Babylonians and Assyrians - Life and Customs

This 1900 work remains of relevance to anyone interested in the everyday lives of ordinary people in an ancient society.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Babylonia and its inhabitants; 2. The family; 3. Education and death; 4. Slavery and the free laborer; 5. Manners and customs; 6. Trades, houses, and land, wages and prices; 7. The money-lender and banker; 8. The government and the army; 9. The law; 10. Letter-writing; 11. Religion; Appendix; Index.

Summary

This 1900 work, in a series intended to present knowledge of the more important facts in the history of the Near Eastern civilisations, is scholarly, but written for a popular audience, and remains of relevance to anyone interested in studying the everyday lives of ordinary people in this ancient society.

Product details

• Authors: Archibald Henry Sayce
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9781108082365
• ISBN: 978-1-108-08236-5
• No. of pages: 290
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region