Living in Ancient Mesopotamia

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Éditeur : Thalamus	Date & Lieu : 2009, New York
Préface :	Pages : 96
Traduction :	ISBN : 978-0-8160-6337-6
Langue : Anglais	Format : 215x280 mm
Code FIKP : Liv. Ang.	Thème : Histoire

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Living in Ancient Mesopotamia Norman Bancroft Hunt Thalamus Landscape and Climate Mesopotamia means “between the rivers,” and is the name given to the narrow strip of land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Mesopotamia forms the larger part of what historians call the “Fertile Crescent.” The Fertile Crescent is a semicircle of land stretching from the southeast coast of the Mediterranean Sea, around the Syrian Desert north of Arabia, to the Persian Gulf. The ancient region of Mesopotamia covered what today is the north of Syria, the southeast of Turkey, most of central Iraq, and a small part of western Iran. The northern areas are dominated by steep hills through which the Euphrates and Tigris flow in deep channels. The southern region is a mix of marshy plain and desert. .....


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Norman Bancroft Hunt Living in Ancient Mesopotamia Thalamus Thalamus Publishing Living in Ancient Mesopotamia Series consultant editor: Norman Bancroft Hunt Living in Ancient Mesopotamia Text and design © 2009 Thalamus Publishing All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the publisher. For information contact: Chelsea House An imprint of Infobase Publishing 132 West 31st Street New York, NY 10001 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bancroft-Hunt, Norman. Living in Ancient Mesopotamia / Norman Bancroft Hunt. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (Living in the ancient world) Includes index. ISBN 978-0-8160-6337-6 1. Iraq—History—To 634. 2. Iraq—Social life and customs. 3. Iraq—Religious life and customs. I.Title. II. Series. DS71.B36 2008 935—dc22 / 2008005265 Chelsea House books are available at special discounts when purchased in bulk quantities for businesses, associations, institutions or sales promotions. Please call our Special Sales Department in NewYork at (212) 967-8800 or (800) 322-8755. You can find Chelsea House Publishers on the World Wide Web at http://www.chelseahouse.com For Thalamus Publishing Series consultant editor: Norman Bancroft Hunt Project editor: Warren Lapworth Maps and design: Roger Kean Printed and bound in China 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 This book is printed on acid-free paper Picture acknowledgments All illustrations by Oliver Frey except for – Jean-Claude Golvin: 10–11; John James/Temple Art: 18–19, 32–33; Roger Kean: 12–13 (all), 35 (center); Mike White/Temple Art: 60, 61 (top and bottom), 68–69, 74, 86–87 (main), 88–89. Photographs – Paul Almasy/Corbis: 83;Archivo Iconografica/Corbis: 20, 39, 40, 68, 74 (left), 74 (right), 76; Bettman/Corbis: 35; Gianni Dagli Orti/Corbis: 25, 36 (Bottom), 37, 39, 46, 46 (Inset), 50, 53, 62, 63, 72 (both), 79; David Lees/Corbis: 36 (top), 55; Francis G. Mayer/Coris: 40 (top); Sandro Vannini/Corbis: 93;Thalamus Publishing: 45, 73; Nik Wheeler/Corbis: 14.