Books by Amanda Podany
“It is a really incredible book, because she brings to life each era. … This book is really long, but it’s easy to follow, because of the way she structures it through people’s lives and dives into details that make it so interesting. The other great thing about it is that it’s written in such a way that you can skip parts without feeling lost later down the line; it can be digested as a whole or piecemeal.” Read more...
Moudhy Al-Rashid, Historian
Interviews where books by Amanda Podany were recommended
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Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire
by Eckart Frahm -
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In the Land of Ninkasi: A History of Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia
by Tate Paulette -
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Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East
by Amanda Podany -
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Ancient Mesopotamia Speaks: Highlights of the Yale Babylonian Collection
Edited by Agnete W. Lassen, Eckart Frahm, Klaus Wagensonner -
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Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World's First Author
by Enheduana & Sophus Helle (translator)
Books about Mesopotamia, recommended by Moudhy Al-Rashid
Books about Mesopotamia, recommended by Moudhy Al-Rashid
Mesopotamia, the fertile region between the Tigris and the Euphrates, is a hugely significant part of human history, yet has often been left out of the classical civilisations curriculum. Here, Moudhy Al-Rashid, author of Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History, recommends five recent books about Mesopotamia that shed light not only milestones of history, but on individual lives thousands of years ago.
