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Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia 1

Writing, Reasoning, and the Gods

by Jean Bottero
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Publication Date: 15/06/1995
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Our ancestors, the Mesopotamians, invented writing and with it a new way of looking at the world. In this collection of essays, the French scholar Jean Bottero attempts to go back to the moment which marks the very beginning of history.

To give the reader some sense of how Mesopotamian civilization has been mediated and interpreted in its transmission through time, Bottero begins with an account of Assyriology, the discipline devoted to the ancient culture. This transmission, compounded with countless discoveries, would not have been possible without the surprising decipherment of the cuneiform writing system. Bottero also focuses on divination in the ancient world, contending that certain modes of worship in Mesopotamia, in their application of causality and proof, prefigure the "scientific mind."
ISBN:
9780226067278
9780226067278
Category:
Archaeology by period / region
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
15-06-1995
Language:
English
Publisher:
The University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
326
Dimensions (mm):
23x17x2mm
Weight:
0.48kg

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these people invented the modern age of city life all on their own. there were no prototypes. no previous ideas or models or organised urban societies or commercially successful trading empires. these mesopotamians did it all. an amazing achievement. and they were quite realistic even when still beholden to a universe that was filled with gods deciding their destiny on their fabled tablets that later and lesser people plagiarized to the full. Impressive indeed as is the author.

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