Mesopotamia. The Invention of the City. by LEICK, GWENDOLYN - 2001.

London.: Penguin.. 2001.. Map, black and white photographic plates, xxii + 359pp, index, bibliography, notes, glossary, dustjacket, edges little foxed, a very good hardback copy. "Situated in an area roughly corresponding to present-day Iraq, Mesopotamia is one of the great, ancient civilizations, though it is still relatively unknown. Yet, over 7000 years ago in Mesopotamia, the very first cities were created.

This book reveals how life was lived in ten Mesopotamian cities: from Eridu, the Mesopotamian Eden, to that potent symbol of decadence, Babylon - the first true metropolis: multicultural, multi-ethnic, the last centre of a dying civilization." (Publisher's description). .