文档介绍：Ancient Mesopotamia
New Perspectives
ABC-CLIO’s
Understanding Ancient Civilizations
The Aztecs
Ancient Canaan and Israel
The Ancient Greeks
The Ancient Maya
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The Ancient Celts
The Ancient Egyptians
Ancient
Mesopotamia
New Perspectives
JANE R. MCINTOSH
Santa Barbara,California • Denver, Colorado • Oxford, England
Copyright © 2005 by Jane R. McIntosh
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McIntosh, Jane.
Ancient Mesopotamia : new perspectives / Jane R. McIntosh.
p. cm.—(ABC-CLIO’s understanding ancient civilizations)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-57607-965-1 (hardback : alk. paper)—ISBN 1-57607-966-X (ebook)
1. Iraq—Civilization—To 634. I. Title. II. Series: Understanding ancient
civilizations.
2005
935—dc22
2005014930
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Contents
Series Editor’s Preface, xi
Maps, xiii
PART 1: INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1 Introduction, 3
Mesopotamia in the Near East, 3
The Cradle of