The Babylonians [[electronic resource] ] : An Introduction
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| Autore: |
Leick Gwendolyn <1951->
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| Titolo: |
The Babylonians [[electronic resource] ] : An Introduction
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| Pubblicazione: | Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2002 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (189 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 935 |
| Soggetto topico: | Civilization Assyro-Babylonian |
| Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian | |
| Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East | |
| Middle East | |
| History & Archaeology | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di contenuto: | BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; 1 Setting the scene; 2 History; 3 Society and economy; 4 Religion; 5 Material culture; Notes; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Gwendolyn Leick's approachable survey introduces the Babylonians, the people, the culture and the reality behind the popular myth of Babylon. Spanning some 1800 years in the history of the Babylonians, from the time of Hammurabi, famous for his Law-Code, to the time when Alexander's heirs ruled the Near East, Leick examines how archaeological discoveries and cuneiform tablets recovered from Babylonian cities allow us an impression of the Babylonian people and their society, their intellectual and spiritual preoccupations.Exploring the lives of kings and merchants, women and sl |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Babylonians |
| ISBN: | 1-134-52637-7 |
| 1-280-11387-1 | |
| 0-203-99525-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910450956403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Peoples of the Ancient World