Books by Moudhy Al-Rashid
Moudhy Al-Rashid is an Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Oxford, where she specialises in the languages and history of ancient Mesopotamia. She teaches Akkadian texts and the history of science in Mesopotamia, and regularly appears on podcasts.
Interviews with Moudhy Al-Rashid
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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.
Interviews where books by Moudhy Al-Rashid were recommended
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Carthage: A New History of an Ancient Empire
by Eve MacDonald -
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The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of the Modern World
by Selena Wisnom -
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Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History
by Moudhy Al-Rashid -
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Babylon: The Biography of a Metropolis
by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones -
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Agrippa
by Robert Harris -
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Boudicca's Daughter
by Elodie Harper
New in Ancient History
New in Ancient History
We love books about ancient history at Five Books. Not only is it relaxing to escape from the present by reading about events several millennia ago, but the brutality of that period also helps put our modern challenges in perspective. One exciting trend in the past few years is a move away from accounts of ancient Rome and Greece to other ancient civilisations. Here’s a roundup of some of the books published recently.
