From Mesopotamia to Iraq: A Concise History. Translated by Hans J. Nissen.

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VIII, 180 p., ill. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Slightly rubbed/stained binding, otherwise very good. / Leicht beriebener/angeschmutzter Einband, sonst sehr gut. - From Mesopotamia to Iraq traces the region's rich past from its role as a cradle of civilization to its current status as a geopolitical battleground. Hans J. Nissen and Peter Heine begin by explaining how ancient Mesopotamian inventions including urban society, a system of writing, and mathematical texts that anticipated Pythagoras profoundly influenced the course of human history. These towering innovations, they go on to reveal, have sometimes obscured the major role Mesopotamia continued to play on the world stage. Alexander the Great, for example, was fascinated by Babylon and eventually died there. Seventh-century Muslim armies made the region one of their first conquests outside the Arabian peninsula. And the Arab caliphs who ruled for centuries after the invasion built the magnificent city of Baghdad, attracting legions of artists and scientists. Tracing the evolution of this vibrant country into a contested part of the Ottoman Empire, a twentieth-century British colony, a republic ruled by Saddam Hussein, and the democracy it has become, Nissen and Heine repair the fragmented image of Iraq that has come to dominate our collective imagination. - Hans J. Nissen is professor emeritus of ancient Near Eastern archaeology at the Free University of Berlin. Peter Heine is professor emeritus of Near Eastern studies and Islamic studies at Humboldt University in Berlin. ISBN 9780226586649 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 302. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1167472

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