Author: Daniel David Luckenbill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Akkadian language
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia
Author: Daniel David Luckenbill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Akkadian language
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Akkadian language
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
The First Great Powers
Author: Arthur Cotterell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 1787383474
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
The rediscovery of Babylon and Assyria in the 1840s transformed Western views on the origins of civilisation. The excavation of Nineveh proved that even the Greeks, Romans and Egyptians together did not constitute the ancient world. These peoples had nothing to do with the beginnings of civilisation on Earth. It was in Mesopotamia that humanity took the first steps on its path towards the society we know today. The Sumerians inaugurated civilisation itself, but it was the Babylonians and then the Assyrians who fulfilled its potential. Their early experiments in state formation remain fascinating to us today: just like our governments, for a thousand years Babylon and Assyria grappled with the challenges of organising central power, administering distant territories, and engineering social harmony in empires and their cities. These achievements form one of the momentous episodes in human history; the Mesopotamian invention of writing revolutionised our minds and increased our intellectual possibilities a hundredfold. The First Great Powers is a revelation: of kingship, warfare, society and religion. Here at last we can discover what it meant to be an ancient Mesopotamian living in such an extraordinary world.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 1787383474
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
The rediscovery of Babylon and Assyria in the 1840s transformed Western views on the origins of civilisation. The excavation of Nineveh proved that even the Greeks, Romans and Egyptians together did not constitute the ancient world. These peoples had nothing to do with the beginnings of civilisation on Earth. It was in Mesopotamia that humanity took the first steps on its path towards the society we know today. The Sumerians inaugurated civilisation itself, but it was the Babylonians and then the Assyrians who fulfilled its potential. Their early experiments in state formation remain fascinating to us today: just like our governments, for a thousand years Babylon and Assyria grappled with the challenges of organising central power, administering distant territories, and engineering social harmony in empires and their cities. These achievements form one of the momentous episodes in human history; the Mesopotamian invention of writing revolutionised our minds and increased our intellectual possibilities a hundredfold. The First Great Powers is a revelation: of kingship, warfare, society and religion. Here at last we can discover what it meant to be an ancient Mesopotamian living in such an extraordinary world.
Myths & Legends of Babylonia & Assyria
Author: Lewis Spence
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Assyro-Babylonian religion
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
A collection of Babylonian and Assyrian myths and legends, including various analogues of the biblical flood story and discussions of the history of Babylon and Assyria, and descriptions of various forms of Babylonian worship, Assyrian cults, and archaeological excavation of Babylonian and Assyrian sites.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Assyro-Babylonian religion
Languages : en
Pages : 506
Book Description
A collection of Babylonian and Assyrian myths and legends, including various analogues of the biblical flood story and discussions of the history of Babylon and Assyria, and descriptions of various forms of Babylonian worship, Assyrian cults, and archaeological excavation of Babylonian and Assyrian sites.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria
Author: Donald A. Mackenzie
Publisher: Masterlab
ISBN: 837991161X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
This volume deals with the myths and legends of Babylonia and Assyria, and as these reflect the civilization in which they developed, a historical narrative has been provided, beginning with the early Sumerian Age and concluding with the periods of the Persian and Grecian Empires. Over thirty centuries of human progress are thus passed under review. Keywords: myth, legend, ancient, religion, classic
Publisher: Masterlab
ISBN: 837991161X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
This volume deals with the myths and legends of Babylonia and Assyria, and as these reflect the civilization in which they developed, a historical narrative has been provided, beginning with the early Sumerian Age and concluding with the periods of the Persian and Grecian Empires. Over thirty centuries of human progress are thus passed under review. Keywords: myth, legend, ancient, religion, classic
A Commentary on the Cuneiform Inscriptions of Babylonia and Assyria
Author: Sir Henry Creswicke RAWLINSON
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Assyria
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Assyria
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
A History of Babylon, 2200 BC - AD 75
Author: Paul-Alain Beaulieu
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405188987
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Provides a new narrative history of the ancient world, from the beginnings of civilization in the ancient Near East and Egypt to the fall of Constantinople Written by an expert in the field, this book presents a narrative history of Babylon from the time of its First Dynasty (1880-1595) until the last centuries of the city’s existence during the Hellenistic and Parthian periods (ca. 331-75 AD). Unlike other texts on Ancient Near Eastern and Mesopotamian history, it offers a unique focus on Babylon and Babylonia, while still providing readers with an awareness of the interaction with other states and peoples. Organized chronologically, it places the various socio-economic and cultural developments and institutions in their historical context. The book also gives religious and intellectual developments more respectable coverage than books that have come before it. A History of Babylon, 2200 BC – AD 75 teaches readers about the most important phase in the development of Mesopotamian culture. The book offers in-depth chapter coverage on the Sumero-Addadian Background, the rise of Babylon, the decline of the first dynasty, Kassite ascendancy, the second dynasty of Isin, Arameans and Chaldeans, the Assyrian century, the imperial heyday, and Babylon under foreign rule. Focuses on Babylon and Babylonia Written by a highly regarded Assyriologist Part of the very successful Histories of the Ancient World series An excellent resource for students, instructors, and scholars A History of Babylon, 2200 BC - AD 75 is a profound text that will be ideal for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses on Ancient Near Eastern and Mesopotamian history and scholars of the subject.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405188987
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Provides a new narrative history of the ancient world, from the beginnings of civilization in the ancient Near East and Egypt to the fall of Constantinople Written by an expert in the field, this book presents a narrative history of Babylon from the time of its First Dynasty (1880-1595) until the last centuries of the city’s existence during the Hellenistic and Parthian periods (ca. 331-75 AD). Unlike other texts on Ancient Near Eastern and Mesopotamian history, it offers a unique focus on Babylon and Babylonia, while still providing readers with an awareness of the interaction with other states and peoples. Organized chronologically, it places the various socio-economic and cultural developments and institutions in their historical context. The book also gives religious and intellectual developments more respectable coverage than books that have come before it. A History of Babylon, 2200 BC – AD 75 teaches readers about the most important phase in the development of Mesopotamian culture. The book offers in-depth chapter coverage on the Sumero-Addadian Background, the rise of Babylon, the decline of the first dynasty, Kassite ascendancy, the second dynasty of Isin, Arameans and Chaldeans, the Assyrian century, the imperial heyday, and Babylon under foreign rule. Focuses on Babylon and Babylonia Written by a highly regarded Assyriologist Part of the very successful Histories of the Ancient World series An excellent resource for students, instructors, and scholars A History of Babylon, 2200 BC - AD 75 is a profound text that will be ideal for upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses on Ancient Near Eastern and Mesopotamian history and scholars of the subject.
Everyday Life in Babylon and Assyria
Author: Georges Contenau
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
"The author of this book is one of the leading Assyriologists of our time, and his mastery of his subject is evident throughout." --Arnold Toynbee, The Observer
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
"The author of this book is one of the leading Assyriologists of our time, and his mastery of his subject is evident throughout." --Arnold Toynbee, The Observer
Babylonian Life and History
Author: Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Babylonia
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Babylonia
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
History of Assyria
Author: Albert Ten Eyck Olmstead
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 906
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 906
Book Description
Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles
Author: Albert Kirk Grayson
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
ISBN: 9781575060491
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Originally published: Locust Valley, N.Y.: J. J. Augustin, 1975.
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
ISBN: 9781575060491
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Originally published: Locust Valley, N.Y.: J. J. Augustin, 1975.