{"product_id":"between-two-rivers","title":"Between Two Rivers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExplore the history of ancient Mesopotamia through the stories of real people who lived thousands of years ago, as part of a civilization that inspired some of the most important developments in all of human history.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThousands of years ago, in a part of the world we now call ancient Mesopotamia, people began writing things down for the very first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBetween Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History \u003c\/em\u003ehistorian Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid reveals the breathtakingly intimate, raw, and relatable moments they left behind. Like a dog's paw prints as it accidentally stepped into fresh clay, or the adorable messy writing of pre-schoolers. We brush hands with an enslaved person negotiating their freedom, an astronomer tracing the movement of the planets, and a working mother struggling with 'the juggle' in 1900 BCE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat they left behind preserves leaps in human ingenuity, and together, these fragments illuminate not just the history of Mesopotamia, but the story of how history itself was made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDr Moudhy Al-Rashid \u003c\/strong\u003eis an Honorary Fellow at Wolfson College, University of Oxford where she specialises in the language and history of ancient Mesopotamia.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookspeed","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57387121508729,"sku":"ASI-6201","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/7566\/5197\/files\/Between_Two_Rivers_Ancient_Mesopotamia_and_the_birth_of_history_Book_Cover.jpg?v=1780659088","url":"https:\/\/shop.ashmolean.org\/products\/between-two-rivers","provider":"Ashmolean Museum","version":"1.0","type":"link"}