A Short History of Babylon

ISBN-13: 9781838601706 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 272 str.

Karen Radner

Opis

A short history of Babylon by a leading scholar of Ancient Middle East History

Recenzje

Radner begins with amusing anecdotes about the hedonistic connotations of Babylon today and then launches into a history of the city from earliest times to the Roman Empire in this scholarly yet easily readable volume, which includes a time line . There are illustrations in color and black-and-white, maps, and excerpts from primary sources. Summing Up: Recommended. All levels. CHOICE

Spis treści

TimelineList of figure captionsIntroductionCh.1 Babylon in time and spaceCh.2 Babylon's loss and rediscoveryCh.3 Capital: Hammurabi's BabylonCh.4. Font of knowledge: Burnaburias's BabylonCh.5 Linking Heaven and Earth: Marduk's BabylonCh.6 Negotiating Power: Babylon and the AssyriansCh.7 Megacity: Nebuchadnezzar's BabylonCh.8 Clipped Wings: Babylon and the PersiansCh.9 Slow Fade: Babylon after Alexander the GreatNotesBibliographyIndex

O autorze

Karen Radner is Alexander von Humboldt Professor for Ancient Near Middle East & Honorary Professor of Ancient Near Eastern History, University College London.