Michael Miller

Sumerians

Legacy of the Ancient Mesopotamian Empire (A Comprehensive Guide to Sumerian Mythology Including Myths)

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Do you want to learn about sumerians? Thi¿ b¿¿k is int¿nd¿d f¿r students, ¿nd ¿¿¿¿¿i¿ll¿ for ¿tud¿nt¿ b¿ginning t¿ ¿tud¿ th¿ ¿r¿h¿¿¿l¿g¿ ¿nd hi¿t¿r¿ ¿f th¿ ¿n¿i¿nt n¿¿r e¿¿t. The changes which took ¿l¿¿¿ on the mesopotamian ¿l¿in b¿tw¿¿n the tigris ¿nd eühr¿t¿¿ rivers in th¿ fourth ¿nd third mill¿nni¿ b¿ are of ¿rüi¿l importance in understanding ¿ub¿¿¿ünt developments in w¿¿t¿rn äi¿ ¿nd b¿¿¿nd. Some of the topics and questions covered in this book include:The ancient sumerians in a nutshell The social structure of ancient sumerians The religion and mythology of ancient sumerians The sumerian kingdoms chronology The everyday life of ancient sumerians Sumerian innovations Sumerian culture And a great deal more that you don't want to miss out on! These stories that describe how the sumerians thought the world worked are now what we call myths. Even though myths aren't true, they can tell us about what the world was like in ancient civilizations Sumerians carved words on stone tablets, and some of those tablets are still around today. A few of these carvings are stories that tell us what the sumerians believed in. They lived in a world where nature was everywhere, and they were at the mercy of it.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Darby Connor
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 127mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 213g
• ISBN-13: 9781774854945
• ISBN-10: 1774854945
• Artikelnr.: 63903478

Autorenporträt

Michael Miller's first book, The Joyful Dark, was the Editor's Choice winner of The McGovern Prize at Ashland Poetry Press. His third book, Darkening the Grass, was a "Must Read" selection of the Massachusetts Book Award in 2013. His poem, "The Different War," 2014 Winner of the W. B. Yeats Poetry Society, was anthologized in Yeats 150 (Lilliput Press, Dublin). His poems have appeared in The Kenyon Review, The Sewanee Review, The New Republic, The American Scholar, Ontario Review, The Southern Review, Commonweal, Raritan, The Yale Review, Pinyon Review, and Passager. Born in 1940, Michael Miller served four years in the Marine Corps. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts.