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A companion to Assyria / edited by Eckart Frahm.

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Format:: Book
Contributor:: Frahm, Eckart, editor.
Series:: Blackwell companions to the ancient world.; THEi Wiley ebooks.; Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World; THEi Wiley ebooks
Language:: English
Subjects (All):: Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian.; Assyria--History.; Assyria.; Assyria--Civilization.; Assyria--Antiquities.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (635 pages) : illustrations, map.
Edition:: 1st ed.
Place of Publication:: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley Blackwell, 2017.
System Details:: Access using campus network via VPN at home (THEi Users Only).
Summary:: A Companion to Assyria is a collection of original essays on ancient Assyria written by key international scholars. These new scholarly contributions have substantially reshaped contemporary understanding of society and life in this ancient civilization. * The only detailed up-to-date introduction providing a scholarly overview of ancient Assyria in English within the last fifty years * Original essays written and edited by a team of respected Assyriology scholars from around the world * An in-depth exploration of Assyrian society and life, including the latest thought on cities, art, religion, literature, economy, and technology, and political and military history
Contents:: Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I Geography and History; Chapter 1 Physical and Cultural Landscapes of Assyria; Physical Environment of Assyria; Cultural Landscapes: Past Research and Methods; Emergent Landscapes of the Early Bronze Age; Imperial Landscapes of the Neo‐Assyrian Period; Conclusions and Future Prospects; References; Further Reading; Chapter 2 "Assyria" in the Third Millennium bce; Regionalization (3200-2700 bce); The Second Urban Revolution (2700-2400 bce); The Ebla World-System (2400-2300 bce); Merchants and Empires (2300-2000 bce); Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 3 The Old Assyrian Period (20th-18th Century bce); Sources, Rulers, and Chronology; Old Assyrian History; The Political Institutions of Ashur; The End of the Old Assyrian Period; Abbreviations; Chapter 4 Economy, Society, and Daily Life in the Old Assyrian Period; Ashur and Kaniš; Slaves; The Assyrian Family; Economy and Daily Life; Chapter 5 The Transition Period (17th to 15th Century bce); Two King Lists and the Period after Šamši-Adad I; Signs of Prosperity; Mittanian Dominion; Chapter 6 The Middle Assyrian Period (14th to 11th Century bce); Assyria Joins the Scene; The First Half of the 13th Century bce; Territorial Expansion and Consolidation: A First Attempt; The Decline of Power in the Period after Tukulti-Ninurta I; Territorial Expansion and Consolidation: A Second Attempt; Concluding Remarks; Further Reading.; Chapter 7 Economy, Society, and Daily Life in the Middle Assyrian Period; The Middle Assyrian State; The King; The Royal Palace; The Administrative Structure of the Middle Assyrian Kingdom; The Military; Recruitment and Labor Administration; Taxation; Middle Assyrian Society: Social Strata; The Middle Assyrian Family; Ethnic Groups; Chapter 8 The Neo-Assyrian Period (ca. 1000-609 bce); Chronology and Sources; The Crisis Years (ca. 1050-935); The Reconquista Period (934-824); Internal Conflicts and Fragmentation of Power: The Age of the "Magnates" (823-745); Genesis of an Empire: Assyria from Tiglath-pileser III to Sargon II (744-705); Imperial Heydays: From Sennacherib to Assurbanipal (704-631); Assyria's Downfall (631-609); The "Afterlife" and Legacy of the Assyrian Empire; Abbreviation; Chapter 9 Economy, Society, and Daily Life in the Neo-Assyrian Period; The Crucible of Mass Deportation; The Heartland of Assyria; The Provinces; The Nineveh Region; Farmers and Pastoralists; Four Vignettes of Neo-Assyrian Life; Note; Chapter 10 Post-Imperial Assyria; The Early Post-imperial Period; Restructuring and Revitalization: The Seleucid and Arsacid Periods; Part II The Fringes of Empire: Assyria and its Neighbors; Chapter 11 Assyria and the North: Anatolia; The Eastern Taurus Mountains; Eastern Anatolia and Urartu; The Western Taurus and Central Anatolia; Chapter 12 Assyria and the East: Western Iran and Elam; The Assyrian Expansion in the East; Western Iran beyond