[3] Excavations in Mesopotamia have revealed a large amount of new information relevant to the study of Babylonian civilization, presented here as a revised and rewritten account of the book first published in 1962.

Alexander the Great recognized the importance of its heritage and planned to make Babylon his world capital.

The splendors and supposed wickedness of Babylon lived on in a tradition transmitted through the Bible and classical writers.

The author aims here to reconstruct all aspects of this lost culture, presenting the Babylonians as living people - showing their eating and drinking habits, their worship, their relationships and lifestyle and so present an integrated picture.

The Greatness That Was Babylon received a positive review from the archaeologist Richard David Barnett in The Times Literary Supplement.