Drawing on the excavations of the early twentieth century, the British Museum Assyriologist Leonard King reconstructs the earliest history of Mesopotamia: the dawn of civilisation in the river valley, the rival city-states of the Sumerians, the conquests of the Semitic kings of Akkad and the long road to the Babylonian monarchy. Royal inscriptions are quoted throughout.
A classic account of the world’s first cities, still rewarding for readers curious about ancient Iraq. Download the free EPUB.