A companion to the ancient Near East / edited by Daniel C. Snell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Snell, Daniel C.

Series:

Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history.

Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle East--Civilization--To 622.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

xix, 504 pages : illustrations)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A Companion to the Ancient Near East offers students and general readers a comprehensive overview of Near Eastern civilization from the Bronze Age to the conquests of Alexander the Great. * Covers the civilizations of the Sumerians, Hittites, Babylonians, Assyrians, Israelites and Persians * Places particular emphasis on social and cultural history * Covers the legacy of the Ancient Near East in the medieval and modern worlds * Provides a useful bibliographical guide to this field of study

Contents:

Intro

A COMPANION TO THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST

Contents

List of Figures

List of Maps

Notes on Contributors

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I The Shape of the Ancient Near East

1 Historical Overview

2 From Sedentism to States, 10, 000-3000 BCE

3 The Age of Empires, 3100-900 BCE

4 World Hegemony, 900-300 BCE

Part II Discourses on Methods

5 Archaeology and the Ancient Near East: Methods and Limits

6 The Languages of the Ancient Near East

7 The Historian's Task

Part III Economy and Society

8 The Degradation of the Ancient Near Eastern Environment

9 Nomadism Through the Ages

10 Mesopotamian Cities and Countryside

11 Money and Trade

12 Working

13 Law and Practice

14 Social Tensions in the Ancient Near East

15 Gender Roles in Ancient Egypt

16 Royal Women and the Exercise of Power in the Ancient Near East

17 Warfare in Ancient Egypt

Part IV Culture

18 Transmission of Knowledge

19 Literature

20 Ancient Near Eastern Architecture

21 Mesopotamian Art

22 Ancient Mesopotamian Medicine

23 Mesopotamian Cosmology

24 Divine and Non-Divine Kingship

25 How Religion Was Done

Part V Heritage of the Ancient Near East

26 The Invention of the Individual

27 Ethnicity

28 Public versus Private in the Ancient Near East

29 Democracy and Freedom

30 Monotheism and Ancient Israelite Religion

31 The Decipherment of the Ancient Near East

32 Legacies of the Ancient Near East

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [434]-492) and index.

ISBN:

9786610198689

9781405185042

140518504X

9781782685739

1782685731

9781280198687

1280198680

9780470706473

0470706473

9780470997086

0470997087

9781405137393

1405137398

OCLC:

184983703