Mesopotamia, Iraq in Ancient Times

by Peter Chrisp

Photos, illustrations, archaeological discoveries, timelines, and detailed spreads are presented in this exploration of this ancient world that examines the establishments of the first monumental temples, the cities, libraries, written law codes, and schools that led to this land being commonly referred to as the "cradle of civilization."

Genres: History

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

Peter Chrisp is a British children's author of books on history. With over sixty books published, his various works include Blitzkrieg!, Dorling Kindersly's Ancient Egypt Revealed and Ancient Rome Revealed, The Spanish Conquests of the New World, and many more.

He first began writing history after working on the Mass-Observation archive at the University of Sussex. He has also worked as a writer on the online project "Icons of England".

Aside from his publications in literature, he is also an artist, who has exhibited collections of his cartoons and hand-drawn postcards during Brighton Festival. He is an inveterate theatre- and concert-goer, and during the Edinburgh Festival regularly views three shows a day. He collects original art works, and is a fan of Eric Ravilious and Jonny Hannah among others.

At present, Mr. Chrisp acts as one of Brighton's cultural attaches to Lewes. This is believed to be largely an honorary position. He is also being talked of as a possible future Mayor of Brighton.

Reviews

[Shannon]

Organized by topic rather than chronologically, this guide is approachable and useful for research projects.

[Laura]

The writing is stiff, simple and dull. However the drawings and artifacts pictured are interesting. There is a timeline at the end of the little book that summarizes important dates.

[Jirawat Z]

This book is about the accient cities in The world. Mesopotamia are fertile crescents land and have two river is called the tigris river and Euraphate river. The first cities in the world called Ur. Ur and the big city and have many cultural and architecture for example ziggurat. Ziggurat is temple of mesopotamia

[Theresa]

Mesopotamia: Iraq in Ancient Times
Crisp, Peter
great pictures and information about Mesopotamia and its history