The Babylonians :: an introduction /

Gwendolyn Leick's approachable survey introduces the Babylonians, the people, the culture and the reality behind the popular myth of Babylon. Spanning some 1800 years in the history of the Babylonians, from the time of Hammurabi, famous for his Law-Code, to the time when Alexander's heirs...

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1. Verfasser: Leick, Gwendolyn, 1951-2022
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London : Routledge, 2003.
Schriftenreihe:Peoples of the ancient world.
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Zusammenfassung:Gwendolyn Leick's approachable survey introduces the Babylonians, the people, the culture and the reality behind the popular myth of Babylon. Spanning some 1800 years in the history of the Babylonians, from the time of Hammurabi, famous for his Law-Code, to the time when Alexander's heirs ruled the Near East, Leick examines how archaeological discoveries and cuneiform tablets recovered from Babylonian cities allow us an impression of the Babylonian people and their society, their intellectual and spiritual preoccupations. Exploring the lives of kings and merchants, women and sl.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (vi, 182 pages) : illustrations, 1 map
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0203995252
9780203995259
9786610113873
6610113874
9780415253154
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9780415253147
0415253144
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9781134526376
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