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" The Babylonians : "
Gwendolyn Leick.
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BL
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891901
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Leick, Gwendolyn,1951-
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The Babylonians : : an introduction /\ Gwendolyn Leick.
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London :: Routledge,, 2003.
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1 online resource (vi, 182 pages) :: illustrations, 1 map
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0203995252
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: 9786610113873
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0415253144
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0415253152
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Setting the scene -- History -- Society and economy -- Religion -- Material culture.
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| Abstract
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Gwendolyn Leick's approachable survey introduces the Babylonians, the people, the culture and the reality behind the popular myth of Babylon. Spanning some 1800 years in the history of the Babylonians, from the time of Hammurabi, famous for his Law-Code, to the time when Alexander's heirs ruled the Near East, Leick examines how archaeological discoveries and cuneiform tablets recovered from Babylonian cities allow us an impression of the Babylonian people and their society, their intellectual and spiritual preoccupations.Exploring the lives of kings and merchants, women and sl.
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Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian.
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Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian.
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History Archaeology.
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HISTORY-- Civilization.
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Manners and customs.
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Middle East.
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Regions Countries - Asia the Middle East.
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Social conditions
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Babylon (Extinct city), History.
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Babylon (Extinct city), Social conditions.
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Babylon (Extinct city), Social life and customs.
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Iraq, Babylon (Extinct city)
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| Dewey Classification
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935
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DS70.7.L45 2002eb
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