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Ancient Iraq: Third Edition (Penguin History)
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by Georges Roux
Sales Rank: 47137
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Features
Cover Type: Paperback with 576 pages
Published by: Penguin Non-Classics; 3 Sub edition March 1, 1993
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 014012523X
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0140125238
Book Dimensions:
7.7 x 5 x 1.1 inches
Weighs: 13.4 ounces
Reader Reviews
No one was more surprised than Georges Roux himself when people worldwide began demanding reprints from his articles in the now-defunct "Iraq Petroleum" magazine. But he shouldn't have been - the literature surrounding ancient Mesopotamia tends either to scholastic obscurity (and textbook expense) or to such a broad scope that oversimplification is necessary just to keep the story within two covers. Not so Roux's wonderful overview. After his retirement from a leading British pharmaceutical company he found the necessary leisure, and access to Parisian university libraries, to compile this volume of history. The first edition was written in the 60's, the second in the 80's after some remarkable finds greatly expanded the continuity of the original, and the third, this volume, in the early 90's. In this, he states that the English version has actually leapfrogged the original version in his native French. The book traces the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia from the Paleolithic period through Sumer and Akkad, the Assyrian empire, Babylon, the glory of the Old Testament period, and to the final takeover by the Hellenistic Greeks. This sweep of history comprising some six-plus millennia cannot, of course, be dealt with comprehensively within the bounds of a single volume; nevertheless, Roux has managed to spotlight the extant periods without losing the story's overall continuity, a considerable achievement. This is, in this reviewer's opinion, the best single-volume introduction to ancient Mesopotamian history on the market today.
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