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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783976903321

Autore

Leick Gwendolyn <1951-2022.>

Titolo

The Babylonians [[electronic resource] ] : An Introduction

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002

ISBN

1-134-52637-7

1-280-11387-1

0-203-99525-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (189 p.)

Collana

Peoples of the Ancient World

Disciplina

935

Soggetti

Civilization Assyro-Babylonian

Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian

Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East

Middle East

History & Archaeology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; 1 Setting the scene; 2 History; 3 Society and economy; 4 Religion; 5 Material culture; Notes; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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