Babylon : legend, history and the ancient city /

Babylon : legend, history and the ancient city /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Seymour, Michael (Michael John), author.
Imprint:	London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2014. New York : Palgrave Macmillan
Description:	xii, 360 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Excavations (Archaeology) -- Iraq -- Babylon (Extinct city) Babylon (Extinct city) -- History. Babylon (Extinct city) -- In art. Babylon (Extinct city) -- In literature. Iraq -- Antiquities. Iraq -- Babylon (Extinct city)
Format:	Map Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10102777

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Legend, history and the ancient city : Babylon
ISBN:	9781848857018 1848857012
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-338) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Maps
1. A city and its ghosts
2. Ancient Babylon
3. Tyrants and wonders: The biblical and classical sources
4. The Earthly City: Medieval and Renaissance approaches
5. Discoveries and fantasies: Enlightenment and modern approaches
6. The German experience: Excavation and reception
7. The Library of Babel: Babylon and its representation after the excavations
8. Culture and knowledge
Postscript: The Babylon exhibitions
Notes
Bibliography
Index