The Legacy of Mesopotamia (Legacy Series) - Softcover

Dalley, Stephanie; Reyes, A. T.; Pingree, David; Salvesen, Alison; McCall, Henrietta

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199291586 ISBN 13: 9780199291588

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2006

Synopsis

This collection explores the spread of culture through literacy from Mesopotamia into Egypt, Palestine and Greece after a system of writing was developed. By gathering evidence from a vast range of material and literary sources from 3000 BC onwards, threads of influence and continuity are traced into the Middle Ages. The effect of recent rediscovery on European art is also explored.

About this title

About the Author:

Stephanie Dalley is at Somervil+C2768le College, Oxford.

Review:

"Useful in pointing out the great reach of Mesopotamian culture...This book presents an enormous wealth of data from literature, art, religion and science. It also examines the various cultures- Judeo-Christian, Greek, Roman, Parthian, Sassanian, early Islamic and Indian- that were inheritors of the Mesopotamian legacy."--Archaeology Odyssey

"The Legacy of Mesopotamia is a treasure chest of surprises....we are all in debt to Professor Dalley and her colleagues for providing us with so comprehensive and lucid a guide to the evidence and scholarship on cultural interaction between Mesopotamia and her neighbors."--Ancient History Bulletin

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0199291586
• ISBN 13: 9780199291588
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 246
• Editor: Dalley Stephanie
• Illustrator: Cox Marion