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The Babylonians : an introduction / Gwendolyn Leick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leick, Gwendolyn, 1951-
- Series:
- Peoples of the Ancient World
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian.
- Babylon (Extinct city)--Social life and customs.
- Babylon (Extinct city).
- Babylon (Extinct city)--Social conditions.
- Babylon (Extinct city)--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (189 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Routledge, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; 1 Setting the scene; 2 History; 3 Society and economy; 4 Religion; 5 Material culture; Notes; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-52637-7
- 1-280-11387-1
- 0-203-99525-2
- 9780203995259
- OCLC:
- 259518295
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