03394nam 2200613 a 450 99644154440331620240410073610.01-4051-8504-X1-78268-573-11-280-19868-097866101986890-470-70647-30-470-99708-71-4051-3739-8(CKB)1000000000351795(SSID)ssj0000126184(PQKBManifestationID)11936874(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000126184(PQKBWorkID)10030096(PQKB)10844948(MiAaPQ)EBC228537(Au-PeEL)EBL228537(CaPaEBR)ebr10158509(CaONFJC)MIL19868(OCoLC)60544038(PPN)149774508(EXLCZ)99100000000035179520040604d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA companion to the ancient Near East[electronic resource] /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: Monograph1-4051-6001-2 0-631-23293-1 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.Blackwell companions to the ancient world.Ancient history.Middle EastCivilizationTo 622939/.4Snell Daniel C475408MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996441544403316A companion to the ancient Near East2149078UNISA