The Legacy of Mesopotamia

by Stephanie Dalley (Editor), A. T. Reyes, David Pingree

This collection explores the spread of culture through literacy from Mesopotamia into Egypt, Palestine and Greece after a system of writing was developed. By gathering evidence from a vast range of material and literary sources from 3000 BC onwards, threads of influence and continuity are traced into the Middle Ages. The effect of recent rediscovery on European art is also explored.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

246 pages, Paperback

First published April 9, 1998

About the author

Stephanie Mary Dalley (b. March 1943) is a British Assyriologist and scholar of the Ancient Near East. Prior to her retirement, she was a teaching Fellow at the Oriental Institute, Oxford. She is known for her publications of cuneiform texts and her investigation into the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and her proposal that it was situated in Nineveh, and constructed during Sennacherib's rule.

Reviews

[Andrea Giovanni Rossi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quello che chiamiamo Occidente è il risultato di una lunga catena di eredità diffuse e reinterpretate, spesso costruita su basi che non sono europee

[Paolo Maria · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eccezionale. Smisurato.