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The greatness that was Babylon; a sketch of the ancient civilization of the Tigris-Euphrates valley / by H.W.F. Saggs.
LIBRA - Special DS70.7 .S27 1968
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saggs, H. W. F.
- Series:
- Mentor book ; MJ859.
- A Mentor book, MJ859
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 535 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New American Library, [1968]
- Contents:
- General and political history. Mesopotamia before 2000 B.C. ; Babylonia and Assyria, circa 2000-1350 B.C. ; The rise of imperial Assyria ; Assyrian supremacy ; Neo-Babylonian empire
- Social and cultural history. The foundations of Babylonian society and the Babylonian way of life ; Law and statecraft ; Administration ; Trade and economics ; Religion ; The king ; Literature ; Mathematics and astronomy, medicine, chemical technology, art ; Legacy and survival.
- Notes:
- Reprint of a 1962 ed. by Hawthorn Books.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 475-497).
- Other Format:
- Online version: Saggs, H.W.F. Greatness that was Babylon.
- OCLC:
- 807358
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