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Mesopotamia Julian Reade
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TextPublication details: London : Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Press, c1991.Description: 72p. : ill., 1map,1plan ; 22cmISBN: - 0714120782 (pbk) :
- 709.0156 MES
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 709.0156 MES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39002000123589 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The foundations of westerrn civilization were laid by the ancient socieities which flourished in Mesopotamia, a land known as the fertile crescent through which flow the Tigris and Euphrates rivrs. The area saw some of the earliest experiments in agriculture and irrigation, the invention of writing, the birth of mathematics and the development of urban life.
Bibliography: p70. - Includes index.