Babylon

This is an archaeological history of Babylon and the land of Babylonia, from early settlement on the Euphrates through the Old Babylonian kingdom of Hammurabi, Kassite and later rule, the Neo-Babylonian empire of Nebuchadnezzar, and the city's afterlife under Persian, Greek, and subsequent powers. Joan Oates uses excavation reports, cuneiform records, and standing remains to describe temples, walls, trade, kingship, and daily life. The book is a work of archaeology and ancient history: an account of a city and a culture built from the ground and the tablets, not a novelistic retelling of biblical episodes.

Bound in decorated brown/beige cloth, gilt title. Black slipcase. Single volume issue of Lost Cities of the Ancient World set.