04142nam 2200733 a 450 991095453230332120200520144314.097866101986899781405185042140518504X9781782685739178268573197812801986871280198680978047070647304707064739780470997086047099708797814051373931405137398(CKB)1000000000351795(SSID)ssj0000126184(PQKBManifestationID)11936874(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000126184(PQKBWorkID)10030096(PQKB)10844948(Au-PeEL)EBL228537(CaPaEBR)ebr10158509(CaONFJC)MIL19868(PPN)149774508(MiAaPQ)EBC228537(OCoLC)184983703(Perlego)2749201(EXLCZ)99100000000035179520040604d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA companion to the ancient Near East /edited by Daniel C. Snell1st ed.Malden, MA Blackwell Pub.2005xix, 504 pages : illustrations)Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient historyBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9781405160018 1405160012 9780631232933 0631232931 Includes bibliographical references (p. [434]-492) and index.Intro -- A COMPANION TO THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I The Shape of the Ancient Near East -- 1 Historical Overview -- 2 From Sedentism to States, 10, 000-3000 BCE -- 3 The Age of Empires, 3100-900 BCE -- 4 World Hegemony, 900-300 BCE -- Part II Discourses on Methods -- 5 Archaeology and the Ancient Near East: Methods and Limits -- 6 The Languages of the Ancient Near East -- 7 The Historian's Task -- Part III Economy and Society -- 8 The Degradation of the Ancient Near Eastern Environment -- 9 Nomadism Through the Ages -- 10 Mesopotamian Cities and Countryside -- 11 Money and Trade -- 12 Working -- 13 Law and Practice -- 14 Social Tensions in the Ancient Near East -- 15 Gender Roles in Ancient Egypt -- 16 Royal Women and the Exercise of Power in the Ancient Near East -- 17 Warfare in Ancient Egypt -- Part IV Culture -- 18 Transmission of Knowledge -- 19 Literature -- 20 Ancient Near Eastern Architecture -- 21 Mesopotamian Art -- 22 Ancient Mesopotamian Medicine -- 23 Mesopotamian Cosmology -- 24 Divine and Non-Divine Kingship -- 25 How Religion Was Done -- Part V Heritage of the Ancient Near East -- 26 The Invention of the Individual -- 27 Ethnicity -- 28 Public versus Private in the Ancient Near East -- 29 Democracy and Freedom -- 30 Monotheism and Ancient Israelite Religion -- 31 The Decipherment of the Ancient Near East -- 32 Legacies of the Ancient Near East -- References -- Index.A Companion to the Ancient Near East offers students and general readers a comprehensive overview of Near Eastern civilization from the Bronze Age to the conquests of Alexander the Great. * Covers the civilizations of the Sumerians, Hittites, Babylonians, Assyrians, Israelites and Persians * Places particular emphasis on social and cultural history * Covers the legacy of the Ancient Near East in the medieval and modern worlds * Provides a useful bibliographical guide to this field of studyBlackwell companions to the ancient world.Ancient history.Middle EastCivilizationTo 622939/.4Snell Daniel C475408MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954532303321A companion to the ancient Near East2149078UNINA