LEADER 04142nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910954532303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786610198689 010 $a9781405185042 010 $a140518504X 010 $a9781782685739 010 $a1782685731 010 $a9781280198687 010 $a1280198680 010 $a9780470706473 010 $a0470706473 010 $a9780470997086 010 $a0470997087 010 $a9781405137393 010 $a1405137398 035 $a(CKB)1000000000351795 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000126184 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11936874 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000126184 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10030096 035 $a(PQKB)10844948 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL228537 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10158509 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL19868 035 $a(PPN)149774508 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC228537 035 $a(OCoLC)184983703 035 $a(Perlego)2749201 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000351795 100 $a20040604d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 02$aA companion to the ancient Near East /$fedited by Daniel C. Snell 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aMalden, MA $cBlackwell Pub.$d2005 215 $axix, 504 pages : illustrations) 225 1 $aBlackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9781405160018 311 08$a1405160012 311 08$a9780631232933 311 08$a0631232931 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [434]-492) and index. 327 $aIntro -- 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. 330 8 $aA Companion to the Ancient Near East offers students and general readers a comprehensive overview of Near Eastern civilization from the Bronze Age to the conquests of Alexander the Great. * Covers the civilizations of the Sumerians, Hittites, Babylonians, Assyrians, Israelites and Persians * Places particular emphasis on social and cultural history * Covers the legacy of the Ancient Near East in the medieval and modern worlds * Provides a useful bibliographical guide to this field of study 410 0$aBlackwell companions to the ancient world.$pAncient history. 607 $aMiddle East$xCivilization$yTo 622 676 $a939/.4 701 $aSnell$b Daniel C$0475408 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910954532303321 996 $aA companion to the ancient Near East$92149078 997 $aUNINA