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Zusatztext In an easily readable style, R. relates Babylon’s history. Informationen zum Autor Karen Radner is Alexander von Humboldt Professor for Ancient Near Middle East & Honorary Professor of Ancient Near Eastern History, University College London. Klappentext Much of our perception of Babylon in the West is filtered through the poignant echoes of loss and longing that resonate in the Hebrew Bible. The lamenting exiles of Judah craved a return to their lost homeland after the sack of Jerusalem in 587 BC and their forcible removal by Nebuchadnezzar to the alien floodlands of the Euphrates. But to see Babylon only as an adjunct to Old Testament history is misleading. A Short History of Babylon explores the ever-changing city that shaped world history for two millennia.A short history of Babylon by a leading scholar of Ancient Middle East History Zusammenfassung Much of our perception of Babylon in the West is filtered through the poignant echoes of loss and longing that resonate in the Hebrew Bible. The lamenting exiles of Judah craved a return to their lost homeland after the sack of Jerusalem in 587 BC and their forcible removal by Nebuchadnezzar to the alien floodlands of the Euphrates. But to see Babylon only as an adjunct to Old Testament history is misleading. A Short History of Babylon explores the ever-changing city that shaped world history for two millennia. Inhaltsverzeichnis Timeline List of figure captions Introduction Ch.1 Babylon in time and space Ch.2 Babylon's loss and rediscovery Ch.3 Capital: Hammurabi's Babylon Ch.4. Font of knowledge: Burnaburias's Babylon Ch.5 Linking Heaven and Earth: Marduk's Babylon Ch.6 Negotiating Power: Babylon and the Assyrians Ch.7 Megacity: Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon Ch.8 Clipped Wings: Babylon and the Persians Ch.9 Slow Fade: Babylon after Alexander the Great Notes Bibliography Index
