The City's Inventor Mesopotamia

Sumerian creation mythology is interesting: In the beginning, the entire world consisted of water; then, even before land was created, Eridu was established. (Today, we know it as the oldest city in Mesopotamia.) Then, the foundations of the first temple were laid in the water. After that, the gods were created. The god Marduk created a reed framework and filled it with earth. Thus, the earth, over which the first city and its inhabitants would rule, was also created...

Not only anthropology, history, and archaeology, but also mythological studies show that the city holds a prominent place in the formation of Mesopotamian culture. Anthropologist and Assyriologist Gwendolyn Leick meticulously examines the reasons behind this unique phenomenon and its impact on the shaping of Mesopotamian civilization, which consisted of elements such as Sumer, Akkad, Assyria, and Babylon.

"The Inventor of the City Mesopotamia," which does not neglect to mention Egyptian and Anatolian civilizations, promises a new perspective and a pleasant reading experience to readers of mythology, archaeology, anthropology, and history.

“As Leick convincingly demonstrates, in antiquity, Mesopotamia held a very interesting and much more significant position than Egypt; the author’s beautiful work corrects all our misconceptions...”