Writing, Law, and Kingship in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia

Ancient Mesopotamia, the fertile crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now western Iraq and eastern Syria, is considered to be the cradle of civilization - home of the Babylonian and Assyrian empires, as well as the great Code of Hammurabi. This book focuses on the legal systems of Old Babylonian Mesopotamia. Zusammenfassung Ancient Mesopotamia, the fertile crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now western Iraq and eastern Syria, is considered to be the cradle of civilization - home of the Babylonian and Assyrian empires, as well as the great Code of Hammurabi. This book focuses on the legal systems of Old Babylonian Mesopotamia.

Product details

• Authors: Dominique Charpin, Dominique/ Todd Charpin, Charpin Dominique
• Assisted by: Jane Marie Todd (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2010
• EAN: 9780226101583
• ISBN: 978-0-226-10158-3
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Middle East / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LAW / Legal History, Mesopotamia, Legal History, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Babylonia