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Life and Thought in the Ancient Near East [[electronic resource]]
| Life and Thought in the Ancient Near East [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Orlin Louis Lawrence |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
| Disciplina | 939/.4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East History & Archaeology Middle East |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-59395-1
9786612593956 0-472-02589-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Maps; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Yardstick of Time; Introduction; Vignettes; Mesopotamia; In the Tablet Houses of Mesopotamia; New Year's Day in Babylon; Decoding the Hammurabi Law Code; On the Lighter Side of Mesopotamia: A Glimpse into Sumerian Palace and Temple Household Life; Wild Animals and Game Parks; Archaeology: The "Cold Case File" of the Historian; Egypt; Theme and Variations on Herodotus's Statement That "Egypt Is the Gift of the Nile""; On the Essential Cosmic Rhythms of Ancient Egyptian Life
The Palestinian CorridorThe Seagoing Phoenicians; From Tribal Coalition to Statehood in Ancient Israel; Ancient Persia and a Tale of Two Cities: Athens and Jerusalem in the Fifth Century; On Nomads and Nomadism; Anatolia; An Old Assyrian Trading Enterprise in Asia Minor; On Chariot Warfare; Some Observations on Ancient Near Eastern Treaties; When Princes Squabble: A Royal Dispute in Central Anatolia; Some Literary Observations; On the Greatness of Gilgamesh as an Ancient Near Eastern Epic; Reflections on Ancient Near Eastern Myth; Wisdom Literature Translating an Old Babylonian Poem: "Prayer to the Gods of Night"Background; Physical Background: Landforms, Climate, and Hydrology of the Near East; Historical Background: The Setting of Prehistoric Cultural Development in Mesopotamia and Egypt; Civic Background: Cities and Gods in the Ancient Near East-Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Israel; Especially for Students; Languages and Literature; A Brief Note on Languages; A General View of Ancient Near Eastern Literature; Decipherments; The Decipherment of Cuneiform Writing; The Discovery of Hittite Civilization and the Decipherment of Hittite Conclusion: Who Will Know about Us When We're Gone?A Summary of Culture Growth in Mesopotamia and Egypt; Methodological Fallacies in the Study of Ancient Near Eastern Religion; Chronology; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458326603321 |
Orlin Louis Lawrence
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| Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Life and Thought in the Ancient Near East [[electronic resource]]
| Life and Thought in the Ancient Near East [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Orlin Louis L (Louis Lawrence) |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (284 p.) |
| Disciplina | 939/.4 |
| Soggetto topico |
Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622
Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East History & Archaeology Middle East |
| ISBN |
1-282-59395-1
9786612593956 0-472-02589-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Maps; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Yardstick of Time; Introduction; Vignettes; Mesopotamia; In the Tablet Houses of Mesopotamia; New Year's Day in Babylon; Decoding the Hammurabi Law Code; On the Lighter Side of Mesopotamia: A Glimpse into Sumerian Palace and Temple Household Life; Wild Animals and Game Parks; Archaeology: The "Cold Case File" of the Historian; Egypt; Theme and Variations on Herodotus's Statement That "Egypt Is the Gift of the Nile""; On the Essential Cosmic Rhythms of Ancient Egyptian Life
The Palestinian CorridorThe Seagoing Phoenicians; From Tribal Coalition to Statehood in Ancient Israel; Ancient Persia and a Tale of Two Cities: Athens and Jerusalem in the Fifth Century; On Nomads and Nomadism; Anatolia; An Old Assyrian Trading Enterprise in Asia Minor; On Chariot Warfare; Some Observations on Ancient Near Eastern Treaties; When Princes Squabble: A Royal Dispute in Central Anatolia; Some Literary Observations; On the Greatness of Gilgamesh as an Ancient Near Eastern Epic; Reflections on Ancient Near Eastern Myth; Wisdom Literature Translating an Old Babylonian Poem: "Prayer to the Gods of Night"Background; Physical Background: Landforms, Climate, and Hydrology of the Near East; Historical Background: The Setting of Prehistoric Cultural Development in Mesopotamia and Egypt; Civic Background: Cities and Gods in the Ancient Near East-Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Israel; Especially for Students; Languages and Literature; A Brief Note on Languages; A General View of Ancient Near Eastern Literature; Decipherments; The Decipherment of Cuneiform Writing; The Discovery of Hittite Civilization and the Decipherment of Hittite Conclusion: Who Will Know about Us When We're Gone?A Summary of Culture Growth in Mesopotamia and Egypt; Methodological Fallacies in the Study of Ancient Near Eastern Religion; Chronology; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791230203321 |
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Orlin Louis L (Louis Lawrence)
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| Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2010 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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