03678nam 22005893u 450 991079123020332120230720214248.01-282-59395-197866125939560-472-02589-9(CKB)2560000000012996(EBL)3414717(OCoLC)824100714(SSID)ssj0000422068(PQKBManifestationID)11250205(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000422068(PQKBWorkID)10432888(PQKB)11408894(MiAaPQ)EBC3414717(EXLCZ)99256000000001299620160815d2010|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrLife and Thought in the Ancient Near East[electronic resource]Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press20101 online resource (284 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-472-06992-6 Contents; List of Maps; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Yardstick of Time; Introduction; Vignettes; Mesopotamia; In the Tablet Houses of Mesopotamia; New Year's Day in Babylon; Decoding the Hammurabi Law Code; On the Lighter Side of Mesopotamia: A Glimpse into Sumerian Palace and Temple Household Life; Wild Animals and Game Parks; Archaeology: The "Cold Case File" of the Historian; Egypt; Theme and Variations on Herodotus's Statement That "Egypt Is the Gift of the Nile""; On the Essential Cosmic Rhythms of Ancient Egyptian LifeThe Palestinian CorridorThe Seagoing Phoenicians; From Tribal Coalition to Statehood in Ancient Israel; Ancient Persia and a Tale of Two Cities: Athens and Jerusalem in the Fifth Century; On Nomads and Nomadism; Anatolia; An Old Assyrian Trading Enterprise in Asia Minor; On Chariot Warfare; Some Observations on Ancient Near Eastern Treaties; When Princes Squabble: A Royal Dispute in Central Anatolia; Some Literary Observations; On the Greatness of Gilgamesh as an Ancient Near Eastern Epic; Reflections on Ancient Near Eastern Myth; Wisdom LiteratureTranslating an Old Babylonian Poem: "Prayer to the Gods of Night"Background; Physical Background: Landforms, Climate, and Hydrology of the Near East; Historical Background: The Setting of Prehistoric Cultural Development in Mesopotamia and Egypt; Civic Background: Cities and Gods in the Ancient Near East-Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Israel; Especially for Students; Languages and Literature; A Brief Note on Languages; A General View of Ancient Near Eastern Literature; Decipherments; The Decipherment of Cuneiform Writing; The Discovery of Hittite Civilization and the Decipherment of HittiteConclusion: Who Will Know about Us When We're Gone?A Summary of Culture Growth in Mesopotamia and Egypt; Methodological Fallacies in the Study of Ancient Near Eastern Religion; Chronology; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; IndexMiddle East -- Civilization -- To 622Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle EastHILCCHistory & ArchaeologyHILCCMiddle EastHILCCMiddle East -- Civilization -- To 622.Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle EastHistory & ArchaeologyMiddle East939/.4Orlin Louis L(Louis Lawrence)643748AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910791230203321Life and Thought in the Ancient Near East3685417UNINA