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The greatness that was BabylonBook 1988 • Saggs, H. W. F.
Babylonians • Middle East > Middle East
This comprehensive and topically-organized work covers the history (using the middle chronology) and culture of Mesopotamia, including the Sumerians, Assyrians, and Babylonians. There is particular concentration on marriage, gender, family, law, trad...The scribe in Babylonian societybook chapter 1965 • Saggs, H. W. F.
Babylonians • Middle East > Middle East
This document is an examination the role, education, and practices of Mesopotamian scribes, including knowledge of cuneiform writing, mathematics, and myths....Lawbook chapter 1965 • Saggs, H. W. F.
Babylonians • Middle East > Middle East
This is a description of Mesopotamian law focusing on the Code of Hammurabi, with comparisons to somewhat earlier Sumerian and later Assyrian legal codes. Specific texts are described and interpreted....Nebuchadnezzar's Babylonbook chapter 1965 • Saggs, H. W. F.
Babylonians • Middle East > Middle East
Utilizing archaeological and written records, this work describes the architecture and culture of the city of Babylon during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II, and imaginatively reconstructs a day in the life of a goldsmith living there....