A short history of Babylon

Author(s)

• Radner, Karen

Bibliographic Information

A short history of Babylon

Karen Radner

（Short histories）

Bloomsbury Academic, 2020

• : hb

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-228) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Much of our perception of Babylon in the West is filtered through the poignant echoes of loss and longing that resonate in the Hebrew Bible. The lamenting exiles of Judah craved a return to their lost homeland after the sack of Jerusalem in 587 BC and their forcible removal by Nebuchadnezzar to the alien floodlands of the Euphrates. But to see Babylon only as an adjunct to Old Testament history is misleading. A Short History of Babylon explores the ever-changing city that shaped world history for two millennia.

Table of Contents

Timeline List of figure captions Introduction Ch.1 Babylon in time and space Ch.2 Babylon's loss and rediscovery Ch.3 Capital: Hammurabi's Babylon Ch.4. Font of knowledge: Burnaburias's Babylon Ch.5 Linking Heaven and Earth: Marduk's Babylon Ch.6 Negotiating Power: Babylon and the Assyrians Ch.7 Megacity: Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon Ch.8 Clipped Wings: Babylon and the Persians Ch.9 Slow Fade: Babylon after Alexander the Great Notes Bibliography Index

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Details

• NCID: BC03601388
• ISBN:
  • 9781838601690
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xxvii, 239 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 935.5
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Babylon (Extinct city) -- History
  • LCSH : Babylon (Extinct city) -- Civilization
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BC03601118