Ancient Mesopotamian civilization from 5500 to 1800 BC

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An extremely detailed survey of the activities surrounding the building of the tower of Babel. Engraving, c. 1680.

Mesopotamian astrology : an introduction to Babylonian and Assyrian celestial divination / by Ulla Koch-Westenholz.

The populations of the fatherland of Abraham : a short account of the populations which came into contact with the Jews, and used the Cuneiform system of writing / by G. Bertin.

Handbuch der altorientalischen geisteskultur / Mit 260 bildern nach den monumenten und 1 sternkarte.

Shumerskaia tsivilizatsiira - sledstv ie paleolita / Jurii Marčenko.

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Mesopotamian astrology : an introduction to Babylonian and Assyrian celestial divination / by Ulla Koch-Westenholz.

The populations of the fatherland of Abraham : a short account of the populations which came into contact with the Jews, and used the Cuneiform system of writing / by G. Bertin.

Handbuch der altorientalischen geisteskultur / Mit 260 bildern nach den monumenten und 1 sternkarte.

Shumerskaia tsivilizatsiira - sledstv ie paleolita / Jurii Marčenko.

An extremely detailed survey of the activities surrounding the building of the tower of Babel. Engraving, c. 1680.