC, to the eclipse of Babylon by the Persians in the sixth century BC. He chronicles the rise and fall of dynastic power during this period; he examines its numerous material, social and cultural innovations and inventions: The wheel, civil, engineering, building bricks, the centralized state, the division of labour, organised religion, sculpture, education, mathematics, law and monumental building. At the heart of Kriwaczek's magisterial account, though, is the glory of Babylon - 'gateway to the gods' - which rose to glorious prominence under the Amorite king Hammurabi, who unified Babylonia between and BC. While Babylonian power would rise and fall over the ensuing centuries, it retained its importance as a cultural, religious and political centre until its fall to Cyrus the Great of Persia in 539 BC." Ad ID: Delivery Services Consumer Credit