{"product_id":"mesopotamia-the-invention-of-the-city","title":"Mesopotamia: The Invention of the City","description":"\u003cp\u003eSituated 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 7,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, the very first cities were created. This is the first book to reveal 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gwendolyn Leick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 29 August 2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780140265743\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57692806119748,"sku":"9780140265743","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/8018\/7972\/files\/9780140265743.jpg?v=1794341895","url":"https:\/\/thehistoryshop.co.uk\/products\/mesopotamia-the-invention-of-the-city","provider":"The History Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}