Mountains and Lowlands: Ancient Iran and Mesopotamia

by Paul Collins

Book Overview

Mountains and Lowlands is an engaging exploration of the history of ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) and Iran from 6000 BC-AD 650Ancient Mesopotamia and Iran are usually treated separately or as part of a much broader 'Ancient Near East'. However, the developments that lie at the root of our own world - farming, cities, writing, organized religion, warfare - were forged in the tensions and relations between the inhabitants of lowland Mesopotamia...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910807087
• ISBN13: 9781910807088
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Ashmolean Museum
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.8" x 10.3"