Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back four thousand years the poem of Gilgamesh king of Uruk is the world s oldest epic. The story tells of Gilgamesh s adventures with the wild man Enkidu. This text is translated by Andrew George. The definitive tran... Lees meer.

This open access book is the first in a groundbreaking series making Babylonian literature accessible. It presents Enuma Elish in transcription and translation with an introduction for non-specialist readers and essays from leading scholars in the field.Acting as a com... Lees meer.

Enuma Elish the Babylonian version of the story of creation predates much of the Book of Genesis. Passed down orally for generations until finally being recorded on seven clay tablets this epic was discovered by 19th-century archeologists among the ruins of the Libra... Lees meer.

A landmark work of Jewish history and a worldwide phenomenon when it was first published this masterpiece of Jewish history was translated in multiple languages and instantly become the de facto standard in the field. German academic HEINRICH GRAETZ 1817-1891 brings... Lees meer.

This open access book is the first in a groundbreaking series making Babylonian literature accessible. It presents Enuma Elish in transcription and translation with an introduction for non-specialist readers and essays from leading scholars in the field.Acting as a com... Lees meer.

Today our most obvious link to the ancient cultures of Babylonia is through the twelve constellations that make up the zodiac. The zodiac is however but a part of a much larger system of star-lore that could reveal so much about ancient man and his beliefs. Knowledge... Lees meer.

Babylon stands with Athens and Rome as a cultural ancestor of western civilization. It was founded by the people of ancient Mesopotamia who settled in the fertile crescent between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers before the fourth millennium b.c. Some of the earlies... Lees meer.

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Here is a complete translation of all the published cuneiform tablets of the various Babylonian creation stories of both the Semitic Babylonian and the Sumerian material. Each creation account is preceded by a brief introduction dealing with the age and provenance of t... Lees meer.

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An illustrated guide to the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia covering the broad areas of life such as people politics religion the world of the dead and places and monuments. It emphasizes the archaeological and literary evidence pertaining to Mesopotamia durin... Lees meer.

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