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Article: Mesopotamia: Assyrians, Sumerians, Babylonians.(Dictionaries of Civilization, vol. 1)(Book review)
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- The Journal of the American Oriental Society
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- July 1, 2008
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Mesopotamia: Assyrians, Sumerians, Babylonians. By ENRICO ASCALONE. Translated by Rosanna M. Giammanco Frongia. Dictionaries of Civilization, vol. 1. Berkeley and Los Angeles: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS, 2007. Pp. 368, illus. $24.95 (paper).
In the movie To Be or Not to Be, a Polish acting troupe stages a performance called "Highlights from Hamlet." The volume under review is in a series entitled the Dictionaries of Civilization, but it would be more appropriate to call this book "Highlights from Mesopotamia." This is a handsome and lavishly illustrated pocket guide to the wonders of ancient Iraq. It owes more in inspiration to illustrated travel guides than ...