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Civilization by A.Leo Oppenbeim\n\nRevised EditionCompleted by Erica Reiner  \nTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESSCbicago &London  \noi.uchicago.edu  \nTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS,CHICAGO 60637The University of Chicago Press,Ltd.,London  \n◎1964,1977 by The University of ChicagoAll rights reserved.Published 1977Printed in the United States of America  \n908988  \n765  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data  \nOppenheim,A.Leo,1904-1974.Ancient Mesopotamia:portrait of a dead civilization.  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \n1.Civilization,Assyro-Babylonian.2.Iraq—Civilization—To 634.I.Reiner,Erica,1926-II.Title.  \nDS69.5.06197693576-28340  \noi.uchicago.edu  \nToOTTo NEUGEBAUERIN ADMIRATION  \noi.uchicago.edu  \noi.uchicago.edu  \nContents  \nList of IllustrationsAcknowledgments  \nixxi  \nPreface to the Revised EditionxiiiPrefatory NoteIIntroduction:Assyriology—Why and How?7  \nI.The Making of Mesopotamia3ITHE BACKGROUND|32THE SETTING/35THE ACTORS/48THE WORLD AROUND/63  \nII.Go to,let us build us a city and a tower!74THE SOCIAL TEXTURE|75ECONOMIC FACTS /83  \n“THE GREAT ORGANIZATIONs”|95THE CITY/1o9URBANISM/I25  \nⅢ.Regnum a gente in gentem transferturI43HISTORICAL SOURCES OR LITERATURE?/I44AN ESSAY ON BABYLONIAN HISTORY/153AN ESSAY ON ASSYRIAN HISTORY/I63  \nIV.Nah ist—und schwer zu fassen der GottI7IWHY A“MESOPOTAMIAN RELIGION”sHOULD NOT BE WRITTEN/I72THE CARE AND FEEDING OF THE GODs /.I83MESOPOTAMIAN “PSYCHOLOGY”/I98THB ARTS OF THE DIVINER /206  \noi.uchicago.edu  \n## V.Laterculis coctilibus\n\nTHB MEANING OF WRITING/228THE SCRIBES/235THE CREATIVE EFFORTPATTERNS IN NON-LITERARY TEXTS  \nVI.There are many strange wonders,but nothing more wonderful thanman288MEDICINE AND PHYSICIANS|289MATHEMATICS AND ASTRONOMY /305CRAFTSMEN AND ARTISTS|3I0  \n## Epilogue\n\n332  \nAppendix:Mesopotamian Chronology of the Historical Period by  \nJ.A.Brinkman335  \nNotes  \n349  \n388  \n## Bibliographical Notes\n\nGlossary of Names and TermsIndex  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