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- catalog abstract "Excavations in Mesopotamia have revealed a large amount of new information relevant to the study of Babylonian civilization. The roots of much of western civilization lie in Babylonia the ancient civilization of south Iraq. Alexander the Great recognized the importance of its heritage and planned to make Babylon his world capital. The splendours and supposed wickedness of Babylon lived on in a tradition transmitted through the Bible and classical writers. The author aims here to reconstruct all aspects of this lost culture, presenting the Babylonians as living people -- showing their eating and drinking habits, their worship, their relationships and lifestyle and so present an integrated picture.".
- catalog alternative "Ancient civilization of the Tigris-Euphrates Valley".
- catalog contributor b2152610.
- catalog coverage "Babylonia History.".
- catalog created "[1962]".
- catalog date "1962".
- catalog date "[1962]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[1962]".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 505-530.".
- catalog description "Excavations in Mesopotamia have revealed a large amount of new information relevant to the study of Babylonian civilization. The roots of much of western civilization lie in Babylonia the ancient civilization of south Iraq. Alexander the Great recognized the importance of its heritage and planned to make Babylon his world capital. The splendours and supposed wickedness of Babylon lived on in a tradition transmitted through the Bible and classical writers. The author aims here to reconstruct all aspects of this lost culture, presenting the Babylonians as living people -- showing their eating and drinking habits, their worship, their relationships and lifestyle and so present an integrated picture.".
- catalog description "Pt. 1. General and political history. Mesopotamia before 2000 B.C. -- Babylonia and Assyria, circa 2000-1350 B.C. -- The rise of imperial Assyria -- Assyrian supremacy -- Neo-Babylonian empire ---- Pt. 2. Social and cultural history. The foundations of Babylonian society and the Babylonian way of life -- Law and statecraft -- Administration -- Trade and economics -- Religion -- The king -- Literature -- Mathematics and astronomy ; medicine ; chemical technology ; art -- Legacy and survival.".
- catalog extent "xix, 562 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "Greatness that was Babylon.".
- catalog isFormatOf "Greatness that was Babylon.".
- catalog issued "1962".
- catalog issued "[1962]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York, Hawthorn Books".
- catalog relation "Greatness that was Babylon.".
- catalog spatial "Babylonia History.".
- catalog subject "935".
- catalog subject "Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian.".
- catalog subject "DS70.7 .S27".
- catalog tableOfContents "Pt. 1. General and political history. Mesopotamia before 2000 B.C. -- Babylonia and Assyria, circa 2000-1350 B.C. -- The rise of imperial Assyria -- Assyrian supremacy -- Neo-Babylonian empire ---- Pt. 2. Social and cultural history. The foundations of Babylonian society and the Babylonian way of life -- Law and statecraft -- Administration -- Trade and economics -- Religion -- The king -- Literature -- Mathematics and astronomy ; medicine ; chemical technology ; art -- Legacy and survival.".
- catalog title "Ancient civilization of the Tigris-Euphrates Valley".
- catalog title "The greatness that was Babylon; a sketch of the ancient civilization of the Tigris-Euphrates Valley [by] H.W.F. Saggs.".
- catalog type "text".