Mesopotamia: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Mesopotamian History and Civilizations, Including the Sumerians and Sumerian Mythology, Gilgamesh, Ur, Assyrians, Babylon, Hammurabi and the Persian Empire

kindle unlimited but one of my owned ones, 7 different books, all of which have read, but do rather like the sets because less grief with my tablet reader.Mesopotamia: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Mesopotamian History and Civilizations, Including the Sumerians and Sumerian Mythology, Gilgamesh, Ur, Assyrians, Babylon, Hammurabi and the Persian Empire -- If you want to discover the remarkable history of Mesopotamia, then keep reading...Free History BONUS Inside!Seven captivating manuscripts in one book:Sumerians: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Sumerian History, Sumerian MythologyMesopotamian Empire of the Sumer CivilizationGilgamesh: A Captivating Guide to Gilgamesh the King and the Epic of GilgameshUr: A Captivating Guide to One of the Most Important Sumerian City-States in Ancient MesopotamiaAssyrian History: A Captivating Guide to the Assyrians and Their Powerful Empire in Ancient MesopotamiaBabylon: A Captivating Guide to the Kingdom in Ancient Mesopotamia, Starting from the Akkadian Empire to the Battle of Opis Against Persia, Including Babylonian Mythology and the Legacy of BabyloniaHammurabi: A Captivating Guide to the Sixth King of the First Babylonian Dynasty, Including the Code of HammurabiThe Persian Empire: A Captivating Guide to the History of Persia, Starting from the Ancient Achaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanian Empires to the Safavid, Afsharid, and Qajar DynastiesSome of the topics covered in part 1 of this book include:The Ancient Sumerians In a Nutshell The Social Structure of Ancient Sumerians The Religion and Mythology of Ancient Sumerians The Sumerian Kingdoms Chronology The Everyday Life of Ancient Sumerians and more!Some of the topics covered in part 2 of this book include:The History of the Epic All Eleven Tablets Sumerian Poems About Gilgamesh And much, much more!In part 3 of this book, you will:Get a sense of how Ur came to existence, how it grew, reached its zenith, fell, re-rose, and ultimately perished until it reemerged a little over a century and a half ago Learn of its history, laden with wars, trade, divine worship, political corruption, and entertainment and more!Some of the topics covered in part 4 of this book include:The Assyrians Arrive in Mesopotamia: The Early Assyrian Period The Birth of a Civilization: The Old Assyrian Empire to the Middle Assyrian Empire The Beginning of the Neo-Assyrian Empire Imperial Expansion and the Golden Age of the Neo-Assyrian Empire The Fall of the Empire Assyrian Government and more!Some of the topics covered in part 5 of this book include:The Land of the Babylonians Life, Culture, and Gender Roles Throughout the Years Where Superstition Met Science Babylonia Before the Babylonians The Amorite Dynasty or the First Babylonians The First Fall of Babylon and the Rise of the Kassites Assyrian Domination and Rule, 911-619 BCE And much, much more!Some of the topics covered in part 6 of this book include:Babylon Before Hammurabi: Position of the City in Mesopotamia, Early Rulers Rise of Hammurabi: Wars and Achievements Chronology of Hammurabi Hammurabi’s Character: Physical Appearance, Relations with Other Rulers, Glimpses of His Personality The Code of Hammurabi and Early MesopotamianEach of these books in this collection are also available as standalone books.

I have read many other books about this area and when I got this series I was extremely happy. It had everything from Gilgamesh to the Acadian Empire to Babylon and I don't think anything was left out. If you want to know about the Mesopotamian area this is the set for you.

