LEADER 03394nam 2200613 a 450 001 996441544403316 005 20240410073610.0 010 $a1-4051-8504-X 010 $a1-78268-573-1 010 $a1-280-19868-0 010 $a9786610198689 010 $a0-470-70647-3 010 $a0-470-99708-7 010 $a1-4051-3739-8 035 $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(MiAaPQ)EBC228537 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL228537 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10158509 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL19868 035 $a(OCoLC)60544038 035 $a(PPN)149774508 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$b[electronic resource] /$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 $a1-4051-6001-2 311 $a0-631-23293-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [434]-492) and index. 327 $aIntro -- A COMPANION TO THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I The Shape of the Ancient Near East -- 1 Historical Overview -- 2 From Sedentism to States, 10, 000-3000 BCE -- 3 The Age of Empires, 3100-900 BCE -- 4 World Hegemony, 900-300 BCE -- Part II Discourses on Methods -- 5 Archaeology and the Ancient Near East: Methods and Limits -- 6 The Languages of the Ancient Near East -- 7 The Historian's Task -- Part III Economy and Society -- 8 The Degradation of the Ancient Near Eastern Environment -- 9 Nomadism Through the Ages -- 10 Mesopotamian Cities and Countryside -- 11 Money and Trade -- 12 Working -- 13 Law and Practice -- 14 Social Tensions in the Ancient Near East -- 15 Gender Roles in Ancient Egypt -- 16 Royal Women and the Exercise of Power in the Ancient Near East -- 17 Warfare in Ancient Egypt -- Part IV Culture -- 18 Transmission of Knowledge -- 19 Literature -- 20 Ancient Near Eastern Architecture -- 21 Mesopotamian Art -- 22 Ancient Mesopotamian Medicine -- 23 Mesopotamian Cosmology -- 24 Divine and Non-Divine Kingship -- 25 How Religion Was Done -- Part V Heritage of the Ancient Near East -- 26 The Invention of the Individual -- 27 Ethnicity -- 28 Public versus Private in the Ancient Near East -- 29 Democracy and Freedom -- 30 Monotheism and Ancient Israelite Religion -- 31 The Decipherment of the Ancient Near East -- 32 Legacies of the Ancient Near East -- References -- Index. 410 0$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 $a996441544403316 996 $aA companion to the ancient Near East$92149078 997 $aUNISA