Babylon
Uiterlijk 17 januari in huis
In the sixth millennium BC, settlers on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers created the world's first cities. In doing so, they wrote the opening chapter of the history of human civilization as we know it. Paul Kriwaczek tells their extraordinary story.
In Babylon, Paul Kriwaczek tells the story of ancient Mesopotamia from the earliest settlements around 5400 BC, to the eclipse of Babylon by the Persians in the sixth century BC. He chronicles the rise and fall of dynastic power during this period; he examines its numerous material, social and cultural innovations and inventions: The wheel, civil, engineering, building bricks, the centralized state, the division of labour, organised religion, sculpture, education, mathematics, law and monumental building.
At the heart of Kriwaczek's magisterial account, though, is the glory of Babylon - 'gateway to the gods' - which rose to glorious prominence under the Amorite king Hammurabi, who unified Babylonia between 1800 and 1750 BC. While Babylonian power would rise and fall over the ensuing centuries, it retained its importance as a cultural, religious and political centre until its fall to Cyrus the Great of Persia in 539 BC.
- 1 Bekijk alle specificaties
Taal: en
Bindwijze: Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 01 maart 2012
Aantal pagina's: 320
Illustraties: Nee
Hoofdauteur: Paul Kriwaczek
Tweede Auteur: Paul Kriwaczek
Hoofduitgeverij: Atlantic Books
Originele titel: Kriwaczek
Editie: Main
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 129 mm
Product hoogte: 27 mm
Product lengte: 198 mm
Studieboek: Ja
Verpakking breedte: 128 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 27 mm
Verpakking lengte: 196 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 564 g
EAN: 9781848871571