Mythology of the Babylonian People
Author : Donald Alexander Mackenzie
Publisher :
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 24,16 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
Author : Donald Alexander Mackenzie
Publisher :
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 24,16 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
Author : Lewis Spence
Publisher :
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 46,6 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Assyro-Babylonian religion
ISBN :
A collection of Babylonian and Assyrian myths and legends, including various analogues of the biblical flood story and discussions of the history of Babylon and Assyria, and descriptions of various forms of Babylonian worship, Assyrian cults, and archaeological excavation of Babylonian and Assyrian sites.
Author : Donald A. Mackenzie
Publisher : Masterlab
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 50,89 MB
Release : 2014-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 837991161X
This volume deals with the myths and legends of Babylonia and Assyria, and as these reflect the civilization in which they developed, a historical narrative has been provided, beginning with the early Sumerian Age and concluding with the periods of the Persian and Grecian Empires. Over thirty centuries of human progress are thus passed under review. Keywords: myth, legend, ancient, religion, classic
Author : Leonard William King
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 24,29 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Akkadian language
ISBN :
Author : Leonard William King
Publisher :
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 13,50 MB
Release : 1903
Category : Assyro-Babylonian religion
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Author : Don Nardo
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 27,81 MB
Release : 2012-09-07
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 1420508326
This volume looks at Babylonian Mythology, drawing connections between ancient Babylonian culture and its myths, explaining how the beliefs, values, and experiences of that culture are represented in its treasured stories. Readers are treated to a map of ancient Mesopotamia, a family tree of the major gods, a table of major characters with name pronunciations with brief descriptions, sidebars, and fact boxes.
Author : Stephanie Dalley
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 42,11 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0199538360
The stories translated here all of ancient Mesopotamia, and include not only myths about the Creation and stories of the Flood, but also the longest and greatest literary composition, the Epic of Gilgamesh. This is the story of a heroic quest for fame and immortality, pursued by a man of great strength who loses a unique opportunity through a moment's weakness. So much has been discovered in recent years both by way of new tablets and points of grammar and lexicography that these new translations by Stephanie Dalley supersede all previous versions. -- from back cover.
Author : George Smith
Publisher :
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 47,37 MB
Release : 1876
Category : History
ISBN :
The Chaldean Account of Genesis by George Smith, first published in 1876, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.
Author : Francesca Rochberg
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 29,29 MB
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 022640627X
In the modern West, we take for granted that what we call the “natural world” confronts us all and always has—but Before Nature explores that almost unimaginable time when there was no such conception of “nature”—no word, reference, or sense for it. Before the concept of nature formed over the long history of European philosophy and science, our ancestors in ancient Assyria and Babylonia developed an inquiry into the world in a way that is kindred to our modern science. With Before Nature, Francesca Rochberg explores that Assyro-Babylonian knowledge tradition and shows how it relates to the entire history of science. From a modern, Western perspective, a world not conceived somehow within the framework of physical nature is difficult—if not impossible—to imagine. Yet, as Rochberg lays out, ancient investigations of regularity and irregularity, norms and anomalies clearly established an axis of knowledge between the knower and an intelligible, ordered world. Rochberg is the first scholar to make a case for how exactly we can understand cuneiform knowledge, observation, prediction, and explanation in relation to science—without recourse to later ideas of nature. Systematically examining the whole of Mesopotamian science with a distinctive historical and methodological approach, Before Nature will open up surprising new pathways for studying the history of science.
Author : Trevor Bryce
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 13,34 MB
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 0198726473
Exploring key historical events as well as the day-to-day life of the ancient Babylonians. A comprehensive guide to one of history's most profound civilizations.