Books tagged: mesopotamia

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The Ancient Genesis    by Becca Blackwelder
Price: $7.99 USD. 72800 words. Published by amiblackwelder on November 10, 2009. .

A FIVE STAR SCRIBD LISTING! Four years of research into ancient Hebrew language and culture, exploring commentary and definitions to delineate the debate of creation and evotution. Find out why Ancient understanding is more in line with science than modern mainstream teachings.
Knowledge    by David Herne
Price: $1.99 USD. 7650 words. Published by Tectonic  on March 31, 2010. .

Over 5,000 years ago in Mesopotamia, something remarkable happened - the seeds of western civilisation were sown. In the city-state of Eridu, perhaps the earliest city of ancient Sumer, knowledge grew rapidly and became highly valued in its own right. Looking back in time, an intelligence beyond our understanding was determined to learn something of the profound discoveries that occurred there.
The Battle Honours of the Royal Hampshire Regiment    by Rupert Matthews
Price: $2.99 USD. 30990 words. Published by Bretwalda Books  on August 27, 2010. .

Men from Hampshire have for generations fought in the ranks of the Royal Hampshire Regiment, or its predecessors. All 160 Battle Honours of the regiment are featured in this book, including Blenheim, Minden, Barrosa, Kabul, Paardeburg, Mons, The Somme, Mesopotamia, Ypres, Passchendaele, Dunkirk, North Africa, Sicily, D-Day and Rhine Crossing.
Ziggurat: How Ur Gave Birth    by Kenneth Briggs
Price: $9.99 USD. 109720 words. Published on March 31, 2011. .

Ziggurat takes place in a time of innovation and change within people and within communities. "What is trying to happen here?" is the book's underlying question, a question to which we can all relate as we stand at the start of a new millennium.
Pale Queen's Courtyard    by Marcin Wrona
Price: Free! 112950 words. Published on April 24, 2011. .

Kamvar, a soldier, has lost his way. Leonine, a thief and sorcerer, has forgotten that he had one to lose. When the daughter of a High Priest finds herself exiled and hunted across the entirety of conquered Ekka, both men will remember who they are, and the country's invaders will learn that memories, unlike temples, are not so easily torn down.
How I wrote a Pre-Historic Novel    by Vasant Davé
Price: Free! 7890 words. Published on July 20, 2011. .

In this small e-book Vasant Davé shares his experience of writing a Pre-Historic Novel and how he endeavoured to raise the conviction factor of his narrative far above earlier novels dealing with Indus Valley Civilization. 'Trade winds to Meluhha' was published at Smashwords in January, 2012.
Golden Feathers Falling    by Marcin Wrona
Price: $2.99 USD. 90670 words. Published on August 22, 2011. .

By night, Alit wards off clumsy advances from boring scribes and functionaries. By day, she carries letters across dangerous Numush to add coins to her dowry. After her tablet house is attacked, she hires a band of mercenaries to find out why, and is drawn into an Ekka she has only glimpsed: a land built on vengeance, crime for coin, and simmering revolution.
The Real ID Jack - The Theft of Black Identity as the Chosen People of God    by Nasir Hakim
Price: $4.99 USD. 28970 words. Published by Secretarius MEMPS on August 23, 2011. .

The Real ID Jack The Theft Of Black Identity As The Chosen People Of God By Nasir Maker Hakim Language is used to communicate; yet there are literary divices used to communicate as well. This books explores how buzz-words, double speak, and various other literary devices are used to deceive the uninformed even to the extent of concealing the identity of an entire people from themselves.
THE LONG ROAD TO BAGHDAD    by Catrin Collier
Price: $3.99 USD. 154030 words. Published on October 18, 2011. .

Lawrence of Arabia meets Dr Zhivago. An epic novel of romance and war based on the exploits of Lieutenant Colonel Gerard Leachman, Political Officer, British Expeditionary Force, Iraq, on the Eastern front of the Great War, 1914 – 1919.
The Scribe's Family    by Don Jacobson
Price: $3.99 USD. 116480 words. Published on November 10, 2011. .

An historical novel of unprecedented scope, a family saga enacted on an evolving stage of ten settings, ten eras, ten Golden Ages, spanning five millennia. gilded by a fascinating variety of customs, mores and taboos, trades and religions, traditions and temptations to cunningly beguile the scribe's lively, growing family.