Ancient near East: the Basics

Name: Ancient near East: the Basics
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ISBN: 9780415656986

ISBN-10: 0415656982

ISBN-13: 9780415656986

Edition: 2013

Authors: Daniel C. Snell

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Ancient Near East: The Basics surveys the history of the ancient Middle East from the invention of writing to Alexander the Great’s conquest. The book introduces both the physical and intellectual environment of those times, the struggles of state-building and empire construction, and the dissent from those efforts. Topics covered include:What do we mean when we talk about the Ancient Near East?The rise and fall of powerful states and monarchsDaily life both in the cities and out in the fieldsThe legacy of the Ancient Near East: religion, science and writing systems.Featuring a glossary, chronology and suggestions for further reading, this book has all the tools the reader needs to…

Book details

Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 6/17/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 162
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.440
Language: English



List of figures


Acknowledgments



What We Mean When We Talk About the Ancient Near East


Timeline


Map of the Ancient Near East



The Early Millennia


Agriculture-from the hilly flanks to the river valleys


Cities-life on the plains


City states-patriotism of the small state


Territorial empires-the four quarters united


Kings and temples-co-optation of the gods


Pyramids and ziggurats-monuments for the ages


Royal ideologies-gods or not


The state as protector of the poor-legislating morality



The Second Millennium: Foreigners and New Orders


The Hittite solar system


The king as rainmaker, the king as human



The First Millennium: Worldwide States


The small states-innovation by combination


Religious change on the edges


Perils of empire-deportations and identity


The worldwide states-Persians and Creeks


The fading of the Ancient Near East-ruralization of everyday life


The persistence of the Ancient Near East-the cities and the markets



Literature



Art



Legacies


Domestication of plants and animals


Pottery


The wheel


Literacy


Accounting


Coinage


Science


Astronomy, astrology


The school


City life


Political legacies


Art


Religious ideas



The Rediscovery of the Ancient Near East


The Abbï¿½ and the Palmyrenes


Champollion and Egypt


Hincks in his study


The ancient world exposed-from flood story to Bible and Babel


The ancient world used-Biblical archaeology


Conceptual autonomy


History as imperialism


History as reconciliation



Limits of the Future


Philology as queen of the sciences


History today


Glossary


Further Reading


Index