Babylon: A Captivating Guide to the Kingdom in Ancient Mesopotamia, Starting from the Akkadian Empire to the Battle of Opis Against Persia, Including Babylonian Mythology and the Legacy of Babylonia

Babylon: A Captivating Guide to the Kingdom in Ancient Mesopotamia, Starting from the Akkadian Empire to the Battle of Opis Against Persia, Including Babylonian Mythology and the Legacy of Babylonia

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Explore the Captivating History of Babylon

The Babylonian influence upon its successors and even modern society knows no bounds. One of the leading civilizations of Mesopotamia, the Babylonians provided the fundamentals of mathematics, agriculture, architecture, metallurgy, and other influential and necessary fields required to develop other great civilizations such as the Greeks, Romans, and even contemporary nations like China and the United States. Without them, no neoteric world could exist.

In Babylon: A Captivating Guide to the Kingdom in Ancient Mesopotamia, Starting from the Akkadian Empire to the Battle of Opis Against Persia, Including Babylonian Mythology and the Legacy of Babylonia, you will discover topics such as

  • The Land of the Babylonians
  • Life, Culture, and Gender Roles Throughout the Years
  • Where Superstition Met Science
  • Babylonia Before the Babylonians
  • The Amorite Dynasty or the First Babylonians
  • The First Fall of Babylon and the Rise of the Kassites
  • Assyrian Domination and Rule, 911-619 BCE
  • The Neo-Babylonian Empire
  • The Persian Conquest and Hellenistic Period
  • Religion, Mythology, and the Creation Myths
  • The Short Version of the Biblical Babylonians
  • And much, much more!

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Book information

ISBN: 9781647481957
Publisher: Captivating History
Imprint: Captivating History
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 106
Weight: 313g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 8mm