Wanting to build a better foundation of my understanding of the Sumerian culture, Akkadian empire, Babylonian and Assyrian empires, I purchased this book -- primarily as it was available in both Audible and in paperback allowing me to easily re-read. I can understand and appreciate that the authors needed to condense information. However, anyone reading this stuff does not need to be "sold" by romantic suggestions trying to equate the civilizations to the modern era. If someone is going to the trouble to read about this time period, the person wants basic facts not editorial writing. Also, the book presumably has several authors who butcher any hope of having a cohesive timeline of events. For instance, page 15 discusses the Sumerian timeline by stating, "The earliest period with permanent towns in the region is called the Ubaid period, named after a small uncovered settlement Tell al-'Ubaid near ancient Ur. This period roughly starts circa 6500 BC and ends around 4100 BC." Later, in the chapter about Ur, at page 131, the author of this section (assuming a different author) states "The first human settlement [in the context of UR] can be dated as far back as 3800 BC and was part of the so-called Ubaid culture." So which is it? sometime between 6500 and 4100 BC or at a later time near 3800 BC. The book so far is very frustrating. It appears to be introductory for the most part. No endnotes. No footnotes. A very limited biography of 83 resources which are simply added to the end of the book without any explanation of which parts of the book they support and many of which are very generalized -- such as 4 citations to Wikipedia, 4 citations to Encyclopedia Britannica, and 4 citations to Ancient History Encyclopedia. How reliable - an introductory text which includes about 15% of its citations to other highly introductory and often unreliable sources. Thusfar, the most "captivating" thing to me is how the publisher(s) of this book captured my money.

Fascinating BooksThis collection of 7 Books was informative, it provided me with a very useful overview of the history and empires of the fertile crescent. From Mesopotamia to the Persian empire through the last 7 thousand years. It also provided a delightful insight into what the everyday lives of people would have been like throughout that time period. A truly Enriching experience, as far as I'm concernedThe Books included were:1.) Sumerians: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Sumerian History, Sumerian Mythologyand the Mesopotamian Empire of the Sumer Civilization2.) Gilgamesh: A Captivating Guide to Gilgamesh the King and the Epic of Gilgamesh3.) Ur: A Captivating Guide to One of the Most Important Sumerian City-States in AncientMesopotamia4.) Assyrian History: A Captivating Guide to the Assyrians and Their Powerful Empire in AncientMesopotamia5.) Babylon: A Captivating Guide to the Kingdom in Ancient Mesopotamia, Starting from theAkkadian Empire to the Battle of Opis Against Persia, Including Babylonian Mythology and theLegacy of Babylonia6.) Hammurabi: A Captivating Guide to the Sixth King of the First Babylonian Dynasty, Includingthe Code of Hammurabi7.) The Persian Empire: A Captivating Guide to the History of Persia, Starting from the AncientAchaemenid, Parthian, and Sassanian Empires to the Safavid, Afsharid, and Qajar Dynasties (less)

I’m loving this book. Simple to read and makes learning about Mesopotamia easy.

Thank you very much, good quality, good seller, fast shipping, have a good day

I thought I'd give this 'captivating history' set a go as, at the price, it would be no great loss if it turned out to be inferior. But as another reviewer says they don't really amount to history. The historical components are presented as a great wedge of facts, names, dates, places, with only approximate organisation, but then no treatment at all as to the how and why underlying those facts. Why did civilisation begin at Sumer? Because the Mesopotamian alluvial plain provided a basis for agriculture productive enough to produce a food surplus, etc. These kind of process aspects are entirely missing. The mythological aspects are interesting but presented rather haphazardly as though the author has just dumped the content of his memory ontpo paper and not taken to time to make it coherent. The books might be useful as reference works for things like King lists and dynasties, but only if you had grounded your understanding in more serious and systematic history texts. As i half suspected from the price the idea of 'captivating history' books is just too good to be true.

Brilliant book giving understandable background to the different empires, timelines and even the myths of these wonderful empires. The best interpretation of the epic of Gilgamesh I have read to date. My initial interest was in Assyria but then I wanted to learn the lead up to the Assyrian empire to fully understand how they came into being. This gives you a very good understanding of how these empires came to be leading you to research deeper into each of these and others empires in the surrounding areas of Mesopotamia. Highly recommend.

Lacking photography it is a real shameOnly looked through the book quickly, it seems the content is inclusive and interesting

A lot to take in. Great reference book.

easy written enjoyable but don't bet on dates and accuracy