Mesopotamia (DK Eyewitness Books Series)

by John Farndon, Philip Steele

Overview

Travel back to the land where human history was first recorded—the land of kings, queens, gods, goddesses, nomads, and scribes. Be an eyewitness to the "land between the rivers," from the first Sumerian city-states to the mighty Babylonian empires.

DK Eyewitness Mesopotamia provides a detailed look at where the first cities, states, and empires rose. Richly detailed full-color images and photographs of ancient artifacts, architecture, and maps combine with a comprehensive overview of the Sumerian, Assyrian, and Babylonian civilizations. See incredible works of Mesopotamian art, meet the warriors and innovators living ahead of their time, learn how to read ancient inscriptions, and much, much more!

The most trusted nonfiction series on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in-depth, comprehensive look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780756629724
Publisher:	DK
Publication date:	06/25/2007
Series:	DK Eyewitness
Edition description:	Book with CD
Pages:	72
Sales rank:	158,880
Product dimensions:	8.81(w) x 11.38(h) x 0.43(d)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Philip Steele is the author of many nonfiction books for children. He has worked for publishers such as Dorling Kindersley, Quarto, HarperCollins, Macmillan, and numerous others. Steele also writes tourism and guide books for adults, display text for museums and libraries, and facts for websites. He regularly attends the London Book Fair.John Farndon is a London-based writer who studied earth sciences at England’s Cambridge University and has taken a keen interest in the natural world ever since. He is the author of many books on the subject of the earth and its atmosphere, including DK’s Eyewitness Weather and How the Earth Works. He has been shortlisted three times for the Junior Prize of the Aventis Prizes for Sciences.

Table of Contents

Land between two rivers     6
Sumerian city-states     8
Mighty rulers     10
The story of writing     12
Gods and goddesses     14
City life     16
Country life     18
Death and burial     20
Akkad's rise and fall     22
Ziggurats and temples     24
Games, music, and sports     26
Crafts and technology     28
The rise of Babylon     30
Learning and scholars     32
Wider horizons     34
Trade and commerce     36
Transportation and travel     38
The Assyrian Empire     40
Ancient warfare     42
The art of hunting     44
Assyrian palaces     46
The epic of Gilgamesh     48
Assyrian knowledge     50
Babylon reborn     52
At the center of the world     54
The Persians     56
The classical age     58
The Islamic age     60
Uncovering the past     62
Timeline of Mesopotamia     64
A to Z of famous people     66
A to Z of ancient sites     68
Glossary     70
Index     72