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Author:

Foster, Benjamin R. (Benjamin Read)

Title:

Civilizations of ancient Iraq / Benjamin R. Foster, Karen Polinger Foster.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xii, 297 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian.
Assyria--Antiquities.
Babylonia--Antiquities.
Babylonia--Social life and customs.
Iraq--History--To 634.

Other Authors:

Foster, Karen Polinger, 1950-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

In the beginning -- the birthplace of civilization -- Early city - states -- Kings of the four quarters of the world -- The age of Hammurabi -- Babylonia in the family of nations -- The Assyrian achievement -- The glory of Babylon -- Mesopotamia between two worlds -- Sassanian Iraq -- Epilogue: discovery and destruction of ancient Iraq.

ISBN:

0691137226 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780691137223 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)269282233

LCCN:

2008048067

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)