A Handbook Of Mesopotamia
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Author | : Stephen Bertman |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 2005-07-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0195183649 |
Modern-day archaeological discoveries in the Near East continue to illuminate man's understanding of the ancient world. This illustrated handbook describes the culture, history, and people of Mesopotamia, as well as their struggle for survival and happiness.
Author | : Karen Radner |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 838 |
Release | : 2011-09-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 019161761X |
The cuneiform script, the writing system of ancient Mesopotamia, was witness to one of the world's oldest literate cultures. For over three millennia, it was the vehicle of communication from (at its greatest extent) Iran to the Mediterranean, Anatolia to Egypt. The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture examines the Ancient Middle East through the lens of cuneiform writing. The contributors, a mix of scholars from across the disciplines, explore, define, and to some extent look beyond the boundaries of the written word, using Mesopotamia's clay tablets and stone inscriptions not just as 'texts' but also as material artefacts that offer much additional information about their creators, readers, users and owners.
Author | : A. Leo Oppenheim |
Publisher | : Chicago : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 1967 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jean Bottéro |
Publisher | : JHU Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2001-09-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780801868641 |
Described by the editor as unpretentious roamings on the odd little byways of the history of ancient Mesopotamia, these 15 articles were originally published in the French journal L'Histoire and are designed to serve as an introductory sampling of the historical research on the lost civilization. Chapters explore cuisine, sexuality, women's rights, architecture, magic and medicine, myth, legend, and other aspects of Mesopotamian life. Originally published as Initiation a l'Orient ancien . Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author | : Peter Fibiger Bang |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2013-01-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199397376 |
The Oxford Handbook of the State in the Ancient Near East and Mediterranean offers a comprehensive survey of ancient state formation in western Eurasia and North Africa. Eighteen experts introduce readers to a wide variety of systems spanning 4,000 years, from the earliest known states in world history to the Roman Empire and its immediate successors. They seek to understand the inner workings of these states by focusing on key issues: political and military power, the impact of ideologies, the rise and fall of individual polities, and the mechanisms of cooperation, coercion, and exploitation. This shared emphasis on critical institutions and dynamics invites comparative and cross-cultural perspectives. A detailed introductory review of contemporary approaches to the study of the state puts the rich historical case studies in context. Transcending conventional boundaries between ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean history and between ancient and early medieval history, this volume will be of interest not only to historians but also anthropologists, archaeologists, sociologists, and political scientists. Its accessible style and up-to-date references will make it an invaluable resource for both students and scholars.
Author | : Wayne Horowitz |
Publisher | : Eisenbrauns |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 1998-01-01 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0931464994 |
Author | : Kiersten Neumann |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 770 |
Release | : 2021-09-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 100043642X |
This Handbook is a state-of-the-field volume containing diverse approaches to sensory experience, bringing to life in an innovative, remarkably vivid, and visceral way the lives of past humans through contributions that cover the chronological and geographical expanse of the ancient Near East. It comprises thirty-two chapters written by leading international contributors that look at the ways in which humans, through their senses, experienced their lives and the world around them in the ancient Near East, with coverage of Anatolia, Egypt, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Syria, and Persia, from the Neolithic through the Roman period. It is organised into six parts related to sensory contexts: Practice, production, and taskscape; Dress and the body; Ritualised practice and ceremonial spaces; Death and burial; Science, medicine, and aesthetics; and Languages and semantic fields. In addition to exploring what makes each sensory context unique, this organisation facilitates cross-cultural and cross-chronological, as well as cross-sensory and multisensory comparisons and discussions of sensory experiences in the ancient world. In so doing, the volume also enables considerations of senses beyond the five-sense model of Western philosophy (sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell), including proprioception and interoception, and the phenomena of synaesthesia and kinaesthesia. The Routledge Handbook of the Senses in the Ancient Near East provides scholars and students within the field of ancient Near Eastern studies new perspectives on and conceptions of familiar spaces, places, and practices, as well as material culture and texts. It also allows scholars and students from adjacent fields such as Classics and Biblical Studies to engage with this material, and is a must-read for any scholar or student interested in or already engaged with the field of sensory studies in any period.
Author | : Dionisius A. Agius |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 530 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9004158634 |
Drawing upon Arabic literary sources, iconographic evidence and archaeological finds, this book examines trade, port towns, ship construction, seamanship, ship typology and their historical development in the Western Indian Ocean, focussing on the Medieval Islamic period but including earlier sources.
Author | : Ann Rosalie David |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780195132151 |
Explores the lifestyles of the ancient Egyptians including, economy and industry, foreign trade and transportation, architecture, and more.
Author | : Captivating History |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 498 |
Release | : 2019-12-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781647481797 |
The Ancient Sumerians In a Nutshell The History of the Epic Get a sense of how Ur came to existence, how it grew, reached its zenith, fell, re-rose, and ultimately perished until it The Assyrians Arrive in Mesopotamia: The Early Assyrian Period The Land of the Babylonians Who Are the Persians? The History of Human Population in Iran