Life at the bottom of Babylonian society : servile laborers at Nippur in the 14th and 13th centuries, B.C. /

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Life at the Bottom of Babylonian Society is a study of the population dynamics, family structure, and legal status of publicly-controlled servile workers in Kassite Babylonia. It compares some of the demographic aspects proper to this group with other intensively studied past populations, such as Ro...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tenney, Jonathan S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Series:Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 51.
Subjects:
Working class > Iraq > Nippur (Extinct city) > History.
Labor > Iraq > Nippur (Extinct city) > History.
Social status > Iraq > Nippur (Extinct city) > History.
Families > Iraq > Nippur (Extinct city) > History.
Travailleurs > Irak > Nippour (Ville ancienne) > Histoire.
Travail > Irak > Nippour (Ville ancienne) > Histoire.
Statut social > Irak > Nippour (Ville ancienne) > Histoire.
Familles > Irak > Nippour (Ville ancienne) > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Economic history
Families
Labor
Population
Social conditions
Social status
Working class
Nippur (Extinct city) > Population > History.
Nippur (Extinct city) > History.
Nippur (Extinct city) > Social conditions.
Nippur (Extinct city) > Economic conditions.
Babylonia > Social conditions.
Babylonia > Economic conditions.
Nippour (Ville ancienne) > Population > Histoire.
Nippour (Ville ancienne) > Histoire.
Nippour (Ville ancienne) > Conditions sociales.
Nippour (Ville ancienne) > Conditions économiques.
Iraq > Nippur (Extinct city)
Middle East > Babylonia
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Life at the Bottom of Babylonian Society; Copyright; Contents; Preface; List of Examples; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; Selected Rulers of Kassite Babylonia; Chapter One. Servile Laborers in a Favored Province; Chapter Two. Sources; Chapter Three. Population: Sex, Age, Death, and Health; Chapter Four. Family and Household; Chapter Five. Work, Flight, Origins, and Status; Chapter Six. The Servile Work Force in Local and National Perspective; Appendix One. Selected Households from Middle Babylonian Sources.
  • Appendix Two. Size and Composition of Select Mobile Work GroupsAppendix Three. Sex and Age Classification of Attested Occupations in Middle Babylonian Rosters; Select Bibliography; List and Index of Cuneiform Sources; General Index; Index of Select Akkadian Words and Logograms.

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