Babylon, Mesopotamia and the birth of civilization, by Paul Kriwaczek
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Babylon, Mesopotamia and the birth of civilization, by Paul Kriwaczek
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eng
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Babylon
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sound recording
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by Paul Kriwaczek
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Mesopotamia and the birth of civilization
Summary
In "Babylon", the author 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. 2010
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adult
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