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The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 119 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.76 — 125,177 ratings — published -1800
Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 44 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.89 — 3,561 ratings — published 2010
Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,886 ratings — published 1989
There Are Rivers in the Sky (Hardcover)
by (shelved 32 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.33 — 111,786 ratings — published 2024
Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 28 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,903 ratings — published 2023
The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 27 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,052 ratings — published 1963
A History of the Ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.00 — 949 ratings — published 2003
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.41 — 1,039 ratings — published 2022
Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer (Paperback)
by (shelved 20 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,817 ratings — published 1983
Enuma Elish: The Seven Tablets of the History of Creation (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,848 ratings — published -1800
Mesopotamia: The Invention of the City (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.78 — 504 ratings — published 2001
Ancient Iraq (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.98 — 601 ratings — published
The Treasures of Darkness: A History of Mesopotamian Religion (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.16 — 247 ratings — published 1976
Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,088 ratings — published 2025
Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.13 — 229 ratings — published 1992
History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,075 ratings — published 1956
The Literature of Ancient Sumer (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.18 — 80 ratings — published 2004
The Assyrian (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.27 — 1,577 ratings — published 1987
Inanna (Sumerians, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,836 ratings — published 2023
City of the Plague God (Adventures of Sik Aziz, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.20 — 3,791 ratings — published 2021
Gilgamesh the King (The Gilgamesh Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.15 — 950 ratings — published 1992
Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.43 — 82 ratings — published 1993
Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.79 — 136 ratings — published 1964
The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of the Modern World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.26 — 324 ratings — published 2025
Babylonia (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.06 — 19,121 ratings — published 2024
Ancient Mesopotamia: Life in the Cradle of Civilization (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 11 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.18 — 678 ratings — published 2018
Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World's First Author (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.34 — 414 ratings — published
Mesopotamia: Writing, Reasoning, and the Gods (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.16 — 120 ratings — published 1987
Cuneiform (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.27 — 417 ratings — published 2015
The Code of Hammurabi (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.51 — 1,418 ratings — published -1780
Persians: The Age of the Great Kings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.08 — 2,515 ratings — published 2022
The Sumerian World (Routledge Worlds)
by (shelved 8 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.23 — 56 ratings — published 2012
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.75 — 14,625 ratings — published 2014
The Epic of Atrahasis (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 8 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.78 — 218 ratings — published -1800
Everyday Life in Ancient Mesopotamia (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.82 — 68 ratings — published 2001
Sumerian Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.91 — 694 ratings — published 1944
Gilgamesh (Sumerians, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.30 — 990 ratings — published 2024
The Exaltation of Inanna (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.80 — 315 ratings — published -2250
Mesopotamia: Ancient Art and Architecture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.34 — 50 ratings — published
The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.89 — 879 ratings — published 2013
Sex and Eroticism in Mesopotamian Literature (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.88 — 40 ratings — published 1994
Dawn of Empire (Eskkar Saga, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,699 ratings — published 2006
The Last Quest of Gilgamesh (The Gilgamesh Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.21 — 497 ratings — published 1995
The Revenge of Ishtar (The Gilgamesh Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.18 — 481 ratings — published 1993
King Hammurabi of Babylon: A Biography (Blackwell Ancient Lives)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.77 — 128 ratings — published 2004
The Ancient Mesopotamian City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.21 — 33 ratings — published 1998
Return to Babylon: Travelers, Archaeologists, and Monuments in Mesopotamia (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.22 — 45 ratings — published 1979
Ninshubar (Sumerians, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.34 — 584 ratings — published 2025
The First Ghosts: Most Ancient of Legacies (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.00 — 548 ratings — published
“Desde la niñez, nos han hecho considerar este lugar como la cuna de la raza humana.”
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“Another point of interest about the Tiahuanaco [in Bolivia] monoliths is that their garments from the waist down are patterned in the form of fish scales. Here, too, is a parallel to the Apkallus--the bearded, "fish-garbed figures" who brought high civilization to Mesopotamia [...]. Nor is it as though bearded figures are missing from the repertoire of Tiahuanaco. Two have survived, and one on the pillar in the semi-subterranean temple has been identified since time immemorial with the great civilizing deity Kon-Tiki Viracocha, [...] who is described in multiple myths and traditions as being white skinned and bearded.”
― Magicians of the Gods: The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilization
― Magicians of the Gods: The Forgotten Wisdom of Earth's Lost Civilization
