The Legacy of Mesopotamia [Hardcover]

A. T. Reyes (Author), David Pingree (Author), Alison Salvesen (Author), Henrietta McCall (Author), Stephanie Dalley (Author, Editor), Marion Cox (Illustrator)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0198149468 | ISBN-13: 978-0198149460 | Publication Date: April 9, 1998

This collection 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.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The Legacy of Mesopotamia is a treasure chest of surprises....we are all in debt to Professor Dalley and her colleagues for providing us with so comprehensive and lucid a guide to the evidence and scholarship on cultural interaction between Mesopotamia and her neighbors."--Ancient History Bulletin

About the Author

Stephanie Dalley, Shillito Fellow in Assyriology at the Oriental Institute; Senior Research Fellow, Somerville College, Oxford.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 248 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (April 9, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198149468
• ISBN-13: 978-0198149460
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,120,738 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)