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Mesopotamia Books
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The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 108 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.75 — 115,509 ratings — published -1200
Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 35 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.90 — 3,127 ratings — published 2010
Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others (Paperback)
by (shelved 31 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,717 ratings — published 1989
There Are Rivers in the Sky (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.38 — 52,274 ratings — published 2024
Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.08 — 1,309 ratings — published 2023
The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.05 — 957 ratings — published 1963
A History of the Ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.99 — 876 ratings — published 2003
Enuma Elish: The Seven Tablets of the History of Creation (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,671 ratings — published -1800
Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,738 ratings — published 1983
The Treasures of Darkness: A History of Mesopotamian Religion (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.15 — 235 ratings — published 1976
Mesopotamia: The Invention of the City (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.76 — 468 ratings — published 2001
History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.16 — 985 ratings — published 1956
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.43 — 680 ratings — published 2022
City of the Plague God (Adventures of Sik Aziz, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,612 ratings — published 2021
The Literature of Ancient Sumer (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.16 — 74 ratings — published 2004
Gilgamesh the King (The Gilgamesh Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.14 — 909 ratings — published 1992
The Assyrian (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,491 ratings — published 1987
Ancient Iraq (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.97 — 569 ratings — published 1964
Ancient Mesopotamia: Life in the Cradle of Civilization (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 11 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.18 — 597 ratings — published
Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.42 — 72 ratings — published 1993
Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.78 — 129 ratings — published 1964
Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.12 — 218 ratings — published 1992
Inanna (Sumerians, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.05 — 2,068 ratings — published 2023
Mesopotamia: Writing, Reasoning, and the Gods (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.14 — 114 ratings — published 1987
The Code of Hammurabi (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.51 — 1,332 ratings — published -1780
Everyday Life in Ancient Mesopotamia (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.82 — 67 ratings — published 2001
Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.09 — 422 ratings — published 2025
Babylonia (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.10 — 12,245 ratings — published 2024
The Epic of Atrahasis (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.78 — 171 ratings — published -1800
The Last Quest of Gilgamesh (The Gilgamesh Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.22 — 476 ratings — published 1995
The Revenge of Ishtar (The Gilgamesh Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.19 — 454 ratings — published 1993
The Ancient Mesopotamian City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.23 — 31 ratings — published 1998
Return to Babylon: Travelers, Archaeologists, and Monuments in Mesopotamia (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.25 — 44 ratings — published 1979
Persians: The Age of the Great Kings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,750 ratings — published 2022
Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World's First Author (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.39 — 282 ratings — published
The Sumerian World (Routledge Worlds)
by (shelved 6 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.24 — 51 ratings — published 2012
The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.90 — 765 ratings — published 2013
Ancient Mesopotamia (Case Studies in Early Societies, Series Number 1)
by (shelved 6 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.72 — 78 ratings — published 1999
Enuma Elish: The Babylonian Creation Epic (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.89 — 408 ratings — published
Babylonians (Peoples of the Past)
by (shelved 5 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.92 — 153 ratings — published 1962
Civilizations of Ancient Iraq (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.93 — 89 ratings — published 2009
Cuneiform (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.28 — 366 ratings — published 2015
Ambassador's Daughter: A Novel of Ancient Mesopotamia (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.58 — 12 ratings — published 2007
Sex and Eroticism in Mesopotamian Literature (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.85 — 39 ratings — published 1994
The Blood Star (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.47 — 784 ratings — published 1989
Between the Rivers: The History of Ancient Mesopotamia (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 5 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.70 — 304 ratings — published 2013
Religion in Ancient Mesopotamia (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.99 — 90 ratings — published 2001
Dawn of Empire (Eskkar Saga, #1)
by (shelved 5 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,667 ratings — published 2006
The Ancient Near East: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.07 — 131 ratings — published 1958
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“During the first millennium BCE, even the beer-loving Mesopotamians turned their backs on beer, which was dethroned as the most cultured and civilized of drinks, and the age of wine began.”
― A History of the World in 6 Glasses
― A History of the World in 6 Glasses
