The Elamite world
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The Elamite world
(The Routledge worlds)
Routledge, 2020, c2018
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Amongst the civilizations to participate in the dynamic processes of contact and interchange that gave rise to complex societies in the ancient Near East, Elam has remained one of the most obscure, at times languishing in the background of scholarly inquiry. In recent years, however, an increasing body of academic publications have acknowledged its relevance and suggested that its legacy was more considerable and long-lasting than previously estimated.
The Elamite World assembles a group of 40 international scholars to contribute their expertise to the production of a solid, lavishly illustrated, English language treatment of Elamite civilization. It covers topics such as its physical setting, historical development, languages and people, material culture, art, science, religion and society, as well as the legacy of Elam in the Persian empire and its presence in the modern world.
This comprehensive and ambitious survey seeks for Elam, hardly a household name, a noteworthy place in our shared cultural heritage. It will be both a valuable introductory text for a general audience and a definitive reference source for students and academics.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part I Imagining Elam: The History of Research and its Sources
- 1. AElam regio: Elam in Western Scholarship from the Renaissance to the Late 19th Century
- 2. Elam and the Bible
- 3. France and Elam
- 4. Between Orientalism and Persomania: the Presentation of the Iranian Collections at the Louvre
- 5. Elamite Forgeries and the Antiquities Market
- Part II The Land and Peoples of Elam
- 6. Physical Geography and Environment of Elam
- 7. Metals and Mining
- 8. The Peoples of Elam
- 9. Elamites and Iranians
- Part III Elam through History
- 10. The Birth of Elam in History
- 11. The Old Elamite Period
- 12. Elam in the Middle Elamite Period
- 13. The Last Centuries of Elam: The Neo-Elamite Period
- Part IV Close Encounters on the Eastern and Western Fronts
- 14. Great Domino Games: From Elam, Looking Eastwards
- 15. Elam and Babylonia c. 1400-1100 BC
- 16. Elam and Assyria
- 17. Propaganda and Symbolism: Representations of the Elamites at the Time of Ashurbanipal
- Part V Language and Writing in Elam
- 18. Prehistoric Administrative Technologies and the Ancient Near Eastern Redistribution Economy: The Case of Greater Susiana
- 19. The Proto-Elamite Writing System
- 20. Linear Elamite Writing
- 21. The Elamite Language
- 22. Writing in Elam
- 23. Elamite Royal Inscriptions
- 24. Elamite Administration
- Part VI The Material Culture of Elam
- 25. Elamite Architecture
- 26. Elamite Ceramics
- 27. The Metal Arts of Elam
- 28. The Industry of Vitreous Materials in Elam
- 29. Origins of Monumental Sculpture in Elam: Two Case Studies
- 30. The Sculptural Arts of Elam
- 31. Glyptic in the 4th-2nd Millennium
- 32. Glyptic in the 1st Millennium
- 33. Elamite Dress and Textiles
- Part VII Elamite Society
- 34. Cuneiform Culture and Science, Calendars, and Metrology in Elam
- 35. Elamite Religion and Ritual
- 36. Elamite Funerary Practices
- 37. Women of Elam
- 38. Music
- Part VIII The Legacy of Elam
- 39. Elamite Administrative and Religious Heritage in the Persian Heartland
- 40. The Elamite Artistic Heritage of Persia
- 41. Elam in Achaemenid Studies
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