Books by Enheduana
“Sophus Helle is an incredible writer and a meticulous scholar. These translations of Enheduana’s work capture what it might have felt like to read them or to listen to them in the original. The poetry is so impactful and so breathtaking, and he does such a great job of striking a balance between fidelity and poetry. It’s just gorgeous, I don’t know how he does it.” Read more...
Moudhy Al-Rashid, Historian
Interviews where books by Enheduana 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.
