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- catalog abstract "Stephanie Dalley explores the spread of culture through literacy from Mesopotamia into Egypt, Palestine and Greece after a system of writing was developed. By gathering evidence from a vast range of material and literary sources from 3000 BC onwards, threads of influence and continuity are traced into the Middle Ages. The effect of recent rediscovery on European art is also explored.".
- catalog contributor b10423242.
- catalog contributor b10423243.
- catalog coverage "Greece Civilization Middle Eastern influences.".
- catalog coverage "Iraq Civilization.".
- catalog coverage "Middle East Civilization.".
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction / Stephanie Dalley -- I. Occasions and Opportunities -- 1. To the Persian Conquest / Stephanie Dalley -- II. Occasions and Opportunities -- 2. Persian, Greek, and Parthian Overlords / Stephanie Dalley -- III. The Influence of Mesopotamia upon Israel and the Bible / Stephanie Dalley -- IV. Mesopotamian Contact and Influence in the Greek World -- 1. To the Persian Conquest / Stephanie Dalley and A.T. Reyes -- V. Mesopotamian Contact and Influence in the Greek World -- 2. Persia, Alexander, and Rome / Stephanie Dalley and A.T. Reyes -- VI. Legacies in Astronomy and Celestial Omens / David Pingree -- VII. The Legacy of Babylon and Nineveh in Aramaic Sources / Alison Salvesen -- VIII. The Sassanian Period and Early Islam, c. AD 224-651 / Stephanie Dalley -- IX. Rediscovery and Aftermath / Henrietta McCall.".
- catalog description "Stephanie Dalley explores the spread of culture through literacy from Mesopotamia into Egypt, Palestine and Greece after a system of writing was developed. By gathering evidence from a vast range of material and literary sources from 3000 BC onwards, threads of influence and continuity are traced into the Middle Ages. The effect of recent rediscovery on European art is also explored.".
- catalog extent "xii, 227 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0198149468 (hc)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "Greece Civilization Middle Eastern influences.".
- catalog spatial "Iraq Civilization.".
- catalog spatial "Middle East Civilization.".
- catalog subject "935 21".
- catalog subject "DS56 .D33 1997".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction / Stephanie Dalley -- I. Occasions and Opportunities -- 1. To the Persian Conquest / Stephanie Dalley -- II. Occasions and Opportunities -- 2. Persian, Greek, and Parthian Overlords / Stephanie Dalley -- III. The Influence of Mesopotamia upon Israel and the Bible / Stephanie Dalley -- IV. Mesopotamian Contact and Influence in the Greek World -- 1. To the Persian Conquest / Stephanie Dalley and A.T. Reyes -- V. Mesopotamian Contact and Influence in the Greek World -- 2. Persia, Alexander, and Rome / Stephanie Dalley and A.T. Reyes -- VI. Legacies in Astronomy and Celestial Omens / David Pingree -- VII. The Legacy of Babylon and Nineveh in Aramaic Sources / Alison Salvesen -- VIII. The Sassanian Period and Early Islam, c. AD 224-651 / Stephanie Dalley -- IX. Rediscovery and Aftermath / Henrietta McCall.".
- catalog title "The legacy of Mesopotamia / by Stephanie Dalley, A.T. Reyes, David Pingree... [et al.] ; with drawings by Stephanie Dalley and Marion Cox ; edited by Stephanie Dalley.".
- catalog type "text".