The legacy of Mesopotamia
Stephanie Dalley (Writer of added commentary, Illustrator, Editor), Marion Cox (Illustrator)
Stephanie Dalley explores the spread of culture through literacy from Mesopotamia into Egypt, Palestine and Greece after a system of writing was developed. By gathering evidence from a vast range of material and literary sources from 3000 BC onwards, threads of influence and continuity are traced into the Middle Ages. The effect of recent rediscovery on European art is also explored
xii, 227 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm
9780198149460, 0198149468
36640774
Introduction / Stephanie Dalley
I. Occasions and Opportunities
1. To the Persian Conquest / Stephanie Dalley
II. Occasions and Opportunities
2. Persian, Greek, and Parthian Overlords / Stephanie Dalley
III. The Influence of Mesopotamia upon Israel and the Bible / Stephanie Dalley
IV. Mesopotamian Contact and Influence in the Greek World
1. To the Persian Conquest / Stephanie Dalley and A.T. Reyes
V. Mesopotamian Contact and Influence in the Greek World
2. Persia, Alexander, and Rome / Stephanie Dalley and A.T. Reyes
VI. Legacies in Astronomy and Celestial Omens / David Pingree
VII. The Legacy of Babylon and Nineveh in Aramaic Sources / Alison Salvesen
VIII. The Sassanian Period and Early Islam, c. AD 224-651 / Stephanie Dalley
IX. Rediscovery and Aftermath / Henrietta McCall