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The reopening of Iraq's National Museum attracted worldwide attention, underscoring the country's dual image as both the cradle of civilization and a contemporary geopolitical battleground. This title looks back through ten thousand years of the region's deeply significant yet increasingly overshadowed past.

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"Without any doubt... an original and coherent synthesis of 7,000 years of political evolution.... Nissen has provided us with a creative and challenging overview of political evolution in an area of the world commonly referred to as the 'cradle of civilization.'" - Science "This outstanding book traces in less than two hundred pages some 7,000 years of ancient Near Eastern history.... Filled with original ideas of lasting significance." - Choice"

From Mesopotamia to Iraq

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    A Hardback by Hans J. Nissen, Peter Heine

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 01/09/2009
      ISBN13: 9780226586632, 978-0226586632
      ISBN10: 0226586634
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The reopening of Iraq's National Museum attracted worldwide attention, underscoring the country's dual image as both the cradle of civilization and a contemporary geopolitical battleground. This title looks back through ten thousand years of the region's deeply significant yet increasingly overshadowed past.

      Trade Review
      "Without any doubt... an original and coherent synthesis of 7,000 years of political evolution.... Nissen has provided us with a creative and challenging overview of political evolution in an area of the world commonly referred to as the 'cradle of civilization.'" - Science "This outstanding book traces in less than two hundred pages some 7,000 years of ancient Near Eastern history.... Filled with original ideas of lasting significance." - Choice"

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