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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Titre(s) : A companion to the ancient Near East [Texte électronique] / edited by Daniel C. Snell
Publication : Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (xix, 504 pages)
Collection : Blackwell companions to the ancient world. Ancient history
Note(s) : 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. Written by leading experts, the book examines all the major civilizations
of the region, including the Sumerians, Hittites, Babylonians, Assyrians, Israelites,
and Persians. The Companion provides a survey of both the history of the Ancient Near
East and the sources for studying the period. It places special emphasis on social
and cultural history and also covers the legacy of the Ancient Near East in the med.
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Snell, Daniel C.. Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Civilisation -- Moyen-Orient -- Jusqu'à 622
Moyen-Orient -- Jusqu'à 622
Indice(s) Dewey :
939.4 (23e éd.) = Histoire antique - Moyen-Orient - Des origines jusque vers 0640 ap. J.-C.
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780470997086
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb451132762
Notice n° :
FRBNF45113276
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Part I, The shape of the Ancient Near East. Historical overview / Mario Liverani --
From sedentism to states, 10,000 to 3000 BCE / Augusta McMahon -- The age of empires,
3100-900 BCE / Mark Chavalas -- World hegemony, 900-300 BCE / Paul-Alain Beaulieu
-- Part II, Discourses on methods. Archaeology and the Ancient Near East : methods
and limits / Marie-Henriette Gates -- The languages of the Ancient Near East / Gonzalo
Rubio -- The historian's task / Daniel C. Snell -- Part III, Economy and society.
The degradation of the Ancient Near Eastern environment / Carlos E. Cordova -- Nomadism
through the ages / Jorge Silva Castillo -- Mesopotamian cities and countryside / Elizabeth
C. Stone -- Money and trade / Christopher M. Monroe -- Working / David A. Warburton
-- Law and practice / Bruce Wells -- Social tensions in the Ancient Near East / John
F. Robertson -- Gender roles in ancient Egypt / Ann Macy Roth -- Royal women and the
exercise of power / Sarah C. Melville -- Warfare in ancient Egypt / Anthony J. Spalinger
-- Part IV, Culture. The transmission of knowledge / Benjamin R. Foster -- Literature
/ Tawny L. Holm -- Ancient Near Eastern architecture / Sally Dunham -- Mesopotamian
art / Marian H. Feldman -- Mesopotamian medicine / Joann Scurlock -- Mesopotamian
cosmology / Francesca Rochberg -- Divine and non-divine kingship / Philip Jones --
How religion was done / Gary Beckman -- Part V, Heritage of the Ancient Near East.
The invention of the individual / Daniel C. Snell -- Ethnicity / Henri Limet -- Public
versus private in the Ancient Near East / Steven Garfinkle -- Democracy and freedom
/ Matthew Martin III and Daniel C. Snell -- Monotheism and ancient Israelite religion
/ S. David Sperling -- The decipherment of the Ancient Near East / Peter T. Daniels
-- Legacies of the Ancient Near East / Daniel C. Snell.