The Library of Ancient Wisdom - Mesopotamia and the Making of History

Selena Wisnom is Lecturer in the Heritage of the Middle East at the University of Leicester. A specialist in the interpretation of Mesopotamian cultural sources, Selena''s previous works include Weapons of Words: Intertextual Competition in Babylonian Poetry. She has also written three plays set in ancient Assyria; the most recent, Ashurbanipal: The Last Great King of Assyria was staged at the London''s Crypt Gallery in 2019.>

About the author

Selena Wisnom is Lecturer in the Heritage of the Middle East at the University of Leicester. A specialist in the interpretation of Mesopotamian cultural sources, Selena's previous work includes Weapons of Words: Intertextual Competition in Babylonian Poetry. She has also written three plays set in ancient Assyria; the most recent, Ashurbanipal: The Last Great King of Assyria was staged at London's Crypt Gallery in 2019.

Product details

• Authors: Selena Wisnom
• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2023
• EAN: 9780241519639
• ISBN: 978-0-241-51963-9
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Ancient / General, Mesopotamia, Ancient World, Social and cultural history, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, Assyria, c 1 to c 500 CE