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Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

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Civilization used to be born eight thousand years ago, between the floodplains of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, when migrants from the surrounding mountains and deserts started to create increasingly more sophisticated urban societies. In the cities that they built, half of human history took place.

In Babylon, Paul Kriwaczek tells the story of Mesopotamia from the earliest settlements seven thousand years ago to the eclipse of Babylon in the sixth century BCE. Bringing the people of this land to life in vibrant detail, the creator chronicles the upward push and fall of power all through this period and explores the political and social systems, in addition to the technical and cultural innovations, which made this land ordinary. On the heart of this book is the story of Babylon, which rose to prominence under the Amorite king Hammurabi from about 1800 BCE. Whilst Babylon’s fortunes waxed and waned, it never lost its allure as the ancient world’s greatest city.

Engaging and compelling, Babylon reveals the splendor of the ancient world that laid the foundation for civilization itself.

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