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Title: The Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East (CULTURAL ATLAS OF) by Michael Roaf ISBN: 0-8160-2218-6 Publisher: Checkmark Books Pub. Date: November, 1990 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $50.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Awesome!!
Comment: This book does an excellent job of describing the culture and civilization that was the ancient near east. The pictures and maps are totally sweet, and provide a lot of the appeal in this book. In addition Roaf's text is an enjoybale read, that is accessible even to the non-expert. I'm fascinated with ancient history and I really enjoyed this book. So if you are in to the ancient near east or just into ancient civilizations in general give this book a try, it's some sweet action you just can't pass up.

Rating: 5
Summary: Best cultural atlas of Mesopotamia
Comment: Although I'm a biologist by education, I'm something of a history buff and I've purchased 6 or 7 big atlases of world history and cultural atlases of the world lately (you can't have too many atlases in your life), and this one is the best atlas on Mesopotomia that I've seen. It's well-written and has lots of interesting information, but it's major strength is all the beautiful color photos of art, artifacts, buildings, and other cultural items from the many ancient sites, along with a number of maps. The author does a fine job of discussing the importance of many of the major archeological sites and their history. You'll hear a lot about these in the book, some of which, although I've read a fair amount of archeology and ancient history, I still wasn't that familiar with, so the author knows his stuff. All in all a beautifully illustrated, well-written, educational, and even reasonably priced book given the overall quality and features.

While we're on the subject, another very accessible and interesting book is Prof. Jean Bottero's Everyday Life in Ancient Mesopotomia. The ancient Mesopotamians come across as practical, no-nonsense people who, in contrast to the ancient Egyptians, weren't especially religious and believed in living life in the here and now as best one could. Although they did have a religion, it was mostly for propitiating various gods and deities who they hoped would bestow their blessings on them in their present life. There was a concept of the afterlife, but it was basically a dark, dingy, netherworld where not much happened, it seems, and they regarded the present life as far preferable to it.

Just another suggestion for further reading in case you're interested.

Rating: 5
Summary: Beautifully done
Comment: This is a well-written book and has lots of valuable information, but it's major strength is all the beautiful color photos of art, artifacts, buildings, and other cultural items from ancient sites, along with a number of maps. The author does a fine job of discussing the importance of many of the major archeological sites and their history. All in all, a beautifully done book, well-written, informative and even reasonably priced given the overall quality and features.

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