Product Description: With Ancestor of the West, three distinguished French historians reveal the story of the birth of writing and reason, demonstrating how the logical religious structures of Near Eastern and Mesopotamian cultures served as precursors to those of the West...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Everyday Life in Ancient Mesopotamia, based on articles originally published in L'Histoire by Jean Bottéro, André Finet, Bertrand Lafont, and Georges Roux, presents new discoveries about this amazing Mesopotamian culture made during the past ten years...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Book annotation not available for this title.Title: MesopotamiaAuthor: Bottero, JeanPublisher: Grupo Anaya ComercialPublication Date: 2004/06/30Number of Pages: 360Binding Type: PAPERBACKLibrary of Congress: oc2007037712

Product Description: The oldest surviving recipes in the world, dating from the mid-second millennium B.C.E., are here given their definitive transcription, translation, and commentary by a renowned Assyriologist and master chef. Examining each recipe in detail, Bottero identifies, insofar as we are able, the ingredients to be used, the methods of preparation, garnishment, and the presentation of the finished culinary delight...read more