Legacy of Mesopotamia

Auteur: Dalley, Stephanie (Somerville College, Oxford)
Editeur: Oxford University Press
Stephanie Dalley explores the spread of culture through literacy from Mesopotamia into Egypt, Palestine and Greece after a system of writing was developed. By gathering evidence from a vast range of material and literary sources from 3000 BC onwards, threads of influence and continuity are traced into the Middle Ages. The effect of rediscovery in recent times is evident in European art.

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Stephanie Dalley explores the spread of culture through literacy from Mesopotamia into Egypt, Palestine and Greece after a system of writing was developed. By gathering evidence from a vast range of material and literary sources from 3000 BC onwards, threads of influence and continuity are traced into the Middle Ages. The effect of rediscovery in recent times is evident in European art.
ISBN / EAN 9780199291588
Auteur Dalley, Stephanie (Somerville College, Oxford)
Editeur Oxford University Press