Everyday life in ancient Mesopotamia / by Jean Bottéro ; with contributions from André Finet, Bertrand Lafont, and Georges Roux ; translated by Antonia Nevill.
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| Other title: | Initiation à l'Orient ancien. English |
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| Language: | English French |
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Baltimore, Md. :
Johns Hopkins University Press,
2001.
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. Origins
- Did the Sumerians emerge from the sea? ; The great enigma of the cemetery at Ur / Georges Roux
- pt. 2. Everyday life
- The oldest cuisine in the world ; The oldest feast / Jean Bottéro
- An ancient vintage / André Finet
- Love and sex in Babylon ; Women's rights / Jean Bottéro
- The women of the palace at Mari / Bertrand Lafont
- Semiramis : the builder of Babylon / Georges Roux
- Magic and medicine ; The birth of astrology / Jean Bottéro
- The ordeal / Bertrand Lafont
- pt. 3. Myth and legend
- The first account of the flood ; The epic of Gilgamesh ; How sin was born / Jean Bottéro.