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Author Kerrigan, Michael, 1959-

Title Mesopotamians / [by] Michael Kerrigan.

Publication Info. New York : Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, [2010]
©2010

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 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 935 KER    Check Shelf
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Description 64 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Series Ancients in their own words
Ancients in their own words.
Summary "Offers insight into ancient times through the words of its peoples, featuring some of the most important written records from ancient Mesopotamia, including: the Sumerian King List, the Code of Hammurabi, the Hittite-Egyptian treaty of Kadesh, and the Epic of Gilgamesh, with examples of scripts carved into clay tablets and pillars using cuneiform letters"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 63) and index.
Contents The Sargon legend -- At the god's command -- Mesopotamian medicine -- A catalog of kings -- Hammurabi's Code -- Alphabetic origins -- A permanent peace -- Sargon states his case -- Sennacherib goes to war -- The first flood -- Babylon rebuilt -- The world through Babylonian eyes -- Nebuchadnezzar's boast.
Subject Iraq -- Civilization -- To 634 -- Juvenile literature.
Quotations -- Translations into English -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN 9781608700660 hardcover
1608700666 hardcover
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