Hi all, I’ve been looking for a book on all aspects of Mesopotamia, from the first civilisation until the fall of Babylon. Does anyone have any recommendations?
Take a look at the AskHistorians reading list, which has several suggestions for books on Mesopotamia.
The Ancient Orient by Wolfram von Soden is probably the most comprehensive introduction to ancient Mesopotamia, but it's outdated in places and is therefore best used as a supplement to more recent publications like Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture by Stiebing and Helft.
I recently finished The First Great Powers: Babylon and Assyria by Arthur Cotterell but have not yet added it to the AH reading list. It focuses heavily on the first millennium BCE, and I would have liked to have seen more space dedicated to the cultural and intellectual history of Mesopotamia, but overall it's not a bad introduction.