AU  - Parrot, Andre,
AU  - Emmons, James,
AU  - Gilbert , Stuart, 
TI  - Sumer
T2  - The Arts of Mankind
AV  - N5370 P371 1960
PY  - 1960///
CY  - [London]
PB  - Thames and Hudson
KW  - Sumerians
KW  - Art, Sumerian
KW  - History
KW  - Iraq
KW  - Antiquities
KW  - Civilization
KW  - To 634
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-370) and index; Preface / by Andre Malraux -- Introduction -- I. History of the Discoveries -- II. The 'Garden of Eden' from the Origins to Historical Times (5000-2800 B.C.) -- III. The City States and Sumer's Golden Age Ur, Lagash, Mari (2800-2470 B.C.) -- IV. Sargon and Akkadian Empire (2470-2285 B.C.) -- V. The Guti and the Neo-Sumerian Reaction (2285-2016 B.C.) -- VI. The Return of the Amorites and Babylonian Hegemony (2016-1595 B.C.) -- VII. Kassites and Elamites in Babylonia ( 1730-1155 B. C.) -- Glossary-Index
N2  - Translated by Stuart Gilbert & James Emmons. André Parrot (1901-1980) was a French archaeologist specializing in the ancient Near East. He led excavations in Lebanon, Iraq and Syria, and is best known for his work at Mari, Syria, where he led important excavations from 1933 to 1975
ER  -