02037cam a2200373 4500 1164049367 TxAuBib 20120613120000.0 120127s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012003104 9781250000071 hardcover : alk. paper 1250000076 hardcover : alk. paper DLC DLC TxAuBib Kriwaczek, Paul. Babylon : Mesopotamia and the birth of civilization / Paul Kriwaczek. 1st U.S. ed. New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2012. viii, 310 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. First published: London : Atlantic Books, 2010. Includes bibliographical references and index. Lessons from the Past : an Introduction -- Kingship Descends from Heaven : The Urban Revolution Before 4000 BCE -- The City of Gilgamesh : Temple Rule between c. 4000 and 3000 BCE -- The Flood : a Caesura in History -- Big Men and Kings : The City-States, c. 3000 to 2300 BCE -- Rulers of the Four Quarters : The Bronze Heroic Age, c. 2300 to 2200 BCE -- Sumer Resurgent : The Dirigiste State, c. 2100 to 2000 BCE -- Old Babylon : The Culmination, c. 1900 to 1600 BCE -- Empire of Ashur : Colossus of the First Millennium, c. 1800 BCE to 700 BCE -- Passing the Baton : an End and a Beginning after 700 BCE. Kirkus Review - Adult,020112. Publisher's Weekly, 020612, p. 50. Booklist, 031512, p. 14. 20120613. Iraq Civilization To 634. Iraq History To 634. Iraq Politics and government. Babylon (Extinct city) Civilization. Babylon (Extinct city) History. Babylon (Extinct city) Politics and government. TXKIP