{"product_id":"babylonians-peoples-of-the-past-9780520202221","title":"Babylonians (Peoples of the Past)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBabylon stands with Athens and Rome as a cultural ancestor of western civilization. It was founded by the people of ancient Mesopotamia  who settled in the fertile crescent between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers before the fourth millennium b.c. Some of the earliest experiments in agriculture and irrigation  the invention of writing  the birth of mathematics and the development of urban life all began there. Biblical associations are also numerous  from Nineveh to the Tower of Babel and the Flood. In Babylonians  H. W. F. Saggs describes the ebb and flow in the successive fortunes of the Sumerians  Akkadians  Amorites  and Babylonians who flourished in this region. Using evidence from pottery  cuneiform tablets  cylinder seals  early architecture and metallurgy  he illuminates the myths  religion  languages  trade  politics  and warfare--as well as the legacy--of the Babylonians and their predecessors.  During the twentieth century  collaboration by archaeologists from many nations has greatly increased the range of archaeological evidence  while work by linguists has gradually unlocked the secrets of the thousands of clay tablets recovered from the area. Today the historical record for some periods of ancient Mesopotamia is substantially better than for some centuries of Europe in the Christian era. Gaps and uncertainties remain  but Babylonians conveys a rich and fascinating picture of the development of this remarkable civilization from before the beginning of the third millennium b.c.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45257018409013,"sku":"ByrdShop_0520202228","price":43.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780520202221.jpg?v=1781690129","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/babylonians-peoples-of-the-past-9780520202221","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}