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Informationen zum Autor Daniel C. Snell is L. J. Semrod Presidential Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma. His books include Life in the Ancient Near East (1997), A Workbook of Cuneiform Signs (1979), The E.A. Hoffman Collection and Other American Collections (1979), Ledgers and Prices (1982), Twice Told Proverbs (1993) and Flight and Freedom in the Ancient Near East (2001). Klappentext 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. Written by leading experts, the book examines all the major civilizations of the region, including the Sumerians, Hittites, Babylonians, Assyrians, Israelites, and Persians. The Companion provides a survey of both the history of the Ancient Near East and the sources for studying the period. It places special emphasis on social and cultural history and also covers the legacy of the Ancient Near East in the medieval and modern worlds. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures viii List of Maps ix Notes on Contributors x Acknowledgments xv Introduction xviii Part I The Shape of the Ancient Near East 1 1 Historical Overview 3 Mario Liverani 2 From Sedentism to States, 10,000-3000 BCE 20 Augusta McMahon 3 The Age of Empires, 3100-900 BCE 34 Mark Chavalas 4 World Hegemony, 900-300 BCE 48 Paul-Alain Beaulieu Part II Discourses on Methods 63 5 Archaeology and the Ancient Near East: Methods and Limits 65 Marie-Henriette Gates 6 The Languages of the Ancient Near East 79 Gonzalo Rubio 7 The Historian's Task 110 Daniel C. Snell Part III Economy and Society 123 8 The Degradation of the Ancient Near Eastern Environment 125 Carlos E. Cordova 9 Nomadism Through the Ages 142 Jorge Silva Castillo 10 Mesopotamian Cities and Countryside 157 Elizabeth C. Stone 11 Money and Trade 171 Christopher M. Monroe 12 Working 185 David A. Warburton 13 Law and Practice 199 Bruce Wells 14 Social Tensions in the Ancient Near East 212 John F. Robertson 15 Gender Roles in Ancient Egypt 227 Ann Macy Roth 16 Royal Women and the Exercise of Power in the Ancient Near East 235 Sarah C. Melville 17 Warfare in Ancient Egypt 245 Anthony J. Spalinger Part IV Culture 259 18 Transmission of Knowledge 261 Benjamin R. Foster 19 Ancient Near Eastern Literature: Genres and Forms 269 Tawny L. Holm 20 Ancient Near Eastern Architecture 289 Sally Dunham 21 Mesopotamian Art 304 Marian H. Feldman 22 Ancient Mesopotamian Medicine 325 JoAnn Scurlock 23 Mesopotamian Cosmology 339 Francesca Rochberg 24 Divine and Non-Divine Kingship 353 Philip Jones 25 How Religion Was Done 366 Gary Beckman Part V Heritage of the Ancient Near East 377 26 The Invention of the Individual 379 Daniel C. Snell 27 Ethnicity 392 Henri Limet 28 Public versus Private in the Ancient Near East 406 Steven J. Garfinkle 29 Democracy and Freedom 419 Matthew Martin III and Daniel C. Snell 30 Monotheism and Ancient Israelite Religion 430 S. David Sperling 31 The Decipherment of the Ancient Near E...
