Short history of Babylon / Karen Radner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Radner, Karen, author.

Series:

Short histories.

Short histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Babylon (Extinct city)--History.

Babylon (Extinct city).

Babylon (Extinct city)--Civilization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxvii, 239 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

"Much of our perception of Babylon in the West is filtered through the poignant echoes of loss and longing that resonate in the Hebrew Bible. The lamenting exiles of Judah craved a return to their lost homeland after the sack of Jerusalem in 587 BC and their forcible removal by Nebuchadnezzar to the alien floodlands of the Euphrates. But to see Babylon only as an adjunct to Old Testament history is misleading. A Short History of Babylon explores the ever-changing city that shaped world history for two millennia."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Timeline

List of figure captions

Introduction

Ch.1 Babylon in time and space

Ch.2 Babylon's loss and rediscovery

Ch.3 Capital: Hammurabi's Babylon Ch.4. Font of knowledge: Burnaburia's Babylon

Ch.5 Linking Heaven and Earth: Marduk's Babylon

Ch.6 Negotiating Power: Babylon and the Assyrians

Ch.7 Megacity: Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon Ch.8 Clipped Wings: Babylon and the Persians

Ch.9 Slow Fade: Babylon after Alexander the Great

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350138292

1350138290

9781350138278

1350138274

OCLC:

1139148054