
Before and after Babel
by Marc (Professor of History Van De Mieroop
Title:
Before and after Babel
Author:
Marc (Professor of History Van De Mieroop
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
358 pages, 11 b/w illustrations
Publisher:
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN-13:
9780197634660
EAN:
9780197634660
Publication Date:
09/02/2023
Classifications:
Language teaching and learning
Weight (g):
742
Dimensions (mm):
164 x 243 x 35
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
The ancient Near East is not only where the world's earliest writing system, Babylonian cuneiform, was invented some 5,000 years ago, but also where nearly 2,000 years later numerous other scripts developed each to write a specific language. As a framework for the rich intellectual history of this region's ancient past, this book investigates how this










