Babylon

Informationen zum Autor Paul Kriwaczek (1937-2011) was born in Vienna. In 1970 he joined the BBC full-time and wrote! produced and directed for twenty-five years. A former head of Central Asian Affairs at the BBC World Service! he was fluent in eight languages! including Farsi! Pashto! Urdu! Hindi and Nepalese. Klappentext A magisterial account of the rise of ancient Meospotamia, the establishment of the earliest cities, and the glory of Babylon at its height. In the sixth millennium BC, settlers on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers created the world's first cities. In doing so, they wrote the opening chapter of the history of human civilization as we know it. Paul Kriwaczek tells their extraordinary story. Zusammenfassung In the sixth millennium BC, settlers on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers created the world's first cities. In doing so, they wrote the opening chapter of the history of human civilization as we know it. Paul Kriwaczek tells their extraordinary story.

Product details

• Authors: Paul Kriwaczek, Kriwaczek Paul
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 20.02.2012
• EAN: 9781848871571
• ISBN: 978-1-84887-157-1
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book; Asia, HISTORY / Civilization, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Asia / General, HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia, Ancient World, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Asian History, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), Babylonia