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  • SEX AND EROTICISM IN MESOPOTAMIAN LITERATURE
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    SEX AND EROTICISM IN MESOPOTAMIAN LITERATURE
    DR GWENDOLYN LEICK
    Sex and Eroticism in Mesopotamian Literature is a new contribution to current debates about sex and eroticism. It gives an insight into Mesopotamian attitudes to sexuality by examining the oldest preserved written evidence on the subject - the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform sources - which were written between the 21st and the 5th centuries B.C. Using these long-neglected and often ...

    $1,240.00

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  • THE BABYLONIAN WORLD
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    THE BABYLONIAN WORLD
    GWENDOLYN LEICK
    The Babylonian World presents an extensive, up-to-date and lavishly illustrated history of the ancient state Babylonia and its 'holy city', Babylon. Historicized by the New Testament as a centre of decadence and corruption, Babylon and its surrounding region was in fact a rich and complex civilization, responsible for the invention of the dictionary and laying the foundations o...

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  • THE BABYLONIANS
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    THE BABYLONIANS
    GWENDOLYN LEICK
    Gwendolyn Leick's approachable survey introduces the Babylonians, the people, the culture and the reality behind the popular myth of Babylon. Spanning some 1800 years in the history of the Babylonians, from the time of Hammurabi, famous for his Law-Code, to the time when Alexander's heirs ruled the Near East, Leick examines how archaeological discoveries and cuneiform tablets r...

    $1,160.00

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  • A DICTIONARY OF ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN MYTHOLOGY
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    A DICTIONARY OF ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN MYTHOLOGY
    DR GWENDOLYN LEICK
    The Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology covers sources from Mesopotamia, Syro-Palestine and Anatolia, from around 2800 to 300 BC. It contains entries on gods and goddesses, giving evidence of their worship in temples, describing their 'character', as documented by the texts, and defining their roles within the body of mythological narratives; synoptic entries on myths,...

    $2,040.00

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  • A DICTIONARY OF ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ARCHITECTURE
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    A DICTIONARY OF ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN ARCHITECTURE
    DR GWENDOLYN LEICK / GWENDOLYN LEICK
    This Dictionary gives a comprehensive survey of the whole range of ancient Near Eastern architecture from the Neolithic round huts in Palestine to the giant temples of Ptolemaic Egypt. Gwendolyn Leick examines the development of the principal styles of ancient architecture within their geographical and historical context, and describes features of major sites such as Ur, Nineve...

    $1,340.00

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  • WHO'S WHO IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
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    WHO'S WHO IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST
    GWENDOLYN LEICK
    What do we know of the real Nebuchadnezzar? Was there an historical precedent for the mythical Gilgamesh? Who were the Hittites? When did Isaiah preach? How did Jezebel get her reputation? These and many more questions are answered in this fascinating survey of the people who inhabited the Near East between the twenty-fifth and the second centuries BC. From Palestine to Iran an...

    $800.00

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