A companion to Assyria

Title:

Author:

Frahm, Eckart, editor.

ISBN:

9781118325247

9781118325230

9781118325216

9781444335934

9781119092278

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Series:

Blackwell companions to the ancient world

Blackwell companions to the ancient world.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Physical and Cultural Landscapes of Assyria / Eckart Frahm -- 2."Assyria" in the Third Millennium BCE / Jason Ur -- 3. The Old Assyrian Period (20th-18th Century BCE) / Lauren Ristvet -- 4. Economy, Society, and Daily Life in the Old Assyrian Period / Klaas R. Veenhof -- 5. The Transition Period (17th to 15th Century BCE) / Cecile Michel -- 6. The Middle Assyrian Period (14th to 11th Century BCE) / Shigeo Yamada -- 7. Economy, Society, and Daily Life in the Middle Assyrian Period / Stefan Jakob -- 8. The Neo-Assyrian Period (ca. 1000-609 BCE) / Stefan Jakob -- 9. Economy, Society, and Daily Life in the Neo-Assyrian Period / Eckart Frahm -- 10. Post-Imperial Assyria / Karen Radner -- 11. Assyria and the North: Anatolia / Stefan R. Hauser -- 12. Assyria and the East: Western Iran and Elam / Andreas Fuchs -- 13. Assyria and the West: Syria and the Levant / Andreas Fuchs -- 14. Assyria and the Far West: The Aegean World / Ariel M. Bagg.

Note continued: 15. Assyria and the South: Babylonia / Robert Rollinger -- 16. Assyria and the Far South: The Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf / Eckart Frahm -- 17. Languages and Writing Systems in Assyria / Eckart Frahm -- 18. Assyrian Religion / Greta Van Buylaere / Mikko Luukko -- 19. Assyrian Literature / Stefan M. Maul -- 20. Assyrian Scholarship and Scribal Culture in Ashur / Alasdair Livingstone -- 21. Assyrian Scholarship and Scribal Culture in Kalhu and Nineveh / Nils P. Heefsel -- 22. Assyrian Legal Traditions / Jeanette C. Fincke -- 23. Assyrian Cities and Architecture / Frederick Mario Fales -- 24. Assyrian Art / John M. Russell -- 25. Assyrian Technology / John M. Russell -- 26. Assyrian Warfare / Ariel M. Bagg -- 27. Thoughts on the Assyrian Empire and Assyrian Kingship / Stephanie Dalley -- 28. Assyria in Late Babylonian Sources / Mario Liverani -- 29. Assyria in the Hebrew Bible / Paul-Alain Beaulieu -- 30. Assyria in Classical Sources / Eckart Frahm.

Note continued: 31. The Archaeological Exploration of Assyria / Robert Rollinger -- 32. Assyrian Christians / Mogens Trolle Larsen -- List of Assyrian Kings / Aaron Michael Butts.

Abstract:

A Companion to Assyria is a collection of original essays on ancient Assyria written by key international scholars. These new scholarly contributions have substantially reshaped contemporary understanding of society and life in this ancient civilization. The only detailed up-to-date introduction providing a scholarly overview of ancient Assyria in English within the last fifty years Original essays written and edited by a team of respected Assyriology scholars from around the world An in-depth exploration of Assyrian society and life, including the latest thought on cities, art, religion, literature, economy, and technology, and political and military history.

Local Note:

John Wiley and Sons

Subject Term:

Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian.

Civilisation assyro-babylonienne.

HISTORY -- Civilization.

Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian

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