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The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 120 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.76 — 123,957 ratings — published -1800
Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.89 — 3,515 ratings — published 2010
Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,872 ratings — published 1989
There Are Rivers in the Sky (Hardcover)
by (shelved 29 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.33 — 106,299 ratings — published 2024
Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire (Hardcover)
by (shelved 25 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.07 — 1,826 ratings — published 2023
The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character (Paperback)
by (shelved 25 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,038 ratings — published 1963
A History of the Ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC (Paperback)
by (shelved 23 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.00 — 945 ratings — published 2003
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.41 — 1,010 ratings — published 2022
Enuma Elish: The Seven Tablets of the History of Creation (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,829 ratings — published -1800
Mesopotamia: The Invention of the City (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.78 — 503 ratings — published 2001
Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.15 — 1,807 ratings — published 1983
Ancient Iraq (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.98 — 599 ratings — published 1964
The Assyrian (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.26 — 1,564 ratings — published 1987
History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,062 ratings — published 1956
The Treasures of Darkness: A History of Mesopotamian Religion (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.16 — 246 ratings — published 1976
Gilgamesh the King (The Gilgamesh Trilogy, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.15 — 943 ratings — published 1992
Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.12 — 229 ratings — published 1992
City of the Plague God (Adventures of Sik Aziz, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.21 — 3,773 ratings — published 2021
The Literature of Ancient Sumer (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.18 — 80 ratings — published 2004
Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,941 ratings — published 2025
Inanna (Sumerians, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.03 — 2,735 ratings — published 2023
Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.79 — 135 ratings — published 1964
Ancient Mesopotamia: Life in the Cradle of Civilization (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 11 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.17 — 663 ratings — published 2018
Before the Muses: An Anthology of Akkadian Literature (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.43 — 82 ratings — published 1993
Babylonia (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.06 — 18,443 ratings — published 2024
Mesopotamia: Writing, Reasoning, and the Gods (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.15 — 119 ratings — published 1987
Cuneiform (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.27 — 412 ratings — published 2015
The Code of Hammurabi (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.52 — 1,409 ratings — published -1780
The Library of Ancient Wisdom: Mesopotamia and the Making of the Modern World (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.24 — 289 ratings — published 2025
Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World's First Author (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.36 — 392 ratings — published
The Epic of Atrahasis (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 8 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.77 — 212 ratings — published -1800
Everyday Life in Ancient Mesopotamia (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.82 — 68 ratings — published 2001
Persians: The Age of the Great Kings (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.08 — 2,441 ratings — published 2022
The Exaltation of Inanna (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.83 — 301 ratings — published -2250
The Sumerian World (Routledge Worlds)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.23 — 56 ratings — published 2012
1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.75 — 14,240 ratings — published 2014
The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.89 — 868 ratings — published 2013
Dawn of Empire (Eskkar Saga, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,695 ratings — published 2006
The Last Quest of Gilgamesh (The Gilgamesh Trilogy, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.21 — 494 ratings — published 1995
The Revenge of Ishtar (The Gilgamesh Trilogy, #2)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.18 — 478 ratings — published 1993
King Hammurabi of Babylon: A Biography (Blackwell Ancient Lives)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.79 — 121 ratings — published 2004
The Ancient Mesopotamian City (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.19 — 32 ratings — published 1998
Sumerian Mythology (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.91 — 691 ratings — published 1944
Return to Babylon: Travelers, Archaeologists, and Monuments in Mesopotamia (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.22 — 45 ratings — published 1979
Mesopotamia: Ancient Art and Architecture (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.33 — 49 ratings — published
Sex and Eroticism in Mesopotamian Literature (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.88 — 40 ratings — published 1994
The Blood Star (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 4.47 — 830 ratings — published 1989
Between the Rivers: The History of Ancient Mesopotamia (Audible Audio)
by (shelved 6 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.71 — 328 ratings — published 2013
Gilgamesh the King (Gilgamesh, #1)
by (shelved 6 times as mesopotamia)
avg rating 3.74 — 1,074 ratings — published 1984
“My first-year mentor Leslie taught me that the hurrieder we go, the behinder we get.”
― Healing Wisdom for a Wounded World: My Life-Changing Journey Through a Shamanic School: Book 1
― Healing Wisdom for a Wounded World: My Life-Changing Journey Through a Shamanic School: Book 1
“Then the flood swept over.”
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