Books by Selena Wisnom
The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of the Modern World
by Selena Wisnom
The Library of Ancient Wisdom by Selena Wisnom is the story of ancient Mesopotamia, in particular the story of Ashurbanipal and his library. Ashurbanipal was the king of the Assyrians in the 7th century BCE, at that time the largest empire the world had ever seen. He loved books—which in his day took the form of clay tablets written in cuneiform. Used for more than three millennia, more than half of human history was written in cuneiform, the author points out, in a plea for more people to study it.
Interviews where books by Selena Wisnom were recommended
-
1
King of Kings: The Fall of the Shah, the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Unmaking of the Modern Middle East
by Scott Anderson -
2
The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom
by David Woodman -
3
The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century
by Tim Weiner -
4
The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of the Modern World
by Selena Wisnom -
5
The Devil Reached Toward the Sky: An Oral History of the Making and Unleashing of the Atomic Bomb
by Garrett Graff -
6
The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life
by Sophia Rosenfeld
New History Books
New History Books
It’s a golden age for historical writing, as well-researched and sometimes quite specialist books by historians are written in an engaging style for a broad audience. History books out in recent months range from ancient Assyria to the CIA in the 21st century.
