Автор: Aldean, Ismaiel (Author), Aldean, Rose (Editor) Название: The Hanging Gardens of Babylon ISBN: 1466428198 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781466428195 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2067.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Kriwaczek Paul Название: Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization ISBN: 1250054168 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781250054166 Издательство: Holtzbrink(MPS)/MPS Цена: 2438.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Civilization was born eight thousand years ago, between the floodplains of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, when migrants from the surrounding mountains and deserts began to create increasingly sophisticated urban societies. In the cities that they built, half of human history took place.
In Babylon, Paul Kriwaczek tells the story of Mesopotamia from the earliest settlements seven thousand years ago to the eclipse of Babylon in the sixth century BCE. Bringing the people of this land to life in vibrant detail, the author chronicles the rise and fall of power during this period and explores the political and social systems, as well as the technical and cultural innovations, which made this land extraordinary. At the heart of this book is the story of Babylon, which rose to prominence under the Amorite king Hammurabi from about 1800 BCE. Even as Babylon's fortunes waxed and waned, it never lost its allure as the ancient world's greatest city. Engaging and compelling, Babylon reveals the splendor of the ancient world that laid the foundation for civilization itself.
Автор: Villegas Horacio A. Название: The Fall of Modern Day Babylon: Prophecy in the Making V ISBN: 1977933734 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781977933737 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 3621.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Pollock James Название: Sailing to Babylon ISBN: 0986533874 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780986533877 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 2752.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Poetry. SAILING TO BABYLON is the first full-length collection from James Pollock. These are poems of exploration and discovery of the self and the universal. Closer to home, there is the schoolboy fascination with the English teacher; the grandmother's old Bible; a Dantean-style extended account of a hiking adventure with a young son, fully realized in terza rima. Further out in time and geography, Pollock muses on figures from Canadian history--explorers Henry Hudson, David Thompson, and John Franklin; pioneering literary theorist Northrop Frye; and pianist Glenn Gould. Each of these quests has accompanying trials or triumphs. This is a collection full of surprises and pleasures, with a treasure-chest mapped for discovery in an image of the world / made small enough to hold inside the mind. A book that has the power to take you to the place / exactly where you always meant to go.
The metaphysics of the pause, the transition, the image: James Pollock has the Transtr mer instinct, but he plays the music in his very own key. These are haunting, deeply digested, nearly always surprising poems--Sven Birkerts
