Hunter, Erica C. D. <br/><br/>
First civilizations 
/ Erica C.D. Hunter 
 - New York  : Facts on File  , c1994. 
 - 96 p.  : ill. (some col.), col. maps  ; 31 cm. 
 - Cultural atlas for young people .
<br/><br/> "A Andromeda book"--T.p. verso. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 92) and index. 
<br/><br/> This book focuses on the Ancient Near East, particularly Mesopotamia - the area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers - which has a long and rich history of human habitation.  It discusses the history of theregion in two distinct phases.  Part One covers the transition of early hunters and gatherers to village and then to urban life, emphasizing key cultural and technological aspects of these civilizations, such as religion and the development of writing. Part Two chronicles the succession of mighty empires that dominated the Ancient Near East from earliest time to the fall of the Persian Empire in 331 BC. Numerous diagrams, illustrations and maps provide a vivid sense of what life may have been like for the ancient inhabitants of this region, which has been called "the cradle of civilization". 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780816029761 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>93041079 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle East----History----To 622----Juvenile literature<br/>Middle East----Antiquities----Juvenile literature
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DS62.23  / .H86 1994 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>JUV 939.4 HUN