Life and thought in the ancient Near East /

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المؤلف الرئيسي: Orlin, Louis L. (مؤلف)

التنسيق: كتاب

اللغة: English

منشور في: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2007.

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رقم الطلب: DS57 .O75 2007

جدول المحتويات:
  • Mesopotamia
  • In the Tablet Houses of Mesopotamia
  • New Year's Day in Babylon
  • Decoding the Hammurabi Law Code
  • On the Lighter Side of Mesopotamia: A Glimpse into Sumerian Palace and Temple Household Life
  • Wild Animals and Game Parks
  • Archaeology: The "Cold Case File" of the Historian
  • Egypt
  • Theme and Variations on Herodotus's Statement That "Egypt Is the Gift of the Nile"
  • On the Essential Cosmic Rhythms of Ancient Egyptian Life
  • The Palestinian Corridor
  • The Seagoing Phoenicians
  • From Tribal Coalition to Statehood in Ancient Israel
  • Ancient Persia and a Tale of Two Cities: Athens and Jerusalem in the Fifth Century
  • On Nomads and Nomadism
  • Anatolia
  • An Old Assyrian Trading Enterprise in Asia Minor
  • On Chariot Warfare
  • Some Observations on Ancient Near Eastern Treaties
  • When Princes Squabble: A Royal Dispute in Central Anatolia
  • Some Literary Observations
  • On the Greatness of Gilgamesh as an Ancient Near Eastern Epic
  • Reflections on Ancient Near Eastern Myth
  • Wisdom Literature
  • Translating an Old Babylonian Poem: "Prayer to the Gods of Night"
  • Physical Background: Landforms, Climate, and Hydrology of the Near East
  • Historical Background: The Setting of Prehistoric Cultural Development in Mesopotamia and Egypt
  • Civic Background: Cities and Gods in the Ancient Near East
  • Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Israel
  • Languages and Literature
  • A Brief Note on Languages
  • A General View of Ancient Near Eastern Literature
  • Decipherments
  • The Decipherment of Cuneiform Writing
  • The Discovery of Hittite Civilization and the Decipherment of Hittite
  • Conclusion: Who Will Know about Us When We're Gone?
  • A Summary of Culture Growth in Mesopotamia and Egypt
  • Methodological Fallacies in the Study of Ancient Near Eastern Religion.