A companion to the ancient Near East / (Record no. 56965)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781405160018
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Classification number DS57
Item number .C56 2007
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Title A companion to the ancient Near East /
Statement of responsibility, etc edited by Daniel C. Snell
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc Oxford :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc Blackwell,
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2007
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Extent xix, 538 pages :
Other physical details illustrations, maps ;
Dimensions 25 cm
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Title Blackwell companions to the ancient world
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General note Originally published: 2005
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Formatted contents note Includes bibliographical references and index
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Formatted contents note List of figures -- List of maps -- Notes on contributors - - Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1: Shape Of The Ancient Near East -- 1: Historical overview / Mario Liverani -- 2: From sedentism to states, 10,000-3000 BCE / Augusta McMahon -- 3: Age of empires, 3100-900 BCE / Mark Chavalas -- 4: World hegemony, 900-300 BCE / Paul-Alain Beaulieu -- Part 2: Discourses On Methods -- 5: Archaeology and the Ancient Near East: methods and limits / Marie-Henriette Gates -- 6: Languages of the Ancient Near East / Gonzalo Rubio -- 7: Historian's task / Daniel C Snell -- Part 3: Economy And Society -- 8: Degradation of the Ancient Near Eastern environment / Carlos E Cordova -- 9: Nomadism through the ages / Jorge Silva Castillo -- 10: Mesopotamian cities and countryside / Elizabeth C Stone -- 11: Money and trade / Christopher M Monroe -- 12: Working / David A Warburton -- 13: Law and practice / Bruce Wells -- 14: Social tensions in the Ancient Near East / John F Robertson -- 15: Gender roles in ancient Egypt / Ann Macy Roth -- 16: Royal women and the exercise of power in the Ancient Near East / Sarah C Melville -- 17 : Warfare in ancient Egypt / Anthony J Spalinger -- Part 4 : Culture -- 18: Transmission of knowledge / Benjamin R Foster -- 19: Ancient Near Eastern literature: genres and forms / Tawny L Holm -- 20: Ancient Near Eastern architecture / Sally Dunham -- 21: Mesopotamian art / Marian H Feldman -- 22: Ancient Mesopotamian medicine / Joann Scurlock -- 23: Mesopotamian cosmology / Francesca Rochberg -- 24: Divine and non-divine kingship / Philip Jones -- 25: How religion was done / Gary Beckman -- Part 5: Heritage Of The Ancient Near East -- 26: Invention of the individual / Daniel C Snell -- 27: Ethnicity / Henri Limet -- 28: Public versus private in the Ancient Near East / Steven J Garfinkle -- 29: Democracy and freedom / Matthew Martin III and Daniel C Snell -- 30: Monotheism and ancient Israelite religion / S David Sperling -- 31: Decipherment of the Ancient Near East / Peter T Daniels -- 32: Legacies of the Ancient Near East / Daniel C Snell -- References -- Index
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Summary, etc Synopsis: 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
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Relator term Middle East
General subdivision Civilization
Chronological subdivision To 622
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Personal name Snell, Daniel C
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Source of classification or shelving scheme Library of Congress Classification
Item type Book
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Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Collection code Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Source of acquisition Cost, normal purchase price Full call number Barcode Copy number Price effective from Koha item type
    Library of Congress Classification     Non-fiction Joshua & Timothy School of Theology Library (JTSOT) Joshua & Timothy School of Theology Library (JTSOT) General Circulation 21/09/2021 Donations TBN 4800.00 DS57 .C56 2007 066997 1 21/09/2021 Book