Book description
Situated in an area roughly corresponding to present-day Iraq,
Mesopotamia is one of the great, ancient civilizations, though it is
still relatively unknown. Yet, over 7,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, the
very first cities were created. This is the first book to reveal how
life was lived in ten Mesopotamian cities: from Eridu, the Mesopotamian
Eden, to that potent symbol of decadence, Babylon - the first true
metropolis: multicultural, multi-ethnic, the last centre of a dying
civilization. GWENDOLYN LEICK is an anthropologist and Assyriologist.
She is the author of various publications on the Ancient Near East,
including A Dictionary of Near Eastern Mythology and Sex & Eroticism
in Mesopotamian Literature. She also acts as a cultural tour guide in
the Middle East, lecturing on history, archaeology and anthropology.
