Near East Cuneiform Tablets Bring Ancient Individuals to Life
Christina Riggs
Amanda H. Podany.
Oxford UP, 2022.
“Each of the dozens of people whose lives we will visit, in his or her own way, changed the world, from the most powerful king or priestess to the poorest tenant farmer.”
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