In these 4 all-new titles-each with its own clip-art CD and wall chart-DK shines its Eyewitness spotlight on vital topics from the past, present, and future. While Mesopotamia explore the cradle of civilization and Great Scientists reveals the minds that shaped the modern world, China investigates the present-day culture of the most populous country on the planet, and Oil takes a look at the controversial substance responsible for the beginning-and, if we're not careful, the end of life as we know it today.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
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Great for homeschooling,
By LDB (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: DK Eyewitness Books: Mesopotamia (Hardcover)
This book is great. I use it for homeschooling my children along with The Great Courses DVD course "Between the Rivers: Mesopotamia". It is easy to match each lecture and the page number that it correlates to in this DK book. As usual, the photography is fantastic. We watch one 30 minute lecture and read one part of the book each day and along with some extra discussions, crafts, and supplemental reading, we have a two month course on Ancient History in Mesopotamia that is top notch.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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A great primer on Mesopotamia,
By Carrie (Cambridgeshire, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: DK Eyewitness Books: Mesopotamia (Hardcover)
I bought this book as a supplement for home schooling. We have been studying Mesopotamia, but it was difficult to sort out all of the different civilizations that arose in the area. This book helps to clarify that. I also understand so much more about the region and all of its magnificent contributions to the world. I would recommend it for everyone. A great primer.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: DK Eyewitness Books: Mesopotamia (Hardcover)
This is fantastic for any student planning a report, as well as anyone planning to travel to Mesopotamia. It gives a sense of the incredible wealth amassed in the early empires, the politics and near-constant warfare, how they solved the problems of food (irrigation) and labor (slavery of war captives), construction techniques, and arts.
Beautiful photographs throughout demonstrate amazing archaeological finds that you would have to travel to 5 countries (few of them in present-day Mesootamia) to see in person. A hawk-eyed child will notice a fair depiction of what could only be oral sex in the art on one page (What is that lion doing???) -- many other friezes and architectural details show prisoners being beheaded, defeated armies being trampled, naked slaves being led to their doom, piles of corpses. Don't worry, moms -- You can handle the good/evil conversation. Very basic spiritual beliefs are covered -- does not get into any of the sex cult/ infant sacrifice stuff from this region. If that's what you are looking for, you need another book.
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TWO GREAT RIVERS FLOW SOUTHWARD through the Middle East. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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The Assyrians, Tigris River, Akkadian Empire, Euphrates River, Assyrian Empire, The Sumerians, Iraq Museum, Ishtar Gate, The Mesopotamians, Hanging Gardens, Later Mesopotamian, Fertile Crescent, Leonard Woolley, Sargon of Akkad, British Museum, The Babylonians, Persian Empire, Royal Tombs, Roman Empire, Middle East Browse Sample Pages:
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TWO GREAT RIVERS FLOW SOUTHWARD through the Middle East. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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The Assyrians, Tigris River, Akkadian Empire, Euphrates River, Assyrian Empire, The Sumerians, Iraq Museum, Ishtar Gate, The Mesopotamians, Hanging Gardens, Later Mesopotamian, Fertile Crescent, Leonard Woolley, Sargon of Akkad, British Museum, The Babylonians, Persian Empire, Royal Tombs, Roman Empire, Middle East Browse Sample Pages:
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