LEADER 03701nam 22006013u 450 001 9910458326603321 005 20210114043349.0 010 $a1-282-59395-1 010 $a9786612593956 010 $a0-472-02589-9 035 $a(CKB)2560000000012996 035 $a(EBL)3414717 035 $a(OCoLC)824100714 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000422068 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11250205 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000422068 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10432888 035 $a(PQKB)11408894 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414717 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000012996 100 $a20160815d2010|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLife and Thought in the Ancient Near East$b[electronic resource] 210 $aAnn Arbor $cUniversity of Michigan Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (284 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-472-06992-6 327 $aContents; 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 Life 327 $aThe 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 Literature 327 $aTranslating 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 Hittite 327 $aConclusion: 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; Index 606 $aMiddle East -- Civilization -- To 622 606 $aRegions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East$2HILCC 606 $aHistory & Archaeology$2HILCC 606 $aMiddle East$2HILCC 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aMiddle East -- Civilization -- To 622. 615 7$aRegions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East 615 7$aHistory & Archaeology 615 7$aMiddle East 676 $a939/.4 700 $aOrlin$b Louis Lawrence$0643748 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910458326603321 996 $aLife and Thought in the Ancient Near East$92242116 997 $aUNINA