Writing, Law, and Kingship in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia /

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Ancient Mesopotamia, the fertile crescent between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in what is now western Iraq and eastern Syria, is considered to be the cradle of civilization-home of the Babylonian and Assyrian empires, as well as the great Code of Hammurabi. The Code was only part of a rich juridi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Charpin, Dominique (Autor)
Otros Autores: Todd, Jane Marie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2010]
Temas:
Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian.
Cuneiform writing > History.
Diplomatics, Cuneiform > Iraq > History.
Law, Assyro-Babylonian > Language.
HISTORY / General.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • Introduction: The Historian's Task and Sources
  • CHAPTER 1. Reading and Writing in Mesopotamia: The Business of Specialists?
  • CHAPTER 2. Outline for a Diplomatics of Mesopotamian Documents
  • CHAPTER 3. Old Babylonian Law: Gesture, Speech, and Writing
  • CHAPTER 4. The Transfer of Property Deeds and the Constitution of Family Archives
  • CHAPTER 5. The Status of the Code of Hammurabi
  • CHAPTER 6. The "Restoration" Edicts of the Babylonian Kings and Their Application
  • CHAPTER 7. Hammurabi and International Law
  • CHAPTER 8. Controlling Cross- Border Traffic
  • Conclusion: A Civilization with Two Faces
  • 177Notes
  • Index

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