7/31/2010 What I'm reading.

I'm currently reading up on Mesopotamia, the area between the the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers located in modern day Iraq. It is referred to by several history books as "the cradle of civilization." It is in Mesopotamia that one of the worlds oldest civilizations, Sumer, arose.

I've purchased a copy of Mesopotamia The Invention of the City by Gwendolyn Leik (pictured below). It is a very interesting read. It follows the excavation and history of ten cities located in Mesopotamia.