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Life and thought in the ancient Near East /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Machine generated contents note: Mesopotamia
- In the Tablet Houses of Mesopotamia
- New Year's Day in Babylon
- Decoding the Hammurabi Law Code
- On the Lighter Side of Mesopotamia: A Glimpse into Sumerian Palace and Temple Household Life
- Wild Animals and Game Parks
- Archaeology: The "Cold Case File" of the Historian
- Egypt
- Theme and Variations on Herodotus's Statement That "Egypt Is the Gift of the Nile"
- On the Essential Cosmic Rhythms of Ancient Egyptian Life
- Palestinian Corridor
- Seagoing Phoenicians
- From Tribal Coalition to Statehood in Ancient Israel
- Ancient Persia and a Tale of Two Cities: Athens and Jerusalem in the Fifth Century
- On Nomads and Nomadism
- Anatolia
- Old Assyrian Trading Enterprise in Asia Minor
- On Chariot Warfare
- Some Observations on Ancient Near Eastern Treaties
- When Princes Squabble: A Royal Dispute in Central Anatolia
- Some Literary Observations
- On the Greatness of Gilgamesh as an Ancient Near Eastern Epic
- Reflections on Ancient Near Eastern Myth
- Wisdom Literature
- Translating an Old Babylonian Poem: "Prayer to the Gods of Night"
- Physical Background: Landforms, Climate, and Hydrology of the Near East
- Historical Background: The Setting of Prehistoric Cultural Development in Mesopotamia and Egypt
- Civic Background: Cities and Gods in the Ancient Near East
- Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Israel
- Languages and Literature
- Brief Note on Languages
- General View of Ancient Near Eastern Literature
- Decipherments
- Decipherment of Cuneiform Writing
- Discovery of Hittite Civilization and the Decipherment of Hittite
- Conclusion: Who Will Know about Us When We're Gone?
- Summary of Culture Growth in Mesopotamia and Egypt.