The Ancient Near Eastern World
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 24 January 2005
- ISBN 9780195161595
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages176 pages
- Size 237x196x14 mm
- Weight 503 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 99 color & 11 b/w illus. 0
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Short description:
What do the wheel, the law, and belief in a single god have in common? All of these ideas first came to people who lived in the ancient Near East. As if these revolutionary developments weren't enough to make a mark on world history, these ancient innovators also came up with the most fantastic invention of all-writing.
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What do the wheel, the law, and belief in a single god have in common? All of these ideas first came to people who lived in the ancient Near East. As if these revolutionary developments weren't enough to make a mark on world history, these ancient innovators also came up with the most fantastic invention of all-writing. The Ancient Near Eastern World is filled with the scribes, potters, sculptors, architects, school children, lawmakers, kings, queens, farmers, and priests who designed and created that world.
This heavily illustrated volume focuses on artifacts uncovered by archaeologists and the human interest stories found in early writing.
Table of Contents:
Ancient trash and buried treasure : archaeologists at work
Rivers and ditches, temples and farms : irrigation and the growth of towns
Of potters and pots, plowmen and plows : technology and the first cities
How words changed the world : the invention of writing
A world full of gods and goddesses : religion in Mesopotamia
The death of a Sumerian lady : queens, kings, and religion in early cities
The first superhero : the story of Gilgamesh
The world's first empire builder : Sargon, king of Akkad
The care and feeding of ancient gods : priestesses and priests in Mesopotamia
Laying down the law : Hammurabi and the first lawmakers
Order in the court! : the justice system in Mesopotamia
Farmers and doctors, barbers and builders : Mesopotamian workers, slave and free
Ur-Utu's story : the Mesopotamian family
Scribes, school, and schoolboys : education in ancient Mesopotamia
Lovers, sisters, and cooks : scenes from a Mesopotamian palace
The surprise ending of the Babylonian Empire : Hittite victories and Indo-European languages
Brides and brother kings : diplomacy and the great powers
King David and his family : the settlements and movements of the Israelites
One God, many stories : the beliefs of the Israelites
The lost laws of the Israelites : the Exodus and the Ten Commandments
Assyria's fighter kings : warriors build an empire
A bright star shines briefly : Babylon rises, Judah falls
A mother's love and a ruler's tears : the last Mesopotamian king
Of camels, kings, and conquerors : the Persian Empire
Epilogue : a world not truly lost
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