Imagining Babylon : The Modern Story of an Ancient City

Name: Imagining Babylon
Brand: De Gruyter
SKU: 9781614516026
Price: 29600 KES
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ISBN: 9781614516026

by Mario Liverani

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Format Hardback

Book Series Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER)

ISBN-10 1614516022

ISBN-13 9781614516026

Publisher De Gruyter

Imprint De Gruyter

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Jul 11th, 2016

Print length 506 Pages

Weight 870 grams

Product Classification: Middle Eastern history Ancient history: to c 500 CE Ancient history Middle Eastern history

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Ever since the archaeological rediscovery of the Ancient Near East, generations of scholars have attempted to reconstruct the "real Babylon," known to us before from the evocative biblical account of the Tower of Babel. The author provides an overview of modern, Western approaches, theories, and accounts of the ancient Near Eastern city.

Ever since the archaeological rediscovery of the Ancient Near East, generations of scholars have attempted to reconstruct the "real Babylon,” known to us before from the evocative biblical account of the Tower of Babel. After two centuries of excavations and scholarship, Mario Liverani provides an insightful overview of modern, Western approaches, theories, and accounts of the ancient Near Eastern city.

"[...] this is an eminently readable book, written by one of the most innovative historians of the ancient Near East in the past fifty years. Imagining Babylon is an important contribution to the historiography of the ancient city."
Felipe Rojas in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018.03.28

"[...] particolarmente avvincente [...]"
Paola Dordano in: Riv B 65 (2017), 638-639

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