Ancient Mesopotamia Inside Out

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Author Ellen Rodger Editors Sarah Eason Kelly Spence Janine Deschenes and Kathy Middleton Editorial director Kathy Middleton Design Paul Myerscough Cover design Paul Myerscough Photo research Rachel Blount Proofreader Wendy Scavuzzo Production coordinator and Prepress technician Tammy McGarr Print coordinator Margaret Amy Salter Consultant John Malam archaeologist Written and produced for Crabtree Publishing Company by Calcium Creative Front Cover BKGD A reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate the eighth gate of the city of Babylon The original was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Inset From the Mesopotamian era the Ram in a Thicket is made from gold copper shell limestone and lapis lazuli Title Page BKGD The Ziggurat of Ur a Sumerian temple built during the Early Bronze Age A ziggurat is a pyramid with steps and levels often made of sun-baked mud bricks Inset The Statue of Ebih-Il from an ancient city in Syria The statue of a praying figure is made of gypsum schist shells and lapis lazuli Photo Credits t Top bl Bottom Left br Bottom Right Alamy World History Archive p 9t Getty Images Werner Forman p 15b LACMA www lacma org The Phil Berg Collection p 21b Gift of Robert Blaugrund p 29t Shutterstock Borna Mirahmadian p 22 23 ChameleonsEye p 26 27 Homo Cosmicos p 1bg p 18 19 p 28b Robert Jakatics p 13b Kamira p 17t Nexus 7 p 8 9 Radiokafka p 24 25 Rasoulali p 6 7 p 10 11 p 12 13 SJ Travel Photo and Video p 4 5 IR Stone p 3 p 6 17 p 20 21 Wikimedia Commons Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP Glasg p 23b Mbzt p 11b 1934 1935 excavated by André Parrot Place Temple of Ishtar at Mari p 1fg p 25b Prioryman p 27t Bjørn Christian Tørrissen p 14 15 Whiteghost ink p 28 29 Map p 5 by Geoff Ward Artwork p 29 by Venetia Dean Cover Shutterstock Rasoulali bg Wikimedia Commons British Museum br Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names Rodger Ellen author Title Ancient Mesopotamia inside out Ellen Rodger Description New York New York Crabtree Publishing Company 2017 Series Ancient worlds inside out Includes index Identifiers LCCN 2016058590 print LCCN 2017003326 ebook ISBN 9780778728801 reinforced library binding alkaline paper ISBN 9780778728948 paperback alkaline paper ISBN 9781427118493 Electronic HTML Subjects LCSH Iraq Civilization To 634 Juvenile literature Iraq Antiquities Juvenile literature Classification LCC DS71 R65 2017 print LCC DS71 ebook DDC 935 dc23 LC record available at https lccn loc gov 2016058590 Rodger Ellen author Ancient Mesopotamia inside out Ellen Rodger Ancient worlds inside out Includes index Issued in print and electronic formats ISBN 978-0-7787-2880-1 hardcover ISBN 978-0-7787-2894-8 softcover ISBN 978-1-4271-1849-3 HTML 1 Iraq Civilization To 634 Juvenile literature 2 Iraq Antiquities Juvenile literature 3 Material culture Iraq Juvenile literature 4 Iraq History To 634 Juvenile literature I Title DS69 5 R64 2017 j935 C2016-907263-0 C2016-907264-9 Crabtree Publishing Company www crabtreebooks com Copyright 2017 CRABTREE PUBLISHING COMPANY All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or be transmitted in any form or by any means electronic mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Crabtree Publishing Company In Canada We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund for our publishing activities 1-800-387-7650 Published in Canada Crabtree Publishing 616 Welland Ave St Catharines Ontario L2M 5V6 Published in the United States Crabtree Publishing PMB 59051 350 Fifth Avenue 59th Floor New York New York 10118 Published in the United Kingdom Crabtree Publishing Maritime House Basin Road North Hove BN41 1WR Published in Australia Crabtree Publishing 3 Charles Street Coburg North VIC 3058