Author : Sabatino Moscati
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 21,18 MB
Release : 2012-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 048614769X
Fascinating study examines Sumerians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Hittites, Canaanites, Israelites, Persians, others. "...a valuable introduction, perhaps the best available in English." — American Historical Review. 32 halftones. 5 figures. 1 map.
Author : Kenneth Anderson Kitchen
Publisher : IVP Academic
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 22,38 MB
Release : 1966
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Author : Wolfram von Soden
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 34,33 MB
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802801425
This book represents the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary presentation of ancient Near Eastern civilization. The author's study includes treatments of the history of language and systems of writing, the state and society, nutrition and agriculture, artisanry, economics, law, science, religion and magic, art, music, and more.
Author : Henri Frankfort
Publisher :
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 22,50 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Architecture, Oriental
ISBN :
Author : Lluis Feliu
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 861 pages
File Size : 12,73 MB
Release : 2013-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1575068567
In July, 2010, the International Association for Assyriology met in Barcelona, Spain, for 5 days to deliver and listen to papers on the theme “Time and History in the Ancient Near East.” This volume, the proceedings of the conference, contains 70 of the papers read at the 56th annual Rencontre, including the papers from several workshop sessions on “architecture and archaeology,” “early Akkadian and its Semitic context,” “ Hurrian language,” “law in the ancient Near East,” “Middle Assyrian texts and studies,” and a variety of additional papers not directly related to the conference theme. The photo on the back cover shows only a representative portion of the attendees, who were warmly hosted by faculty and students from the University of Barcelona.
Author : Agnes Garcia-Ventura
Publisher : Lockwood Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 15,27 MB
Release : 2020-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1948488256
This book is an enthusiastic celebration of the ways in which popular culture has consumed aspects of the ancient Near East to construct new realities. The editors have brought together an impressive line-up of scholars-archaeologists, philologists, historians, and art historians-to reflect on how objects, ideas, and interpretations of the ancient Near East have been remembered, constructed, reimagined, mythologized, or indeed forgotten within our shared cultural memories. The exploration of cultural memories has revealed how they inform the values, structures, and daily life of societies over time. This is therefore not a collection of essays about the deep past but rather about the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves.
Author : James B. Pritchard
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 50,50 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 0691147264
Two classic illustrated anthologies, now combined in one convenient volume James Pritchard's classic anthologies of the ancient Near East have introduced generations of readers to texts essential for understanding the peoples and cultures of this important region. Now these two enduring works have been combined and integrated into one convenient and richly illustrated volume, with a new foreword that puts the translations in context. With more than 130 reading selections and 300 photographs of ancient art, architecture, and artifacts, this volume provides a stimulating introduction to some of the most significant and widely studied texts of the ancient Near East, including the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Creation Epic (Enuma elish), the Code of Hammurabi, and the Baal Cycle. For students of history, religion, the Bible, archaeology, and anthropology, this anthology provides a wealth of material for understanding the ancient Near East. Represents the diverse cultures and languages of the ancient Near East—Sumerian, Akkadian, Egyptian, Hittite, Ugaritic, Canaanite, and Aramaic—in a wide range of genres: Historical texts Legal texts and treaties Inscriptions Hymns Didactic and wisdom literature Oracles and prophecies Love poetry and other literary texts Letters New foreword puts the classic translations in context More than 300 photographs document ancient art, architecture, and artifacts related to the texts Fully indexed
Author : William J. Hamblin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 50,5 MB
Release : 2006-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 113452062X
The only book available that covers this subject, Warfare in the Ancient Near East is a groundbreaking and fascinating study of ancient near Eastern military history from the Neolithic era to the middle Bronze Ages. Drawing on an extensive range of textual, artistic and archaeological data, William J. Hamblin synthesizes current knowledge and offers a detailed analysis of the military technology, ideology and practices of Near Eastern warfare. Paying particular attention to the earliest known examples of holy war ideaology in Mesopotamia and Egypt, Hamblin focuses on: * recruitment and training of the infantry * the logistics and weaponry of warfare * the shift from stone to metal weapons * the role played by magic * narratives of combat and artistic representations of battle * the origins and development of the chariot as military transportation * fortifications and siegecraft *developments in naval warfare. Beautifully illustrated, including maps of the region, this book is essential for experts and non-specialists alike.
Author : Stefan Tanaka
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 43,16 MB
Release : 1995-02-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520916685
Stefan Tanaka examines how late nineteenth and early twentieth century Japanese historians created the equivalent of an "Orient" for their new nation state. He argues that the Japanese attempted to use a variety of pasts—Chinese, Indian, and proto-historic Japanese—to construct an identity that was both modern and Asian.
Author : D. Wengrow
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,15 MB
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 0199699429
A vivid new account of the 'birth of civilization' in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia where many of the foundations of modern life were laid
