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THE BABYLONIANS
For centuries, Babylon has been a symbol of the decadent city
par
excellence,
signifying a deep mistrust of urbanisation in general. In
the Bible, the city has only negative connotations; and while later
classical writers admired the city’s size and splendour, they deplored
some of its more unusual customs.
Whatever the perspective, it was usual to take Babylon as stand-
ing for the whole of Mesopotamian civilisation. The history of the
Babylonians spans some 1800 years, from the time of Hammurabi,
famous for his Law-Code, to the time when Alexander’s heirs ruled
the Near East. Archaeological discoveries and cuneiform tablets
recovered from Babylonian cities allow us an impression of the
Babylonian people and their society, their intellectual and spiritual
preoccupations.
Gwendolyn Leick’s approachable survey introduces these people,
the reality behind the popular myth of Babylon. She explores the
lives of kings and merchants, women and slaves, and the social,
historical, geographical and cultural context in which their extra-
ordinary civilisation flourished for so many centuries.
Enjoyable and accessible, this is the ideal introduction to the
Babylonians for both students and the interested general reader.
Gwendolyn Leick
is the author of several books on the ancient
Near East, including
Who’s Who in the Ancient Near East
(Routledge
2001),
A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology
(Routledge
1998), and
Mesopotamia: The Invention of the City
(2002).
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TH E BABY L ON I A N S
An Introduction
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First published 2003
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001
Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group
This edition published in the Taylor and Francis e-Library, 2005.
“To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s
collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.”
© 2003 Gwendolyn Leick
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or
reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic,
mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter
invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any
information storage or retrieval system, without
permission in writing from the publishers.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available
from the British Library
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
A catalog record for this book has been requested
ISBN 0-203-99525-2 Master e-book ISBN
ISBN 0–415–25314–4 (hbk)
ISBN 0–415–25315–2 (pbk)

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