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Iraq beyond the headlines [[electronic resource] ] : history, archaeology, and war / / Benjamin R. Foster, Karen Polinger Foster, Patty Gerstenblith
| Iraq beyond the headlines [[electronic resource] ] : history, archaeology, and war / / Benjamin R. Foster, Karen Polinger Foster, Patty Gerstenblith |
| Autore | Foster Benjamin R (Benjamin Read) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (293 p.) |
| Disciplina | 956.704 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
FosterKaren Polinger <1950->
GerstenblithPatty |
| Collana | Series on the Iraq War and Its Consequences |
| Soggetto topico | Archaeology and history - Iraq |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-92793-7
9786611927936 981-277-514-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1 Beginnings Modern and Ancient; 1. What is Iraq?; 2. The Birthplace of Civilization; 3. Production of Food: An Important Transition for the Human Race; 4. Settlement in the Plains; 5. A Durable Peasant Culture; 6. The First Cities; Bibliographical Note to Chapter 1; Chapter 2 Early City States and Empires; 1. New Polities; 2. Ur of the Chaldees; 3. The Rise of Kingship; 4. The City Shuruppak; 5. Lagash Nippur and Umma; 6. Akkad: The First Empire; 7. The Kingdom of Ur; Bibliographical Note to Chapter 2; Chapter 3 The Age of Hammurabi
1. The Amorites and Their Way of Life2. Shamshi-Adad King of Northern Mesopotamia; 3. Rim-Sin King of Larsa; 4. Hammurabi King of Babylon and His Laws; 5. Law Society and Literature; 6. The End of Amorite Period; Bibliographical Note to Chapter 3; Chapter 4 A Babylonian Nation-State; 1. The Kassite People and Their Society; 2. Kassite Government; 3. International Relations; 4. Kassite Civilization; 6. Hurrians in Mesopotamia; 7. The End of Kassite Rute and the Renewal of Isin; Bibliographical Note to Chapter 4; Chapter 5 The Assyrian Achievement; 1. The Land and Its City 2. The First Assyrian Empire3. The Second Assyrian Empire; 4. Two Assyrian Kings; 5. Assyrian Cuiture of the First Miiiennium B.C.E.; 6. The Fall of Assyria; Bibliographical Note to Chapter 5; Chapter 6 Babylon and Her Empire; 1. The Land and Its City; 2. Babylonian Economy and Society; 3. Babylon and the World; 4. The Persian Empire; Bibtiographicat Note to Chapter 6; Chapter 7 Mesopotamia between Two Worlds; 1. Alexander the Great and His Successors; 2. Life in Hellenistic Babylonia; 3. Babylonian Cuiture and Economy; 4. The Rise of Parthia; 5. Parthian Society; 6. Parthian Mesopotamia 7. Rome in Mesopotamia8. Parthian Cities; 9. The End of Mesopotamian Civilization and the Downfall of Parthia; Bibliographical Note to Chapter 7; Chapter 8 Iraq between Iran and Arabia; 1. The Sassanians and Their Subjects; 2. Sassanian Civilization; 3. The Sassanian Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire; 4. Arab Settlement in Mesopotamia; 5. Western Asia in the Seventh Century; Bibliographical Note to Chapter 8; Chapter 9 The Muslim Conquest of Iraq; 1. The Mission of Muhammad; 2. Arabian Catiphs and the Conquests of Iraq; 3. Islam and the Arabs in Iraq; 4. Leadership of the Muslim Wortd 5. Divisions within Islam6. Commerce and Business; 7. Deveiopments in Arabic-Islamic Culture; Bibilographical Note to Chapter 9; Chapter 10 The Age of Baghdad and Samarra; 1. The Abbasid Catiphate; 2. Baghdad and Its Civitization; 3. Samarra and the Growth of Local Dynasties; 4. Medieval Iraq; 5. The Transition Movement; 6. Decline and Fall of the Abbasid Caliphate; Bibliographical Note to Chapter 10; Chapter 11 Iraq in the Ottoman Empire; 1. Iraq under Mongol Rule; 2. Iraq under Turkish Rule; 3. The Ottomans and Their Subjects; 4. Mamluk Iraq; 5. Ottoman Weakness and Reform 6. Iraq in the Late Nineteenth Century |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910453548803321 |
Foster Benjamin R (Benjamin Read)
