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Mesopotamia: reading list

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Books to read by lamplight after the episode.

Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History

Moudhy Al-Rashid (W. W. Norton, 2025).

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Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization

Paul Kriwaczek (Thomas Dunne, 2012).

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Mesopotamia: The Invention of the City

Gwendolyn Leick (Penguin, 2002).

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The Epic of Gilgamesh

trans. Andrew George (Penguin Classics).

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The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction

Amanda H. Podany (Oxford University Press, 2013).

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Ancient Assyria: A Very Short Introduction

Karen Radner (Oxford University Press, 2015).

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