A companion to the ancient Near East
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A companion to the ancient Near East
（Blackwell companions to the ancient world, . Ancient history）
Blackwell Pub., 2005
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [434]-492) and index
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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
Table of Contents
List of Figures. List of Maps. Notes on Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part I: The Shape of the Ancient Near East. 1. Historical Overview: Mario Liverani (University of Rome). 2. From Sedentism to States, 10,000 to 3000 BCE: Augusta McMahon (University of Cambridge). 3. The Age of Empires, 3100--900 BCE: Mark Chavalas (University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse). 4 World Hegemony, 900--300 BCE: Paul--Alain Beaulieu (Harvard University). Part II: Discourses on Methods. 5. Archaeology and the Ancient Near East: Marie--Henriette Gates (Bilkent University, Ankara). 6. The Languages of the Ancient Near East: Gonzalo Rubio (Pennsylvania State University). 7. The Historian's Task: Daniel C. Snell (University of Oklahoma). Part III: Economy and Society. 8. The Degradation of the Ancient Near Eastern Environment: Carlos E. Cordova (Oklahoma State University, Stillwater). 9. Nomadism Through the Ages: Jorge Silva Castillo (Centro de Estudias de Asia y frica in the Colegio de Mexico). 10. Mesopotamian Cities and Countryside: Elizabeth C. Stone (State University of New York, Stoney Brook). 11. Money and Trade: Christopher M. Monroe (Pierpont Morgan Library, New York). 12. Working: David A. Warburton (Aarhus University, Denmark). 13. Law and Practice: Bruce Wells (Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota). 14. Social Tensions in the Ancient Near East: John F. Robertson (Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant). 15. Gender Roles in Ancient Egypt: Ann Macy Roth (Howard University, Washington, DC). 16. Royal Women and the Exercise of Power in the Ancient Near East: Sarah C. Melville (Clarkson University). 17. Warfare in Ancient Egypt: Anthony J. Spalinger (University of Auckland). Part IV: Culture. 18. The Transmission of Knowledge: Benjamin R. Foster (Yale Babylonian Collection). 19. Literature: Tawny L. Holm (Indiana University of Pennsylvania). 20. Ancient Near Eastern Architecture: Sally Dunham (Yale University). 21. Mesopotamian Art: Marian Feldman (University of California, Berkeley). 22. Ancient Mesopotamian Medicine: JoAnn Scurlock (Elmhurst College). 23. Mesopotamian Cosmology: Francesca Rochberg (University of California, Riverside). 24. Divine and Non--Divine Kingship: Philip Jones (Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary project). 25. How Religion Was Done: Gary Beckman (University of Michigan). Part V: Heritage of the Ancient Near East. 26. The Invention of the Individual: Daniel C. Snell (University of Oklahoma). 27. Ethnicity: Henri Limet (University of Liege, Belgium). 28. Public versus Private in the Ancient Near East: Steven J. Garfinkle (Western Washington University). 29. Democracy and Freedom: Matthew Martin III and Daniel C. Snell (University of Tulsa, Oklahoma and University of Oklahoma). 30. Monotheism and Ancient Israelite Religion: S. David Sperling (Hebrew Union College--Jewish Institute of Religion, New York). 31. The Decipherment of the Ancient Near East: Peter T. Daniels (independent scholar, New York). 32. Legacies of the Ancient Near East: Daniel C. Snell (University of Oklahoma). References. Index
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