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| Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Iraq beyond the headlines [[electronic resource] ] : history, archaeology, and war / / Benjamin R. Foster, Karen Polinger Foster, Patty Gerstenblith
| Iraq beyond the headlines [[electronic resource] ] : history, archaeology, and war / / Benjamin R. Foster, Karen Polinger Foster, Patty Gerstenblith |
| Autore | Foster Benjamin R (Benjamin Read) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (293 p.) |
| Disciplina | 956.704 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
FosterKaren Polinger <1950->
GerstenblithPatty |
| Collana | Series on the Iraq War and Its Consequences |
| Soggetto topico | Archaeology and history - Iraq |
| ISBN |
1-281-92793-7
9786611927936 981-277-514-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Chapter 1 Beginnings Modern and Ancient; 1. What is Iraq?; 2. The Birthplace of Civilization; 3. Production of Food: An Important Transition for the Human Race; 4. Settlement in the Plains; 5. A Durable Peasant Culture; 6. The First Cities; Bibliographical Note to Chapter 1; Chapter 2 Early City States and Empires; 1. New Polities; 2. Ur of the Chaldees; 3. The Rise of Kingship; 4. The City Shuruppak; 5. Lagash Nippur and Umma; 6. Akkad: The First Empire; 7. The Kingdom of Ur; Bibliographical Note to Chapter 2; Chapter 3 The Age of Hammurabi
1. The Amorites and Their Way of Life2. Shamshi-Adad King of Northern Mesopotamia; 3. Rim-Sin King of Larsa; 4. Hammurabi King of Babylon and His Laws; 5. Law Society and Literature; 6. The End of Amorite Period; Bibliographical Note to Chapter 3; Chapter 4 A Babylonian Nation-State; 1. The Kassite People and Their Society; 2. Kassite Government; 3. International Relations; 4. Kassite Civilization; 6. Hurrians in Mesopotamia; 7. The End of Kassite Rute and the Renewal of Isin; Bibliographical Note to Chapter 4; Chapter 5 The Assyrian Achievement; 1. The Land and Its City 2. The First Assyrian Empire3. The Second Assyrian Empire; 4. Two Assyrian Kings; 5. Assyrian Cuiture of the First Miiiennium B.C.E.; 6. The Fall of Assyria; Bibliographical Note to Chapter 5; Chapter 6 Babylon and Her Empire; 1. The Land and Its City; 2. Babylonian Economy and Society; 3. Babylon and the World; 4. The Persian Empire; Bibtiographicat Note to Chapter 6; Chapter 7 Mesopotamia between Two Worlds; 1. Alexander the Great and His Successors; 2. Life in Hellenistic Babylonia; 3. Babylonian Cuiture and Economy; 4. The Rise of Parthia; 5. Parthian Society; 6. Parthian Mesopotamia 7. Rome in Mesopotamia8. Parthian Cities; 9. The End of Mesopotamian Civilization and the Downfall of Parthia; Bibliographical Note to Chapter 7; Chapter 8 Iraq between Iran and Arabia; 1. The Sassanians and Their Subjects; 2. Sassanian Civilization; 3. The Sassanian Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire; 4. Arab Settlement in Mesopotamia; 5. Western Asia in the Seventh Century; Bibliographical Note to Chapter 8; Chapter 9 The Muslim Conquest of Iraq; 1. The Mission of Muhammad; 2. Arabian Catiphs and the Conquests of Iraq; 3. Islam and the Arabs in Iraq; 4. Leadership of the Muslim Wortd 5. Divisions within Islam6. Commerce and Business; 7. Deveiopments in Arabic-Islamic Culture; Bibilographical Note to Chapter 9; Chapter 10 The Age of Baghdad and Samarra; 1. The Abbasid Catiphate; 2. Baghdad and Its Civitization; 3. Samarra and the Growth of Local Dynasties; 4. Medieval Iraq; 5. The Transition Movement; 6. Decline and Fall of the Abbasid Caliphate; Bibliographical Note to Chapter 10; Chapter 11 Iraq in the Ottoman Empire; 1. Iraq under Mongol Rule; 2. Iraq under Turkish Rule; 3. The Ottomans and Their Subjects; 4. Mamluk Iraq; 5. Ottoman Weakness and Reform 6. Iraq in the Late Nineteenth Century |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782319903321 |
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Foster Benjamin R (Benjamin Read)
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| Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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