Mesopotamia and the biblical world. From Gilgamesh to King Solomon. Morris N.

The collection is intended for family reading, the information presented in it gives a bright and voluminous picture of the history of mankind. Ancient tribes and peoples, the emergence and disappearance of cultures and civilizations, legendary cities and rulers, artifacts and documentary evidence - all this can be learned from the family encyclopedia. In the interfluve - the earth lying between the rivers of the Euphrates and the Tiger - people first created cities. It was there that the ancient kingdoms and empires - the Sumerians, Babylonians, Hittites, Assyrians, Phoenicians, Persians originated. Thanks to them, many wonderful inventions appeared, from wheel to writing. According to the Bible, Abraham came from Mesopatamia. He moved to Canaan, where the Israeli kingdom was formed. A review of the centuries -old history of these amazing places completes the story of the origin of Christianity.