audiobook Restoring Women's History through Historic Preservation (Center Books on Contemporary Landscape Design) by From Brand: Johns Hopkins University Press in History

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This volume covers the Isin-Larsa and Old Babylonian periods; a period marked initially by the struggle of two city-states; Isin and Larsa; for control over the land of Sumer in southern Babylonia. In the end the city-state of Babylon; under its energetic ruler Hammurabi; intervened. At an opportune moment; Hammurabi struck swiftly; defeated Larsa; and incorporated the southern domains into his own realms; thereby creating an empire that for a short time united the lands of Sumer and Akkad.The inscriptions in this volume are grouped by dynasties and arranged in order by ruler within each dynasty. Further; the inscriptions are arranged chronologically within each king's reign. A short introduction for each inscription gives its general contents; place of origin; and relative dating. Also included are a detailed catalogue of exemplars; a brief commentary; bibliography; and text in transliteration facing an English translation. The appended microfiches contain a transliteration of each individual exemplar displayed in a format reminiscent of a musical score.