Books by Eckart Frahm
“Eckart Frahm … writes so accessibly about a really long and complex history — we’re talking about almost fifteen hundred years of Assyrian history … One of the reasons he’s able to make this history of political and economic milestones so interesting, is that he peppers it with stories of individual lives. … I really love this book, and I use it in a lot of my lectures.” Read more...
Moudhy Al-Rashid, Historian
Interviews where books by Eckart Frahm 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.
