The Babylonian World

Voorkant
Gwendolyn Leick
Routledge, 2 jun 2009 - 616 pagina's

The Babylonian World presents an extensive, up-to-date and lavishly illustrated history of the ancient state Babylonia and its 'holy city', Babylon.

Historicized by the New Testament as a centre of decadence and corruption, Babylon and its surrounding region was in fact a rich and complex civilization, responsible for the invention of the dictionary and laying the foundations of modern science. This book explores all key aspects of the development of this ancient culture, including the ecology of the region and its famously productive agriculture, its political and economic standing, its religious practices, and the achievements of its intelligentsia.

Comprehensive and accessible, this book will be an indispensable resource for anyone studying the period.

 

Inhoudsopgave

1 Introduction
1
LAND AND LAND USE
11
MATERIAL CULTURE
79
ECONOMIC LIFE
185
SOCIETY AND POLITICS
249
RELIGION
317
INTELLECTUAL LIFE CUNEIFORM WRITING AND LEARNING
387
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BABYLONIA AND THE ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN WORLD
485
Index
577
Copyright

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administrative agricultural Akkadian Anatolia Ancient Mesopotamia Ancient Near East animals archaeological archives Ashurbanipal Assyrian Assyriologie attested Babylon Borsippa Bottéro centre century BC Chaldeans Charpin Collon countryside cult cultivation cultural cuneiform cylinder seals deity divine documents dynasty early economic Egypt Egyptian empire Enlil Euphrates evidence excavated exorcist Figure Gilgamesh goddess gods Hammurabi Hattusili Hittite household important Inanna incantations inscriptions institutions Iraq irrigation Ishtar Isin Kassite king’s Kudurru land Larsa Leiden letter lists literature Marduk Mari Mesopotamia Mesopotamian history Middle Babylonian millennium BC Mitanni Museum Neo-Babylonian Nippur Old Babylonian period omens Oriental palace Persian political Press production Reallexikon der Assyriologie reference region reign Renger ritual role royal ruler scholars scribal scribes second millennium Sippar slave social society sources Stol Studies Sumer Sumerian Syria tablets temple textiles texts third millennium trade tradition University Ur III urban Uruk women writing

Over de auteur (2009)

Gwendolyn Leick is presently senior lecturer at Chelsea College of Art and Design. A specialist in the Ancient Near East, she has published extensively on the topic, including The Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Architecture and Who's Who in the Ancient Near East.

Bibliografische gegevens

TitelThe Babylonian World
Routledge Worlds
RedacteurGwendolyn Leick
Editiegeïllustreerd
UitgeverRoutledge, 2009
ISBN1134261284, 9781134261284
Lengte616 pagina's
  
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