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Nineveh, the Great City.
'Well, as for Nineveh, skipper, it was wiped out long ago. There's not a trace of it left, and one can't even guess where it was' (Lucian, 2nd century AD). Nineveh, the once-flourishing capital of the Assyrian Empire, has fascinated writers, travellers and historians alike since...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
SIdestone Press,
2017.
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| Colección: | PALMA.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Contributors""; ""Nineveh, the Great City. Symbol of Beauty and Power""; ""Lucas P. Petit and Daniele Morandi Bonacossi""; ""Part I: Nineveh, Famous but Lost""; ""1. Nineveh, Famous but Lost""; ""Daniele Morandi Bonacossi""; ""2. Nineveh in the Cuneiform Sources""; ""John MacGinnis""; ""3. Nineveh in Biblical, Ancient Jewish and the Earliest Christian Traditions""; ""Jürgen K. Zangenberg""; ""4. Nineveh in Classical Literature""; ""Menko Vlaardingerbroek""; ""5. Nineveh in Western Art""; ""Jan de Hond""; ""6. Early Travellers and Nineveh""; ""Paolo Matthiae""
- ""Nineveh: a Great Adventure""""7. Nineveh: a Great Adventure ""; ""Lucas P. Petit""; ""8. The Topography of Nineveh""; ""Jason Ur""; ""9. French Research at Nineveh""; ""Ariane Thomas""; ""10. The British Museum Excavations at Nineveh""; ""John Curtis""; ""11. Austen Henry Layard""; ""Frederick Mario Fales""; ""12. The Curse of the Tigris River""; ""Lucas P. Petit""; ""13. Archaeology, Politics and Espionage""; ""Frederick Mario Fales""; ""14. Max Mallowan and Agatha Christie Mallowan in Nineveh""; ""David Stronach""; ""15. Gertrude Bell and the Monuments of Nineveh""; ""Lisa Cooper""
- ""16. Iraqi Excavations at Nineveh""""John MacGinnis""; ""17. The Nergal Gate: a Calamitous History""; ""Layla Salih""; ""18. Italian Research in the Nineveh Region: Archaeological Investigation and Cultural Heritage Protection and Management""; ""Daniele Morandi Bonacossi""; ""From Prehistory to the Arrival of the Neo-Assyrian Kings""; ""19. From Prehistory to the Arrival of the Neo-Assyrian Kings""; ""Daniele Morandi Bonacossi""; ""20. The Prehistoric Roots of Nineveh""; ""Marco Iamoni""; ""21. The Ninevite 5 Culture at Nineveh""; ""Elena Rova""
- ""22. Nineveh in the Second Millennium BC: the Birth of an Assyrian City""""Aline Tenu""; ""Part IV: Neo-Assyrian Nineveh: the Largest City in the World""; ""23. Neo-Assyrian Nineveh: the Largest City in the World""; ""Lucas P. Petit and Daniele Morandi Bonacossi""; ""24. Neo-Assyrian Town Planning""; ""Mirko Novák""; ""25. Water for Assyria: Irrigation and Water Management in the Assyrian Empire""; ""Daniele Morandi Bonacossi""; ""26. The Rural Landscape of Nineveh""; ""Daniele Morandi Bonacossi""; ""27. The Neo-Assyrian Kings in Nineveh""; ""Bradley J. Parker""
- ""28. The Palaces of Nineveh""""David Kertai""; ""29. The Production and Use of Reliefs""; ""Paolo Matthiae""; ""30. Sennacheribâ#x80;#x99;s Quarries and the Stones of the Southwest Palace Decoration""; ""Pier Luigi Bianchetti""; ""31. (De)colouring Ancient Nineveh using Portable XRF Equipment""; ""Dennis Braekmans""; ""32. Nineveh in the Assyrian Reliefs""; ""Davide Nadali""; ""33. Nineveh and Neo-Assyrian Trade: an Active Hub with Far-Flung Contacts""; ""Diederik J.W. Meijer""; ""34. Nineveh and Foreign Politics""; ""Giovanni-Battista Lanfranchi""; ""35. Sennacherib""; ""Carlo Lippolis""
- ""36. Sennacheribâ#x80;#x99;s Nineveh and the Staging of Atmosphere""