{"product_id":"ancient-mesopotamia-portrait-of-a-dead-civilization-paperback","title":"Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eA. Leo Oppenheim\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This splendid work of scholarship . . . sums up with economy and power all that the written record so far deciphered has to tell about the ancient and complementary civilizations of Babylon and Assyria.\"-Edward B. Garside, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ancient Mesopotamia-the area now called Iraq-has received less attention than ancient Egypt and other long-extinct and more spectacular civilizations. But numerous small clay tablets buried in the desert soil for thousands of years make it possible for us to know more about the people of ancient Mesopotamia than any other land in the early Near East. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Professor Oppenheim, who studied these tablets for more than thirty years, used his intimate knowledge of long-dead languages to put together a distinctively personal picture of the Mesopotamians of some three thousand years ago. Following Oppenheim's death, Erica Reiner used the author's outline to complete the revisions he had begun. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"To any serious student of Mesopotamian civilization, this is one of the most valuable books ever written.\"-Leonard Cottrell, \u003ci\u003eBook Week\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Leo Oppenheim has made a bold, brave, pioneering attempt to present a synthesis of the vast mass of philological and archaeological data that have accumulated over the past hundred years in the field of Assyriological research.\"-Samuel Noah Kramer, \u003ci\u003eArchaeology\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A. Leo Oppenheim, one of the most distinguished Assyriologists of our time, was editor in charge of the \u003ci\u003eAssyrian Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e of the Oriental Institute and John A. Wilson Professor of Oriental Studies at the University of Chicago.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 462\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 1977\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45268786446438,"sku":"9780226631875","price":70.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/MnVJcTE2TVpHUnQ0QUg0MmduUlFwdz09.webp?v=1773895826","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/ancient-mesopotamia-portrait-of-a-dead-civilization-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}