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
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Carthage: A New History of an Ancient Empire
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Alexander: God, King, Man
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The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of the Modern World
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Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History
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Babylon: The Biography of a Metropolis
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Agrippa
by Robert Harris
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.
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Tojo: The Rise and Fall of Japan's Most Controversial World War II General
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Carthage: A New History of an Ancient Empire
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A Cool Head in Hell: The Wartime Diaries of a British Doctor from Dunkirk to the Burma Railway
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King of Kings: The Fall of the Shah, the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Unmaking of the Modern Middle East
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The First King of England: Æthelstan and the Birth of a Kingdom
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The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century
by Tim Weiner
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.
