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Tables of Contents for Everyday Life in Ancient Mesopotamia
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Publisher's Acknowledgement
vii
A Note on Pronunciation
viii
Foreword
ix
Jean Bottero
Map of Ancient Mesopotamia
xii
Part I Origins
Did the Sumerians Emerge from the Sea?
3
21
Georges Roux
The Great Enigma of the Cemetery at Ur
24
19
Georges Roux
Part II Everyday Life
The Oldest Cuisine in the World
43
22
Jean Bottero
The Oldest Feast
65
19
Jean Bottero
An Ancient Vintage
84
6
Andre Finet
Love and Sex in Babylon
90
22
Jean Bottero
Women's Rights
112
15
Jean Bottero
The Women of the Palace at Mari
127
14
Bertrand Lafont
Semiramis: The Builder of Babylon
141
21
Georges Roux
Magic and Medicine
162
21
Jean Bottero
The Birth of Astrology
183
16
Jean Bottero
The Ordeal
199
14
Bertrand Lafont
Part III Myth and Legend
The First Account of the Flood
213
17
Jean Bottero
The Epic of Gilgamesh
230
16
Jean Bottero
How Sin Was Born
246
21
Jean Bottero
Chronology
267
3
Further Reading
270
3
Trevor Watkins
Index
273