A companion to the ancient Near East / / edited by Daniel C. Snell
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| Titolo: |
A companion to the ancient Near East / / edited by Daniel C. Snell
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| Pubblicazione: | Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2005 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | xix, 504 pages : illustrations) |
| Disciplina: | 939/.4 |
| Soggetto geografico: | Middle East Civilization To 622 |
| Altri autori: |
SnellDaniel C
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| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [434]-492) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | A companion to the ancient Near East |
| ISBN: | 9786610198689 |
| 9781405185042 | |
| 140518504X | |
| 9781782685739 | |
| 1782685731 | |
| 9781280198687 | |
| 1280198680 | |
| 9780470706473 | |
| 0470706473 | |
| 9780470997086 | |
| 0470997087 | |
| 9781405137393 | |
| 1405137398 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910954532303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Blackwell companions to the ancient world. . -Ancient history.