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For younger readers

Landau, Elaine. The Sumerians. Millbrook, 1997. For readers in grades 5 to 7.

Malam, John, and Mavis Pilbeam. Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent. Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 2001. For readers in grades 5 to 7.

Nardo, Don. Ancient Mesopotamia. Lucent, 2003. For readers in grades 6 to 9.

Service, Pamela F. Mesopotamia. Marshall Cavendish, 1998. For readers in grades 6 to 9.

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Nemet-Nejat, Karen Rhea. Daily Life in Ancient Mesopotamia. Greenwood, 1998. An illustrated account of the lives of the citizens of Mesopotamia based on their own descriptions.

Roux, George. Ancient Iraq. Penguin, 1993. Engaging history of this complex region.

Service, Pamela. Mesopotamia. Marshall Cavendish, 1998. History and culture of the region known as the "cradle of civilization," for readers in grades 6 to 9.

Snell, Daniel C. Life in the Ancient Near East, 3100-332 B.C. Yale University Press, 1998. General history from the invention of writing to the conquest of Alexander the Great.

Van De Mieroop, Marc. The Ancient Mesopotamian City. Oxford University Press, 1999. An informative and accessible survey of the first literate urban society.

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Mesopotamian art and architecture

Amiet, Pierre. Art of the Ancient Near East. Abrams, 1980. Includes art of the Sumerians, Babylonians, Hittites, Assyrians, Medes, and Persians.

Bersani, Leo, and others. The Forms of Violence. Schocken, 1985. Revisionist analysis of Assyrian relief sculptures.

Collon, Dominique. Ancient Near Eastern Art. University of California Press, 1995.

Curtis, John, and others, eds. Art and Empire: Treasures from Assyria in the British Museum. Abrams, 1995. Handsomely illustrated catalog of an international exhibition; presents recent scholarship.

Frankfort, Henri. The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient. Yale University Press, 1992. Update of a seminal 1954 work.

Harper, Prudence Oliver, and others, eds. The Royal City of Susa: Ancient Near Eastern Treasures in the Louvre. Abrams, 1992. Catalog of a comprehensive exhibition of antiquities from Susa.

Leacroft, Helen, and Richard Leacroft. The Buildings of Ancient Mesopotamia. Addison-Wesley, 1975. Brief architectural history of houses, temples, and palaces; includes floor plans.

Leick, Gwendolyn. A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Architecture. Routledge, 1988. Thorough reference work.

Meyers, Eric M., ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East. Oxford University Press, 1996. Extensive coverage.

Reade, Julian. Mesopotamia. Harvard University Press, 1991. General guide with specific references to objects in the British Museum.

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