Assyria's Provinces; Elam and Anšan; Chapter 13 Assyria and the West: Syria and the Levant; The Levant until the Time of Tiglath-pileser III: Exploration and Exploitation; The Levant at the Time of Tiglath-pileser III: The Great Annexation; The Levant after Tiglath-pileser III: The Taming of the Insurgents; Chapter 14 Assyria and the Far West: The Aegean World; Chapter 15 Assyria and the South: Babylonia; The Third and Second Millennium bce; The First Millennium bce; Chapter 16 Assyria and the Far South: The Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf; From the Beginnings to the Reign of Tiglath-pileser III; Sargon II and Sennacherib; From Esarhaddon to the Downfall of the Assyrian Empire; Part III Elements of Assyrian Civilization; Chapter 17 Languages and Writing Systems in Assyria; Languages; Writing Systems; Main Features of Assyrian Grammar; Chapter 18 Assyrian Religion; The City of Ashur and its Temples in the Third Millennium bce; The God Assur; The Theology of Assur and His Elevation to Universal Dominion; Assur, His Earthly Representative, and the Community of Gods; Politics as Religion and Religion as Politics; Swan Song; Chapter 19 Assyrian Literature; Old Assyrian Period; Middle Assyrian Period; Neo-Assyrian Period; Chapter 20 Assyrian Scholarship and Scribal Culture in Ashur; Assyrian Interest in Babylonian Scholarship; Middle Assyrian Scholarship; The Alleged Royal Library of Tiglath-pileser I.; Middle Assyrian Scholarly Families; The Scholars of Ashur between the Ninth and the Seventh Century bce; Chapter 21 Assyrian Scholarship and Scribal Culture in Kalḫu and Nineveh; Libraries of Neo-Assyrian Scholars and Temples; The Growing Role of Divination and Scholarship for the Neo-Assyrian Kings; How the Neo-Assyrian Kings Obtained Access to Babylonian Scholarship; Assembling Tablets for Assurbanipal's Library in Nineveh; The Archaeology of the Royal Library in Nineveh; The Tablets of the Library Collection in Nineveh Written by Babylonian Scholars; The Tablets of the Library Collection in Nineveh Written by Assyrian Scholars; Chapter 22 Assyrian Legal Traditions; The Many Strands of Assyrian Legal Traditions; Old Assyrian Legal Practices; Middle Assyrian Legal Practices; Neo-Assyrian Legal Practices; Chapter 23 Assyrian Cities and Architecture; Ashur in the Third Millennium bce; The Old-Assyrian Period; The Transition Period (17th to 15th centuries bce); The Middle Assyrian Period; The Neo-Assyrian Period; Further Readings; Chapter 24 Assyrian Art; The Old Assyrian Period; The Neo-Assyrian Period: Sculpture and Painting; The Neo-Assyrian Period: Portable Arts; Chapter 25 Assyrian Technology; City Planning and Monumental Buildings; Hydraulic Engineering; Bridges; Transportation of Materials and Heavy Loads; Chapter 26 Assyrian Warfare; Chapter 27 Thoughts on the Assyrian Empire and Assyrian Kingship.; Translatio imperii; World Empires: Size vs. "Mission"; Enlarging Assyria; Prerequisites of the Imperial Project; Imperial Practice and Theory; Destruction and Reconstruction; The Advantages of Direct Rule; Part IV The Afterlife and Rediscovery of Assyria; Chapter 28 Assyria in Late Babylonian Sources; Assyria in the Royal Inscriptions of the Babylonian Empire; Assyria in Everyday Documents; Assyria in the View of the Persians; Hellenistic Babylonia Remembers Assyria; Chapter 29 Assyria in the Hebrew Bible; Terminology; History; Stories; Political Ideology and Law; More Immediate Assyrian Influences on Religion and Culture in Israel and Judah?; Conclusions; Chapter 30 Assyria in Classical Sources; Assyria's Changing Image in Greek and Roman Texts; Assyrian Rulers in Classical Sources; Chapter 31 The Archaeological Exploration of Assyria; Botta, Layard, and the Rediscovery of Assyria in the Nineteenth Century; Twentieth Century Excavations of Assyrian Sites; Chapter 32 Assyrian Christians; Assyria and Assyrian in Pre‐Modern Syriac Sources; Assyrian Christians in Nineteenth‐Century Literature from the West; Assyrian Identity and the Church of the East; Assyrian Identity and the Greater Syriac Heritage; Appendix: The Churches of the Syriac Heritage; List of Assyrian Kings; Index; EULA.
Notes:: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.; Description based on print version record.
ISBN:: 9781118325230; 1118325230; 9781444335934; 1444335936; 9781118325216; 1118325214
OCLC:: 962025766

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