This period has been very diificult to find fiction for and I have read only one of them so I cannot say if they are any good but here is the list of those I have found.
The Babylon Game by Katherine Roberts ( The Seven Fabulous wonders series) Fantasy set in ancient Babylon.
Gilgamesh by Ludmilla Zeman. Picture book for older children retelling the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Goumbi by Gemma Sales. Picture book which may be set either in Celtic times or earlier.
Hittite warrior by Joanne Williamson. Set c1200 BC a warrior leaves home to seek refuge with a family friend.
Lugalbanda by Kathy Henderson and illustrated by Jane Ray. The story of Gilgamesh’s father adapted from an early poem.
The Twenty Two letters by Clive King. A story about the beginning of writing.
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