Hydrography of Mesopotamia:

Assyria and Babylonia

Sebastian Borkowski M.A.
Prof. Dr. Mirko Novák
Dr. Susanne Rutishauser
Dr. Eveline C. Zbinden
Prof. Dr. Andreas Zischg

Introduction: Geography Discussion RL01

Papers

Sissakian, V.K. et al. (2020): Geomorphology of the Mesopotamian Plain. A Critical Review, Journal of Earth Sciences and Geotechnical Engineering 10:4, 1–25.

Rost, S. (2017): Water management in Mesopotamia from the sixth till the first millennium B.C, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water 4:5.143–153.

Sissakian et al. (2020)

Sissakian, V.K. et al. (2020): Geomorphology of the Mesopotamian Plain. A Critical Review, Journal of Earth Sciences and Geotechnical Engineering 10:4, Fig. 7.

Rost (2017)

Rost, S. (2017): Water management in Mesopotamia from the sixth till the first millennium B.C, Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water 4:5.143–153, Map 1.

Rivers

terms

wadi
levee
crevasse splay

Wilkinson, T.J. (2003): Archaeological Landscapes of the Near East, Tuscon, Fig. 5.9

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Homework

Blaschke, T. (2013): Euphrat und Tigris in der frühen mesopotamischen Literatur, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 163:1, 43–60.