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Ancient Mesopotamia, meaning land between two rivers,
resides in modern day Iraq including parts of Syria, Turkey and Iran, contained
many ancient civilizations such as the Sumerians and Babylonians. These ancient
civilizations ruled the Fertile Crescent from 3100 BCE to around 600 CE.
Ancient Historians have a plethora of primary sources written in Cuneiform on
tablets, yet many of these tablets remained not translated. Many journal
articles have been written on the subject of Ancient Mesopotamia with several
books published on the subject as well, but the journals are more prominent in
number and harder to obtain because of the expensive cost of the academic
journals. The scholarly books are more affordable yet few published volumes are
pleasing to read. Princeton University Press’ book Civilizations of Ancient Iraq by Benjamin Foster and Karen Foster
is the latest scholarly work to spread its knowledge to the masses. Benjamin Foster teaches at Yale University in the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
department. As Professor of Assyriology
and Babylonian Literature and Curator of the Yale Babylonian Collection, Dr. Foster
exemplifies his expertise as an expert in Ancient Mesopotamia, especially in
Akkadian literature with his earlier publication titled Before the Muses, a translation of a plethora of Akkadian
literature sources. In addition to Dr. Foster holding a professorship at Yale
University, Karen Foster also
holds a teaching position at Yale University in their Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
department. Her expertise rises in Art of the Ancient Near East and Aegean.
Both Fosters received their PhD from Yale University. One would deduce from the expertise of Dr.
Benjamin Foster and Dr. Karen Foster and the scholarly reputation of Yale that Civilizations of Ancient Iraq delivers as a cornerstone volume on Ancient Mesopotamia……
