A companion to the ancient Near East

著者

• Snell, Daniel C.

書誌事項

A companion to the ancient Near East

edited by Daniel C. Snell

（Blackwell companions to the ancient world, . Ancient history）

Blackwell, 2007

• : pbk

注記

"First published in paperback 2007"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. [458]-526) and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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

目次

List of Figures viii List of Maps ix Notes on Contributors x Acknowledgments xv Introduction xviii Part I The Shape of the Ancient Near East 1 1 Historical Overview 3 Mario Liverani 2 From Sedentism to States, 10,000-3000 BCE 20 Augusta McMahon 3 The Age of Empires, 3100-900 BCE 34 Mark Chavalas 4 World Hegemony, 900-300 BCE 48 Paul-Alain Beaulieu Part II Discourses on Methods 63 5 Archaeology and the Ancient Near East: Methods and Limits 65 Marie-Henriette Gates 6 The Languages of the Ancient Near East 79 Gonzalo Rubio 7 The Historian's Task 110 Daniel C. Snell Part III Economy and Society 123 8 The Degradation of the Ancient Near Eastern Environment 125 Carlos E. Cordova 9 Nomadism Through the Ages 142 Jorge Silva Castillo 10 Mesopotamian Cities and Countryside 157 Elizabeth C. Stone 11 Money and Trade 171 Christopher M. Monroe 12 Working 185 David A. Warburton 13 Law and Practice 199 Bruce Wells 14 Social Tensions in the Ancient Near East 212 John F. Robertson 15 Gender Roles in Ancient Egypt 227 Ann Macy Roth 16 Royal Women and the Exercise of Power in the Ancient Near East 235 Sarah C. Melville 17 Warfare in Ancient Egypt 245 Anthony J. Spalinger Part IV Culture 259 18 Transmission of Knowledge 261 Benjamin R. Foster 19 Ancient Near Eastern Literature: Genres and Forms 269 Tawny L. Holm 20 Ancient Near Eastern Architecture 289 Sally Dunham 21 Mesopotamian Art 304 Marian H. Feldman 22 Ancient Mesopotamian Medicine 325 JoAnn Scurlock 23 Mesopotamian Cosmology 339 Francesca Rochberg 24 Divine and Non-Divine Kingship 353 Philip Jones 25 How Religion Was Done 366 Gary Beckman Part V Heritage of the Ancient Near East 377 26 The Invention of the Individual 379 Daniel C. Snell 27 Ethnicity 392 Henri Limet 28 Public versus Private in the Ancient Near East 406 Steven J. Garfinkle 29 Democracy and Freedom 419 Matthew Martin III and Daniel C. Snell 30 Monotheism and Ancient Israelite Religion 430 S. David Sperling 31 The Decipherment of the Ancient Near East 443 Peter T. Daniels 32 Legacies of the Ancient Near East 454 Daniel C. Snell References 458 Index 527

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA84837819
• ISBN:
  • 9781405160018
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Malden, Mass.
• ページ数/冊数: xix, 538 p.
• 大きさ: 25 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : DS57
  • DC22 : 939/.4
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA62965076