Table of Contents

Introduction By Donny George 1. Mesopotamian Art from Its Origins to the End of the Third Millennium BC By Jean-Daniel Forest and Natalie Gallois 2. Mesopotamian Art from the Second Millennium BC to the Fall of Babylon By Jean-Daniel Forest and Natalie Gallois 3. Hellenism in the Land of Two Rivers By Carlo Lippolis 4. The Parthian and Sassanid Periods By Roberta Ricciardi Venco 5. The Islamic Period By Giovanni Curatola Appendix: Key Sites of Mesopotamian and Iraqi Art Notes and Bibliography Index of Places and Monuments

About the Author

Giovanni Curatola, a professor of archaeology and the history of Muslim art at the University of Udine, has curated such exhibitions as Islamic Art in Italy and Shamans and Dervishes of the Steppes. He is presently involved in the effort to preserve Iraq's archaeological heritage. Donny George is the former Director General of Antiquities of Iraq.

Reviews

"The text, though scholarly, is accessible to the general reader, giving excellent instruction in a rich civilizational epoch." -- The Wall Street Journal