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326 pages • first pub 1987 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780226067278
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
Our ancestors, the Mesopotamians, invented writing and with it a new way of looking at the world. In this collection of essays, the French scholar Jean Bottero attempts to go back to the moment which marks the very beginning of history. To give th...
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326 pages • first pub 1987 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780226067278
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
Our ancestors, the Mesopotamians, invented writing and with it a new way of looking at the world. In this collection of essays, the French scholar Jean Bottero attempts to go back to the moment which marks the very beginning of history. To give th...