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Document Type: | Book |
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Karen Rhea Nemet-Nejat |
ISBN: | 0313294976 9780313294976 9780801047305 0801047307 |
OCLC Number: | 38168335 |
Description: | xxi, 346 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
Contents: | Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Time line for ancient Mesopotamia -- Introduction: -- Rediscovery and decipherment -- Dating the past (relative dating vs absolute dating) -- General Information: -- Geographical setting of Mesopotamia -- Peoples and their languages -- Historical Overview: -- Permanent settlement and domestication -- Beginnings of civilization: from farming villages to cities -- Period of city-states and nation-states: the third millennium -- Period of new kingdoms: the second millennium -- Empires in Mesopotamia: the first millennium -- Writing, Education, And Literature: -- Origins of writing -- Education and professional activity of scribes -- Archives and libraries -- Literature: poetry and prose -- Nonliterary texts -- Sciences: -- Medicine -- Mathematics -- Astronomy -- Technology -- Natural sciences -- Cartography and geography -- Society, Part 1: City Life, Country Life, Nomadic And Semi-Nomadic Life: -- City life -- Countryside -- Nomadic and semi-nomadic life -- Class and society -- Society, Part 2: Private Life: -- Private houses -- Family life -- Property and succession -- Women's roles -- Fashions -- Food and drink -- Recreation: -- Hunting -- Sports -- Board games -- Toys -- Music -- Dancing -- Banquets -- Performance of literary works -- Religion: -- Religious views of early man -- Development of the Pantheon -- Composition of the Pantheon -- Representations of the Gods -- Service to the Gods -- Places of worship and their functions -- Worshipers -- Religious personnel and servants -- Religious festivals -- Sorcerers, exorcists, and diviners -- Prophets -- Government: -- King -- Administration of justice -- Warfare -- Consequences of war -- International relations -- Economy: -- Farming -- Canals and irrigation -- Land management -- Domestic economy -- Foreign trade -- Crafts and labor -- Legacy Of Ancient Mesopotamia: -- Notes -- Glossary -- Selected bibliography -- Index. |
Series Title: | Greenwood Press "Daily life through history" series. |
Responsibility: | Karen Rhea Nemet-Nejat. |
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"The book is well illustrated by black-and-white photographs and drawings. It is written at a level that an educated layperson will find it accessible and fascinating, and scholars will find it a good textbook for classes in ancient Near Eastern civilization. Church, public, college and seminary libraries should have this volume on their shelves." - Ashland Theological Journal "This volume is an important teaching tool for students of the ancient Near East, because it uses primary texts and artifacts to write about daily life in ancient Mesopotamia." - Religious Studies Review "Nemet-Nejat's lively account of daily life in ancient Mesopotamia fills an important gap in the literature. . . . This is a fascinating and authortative synthesis of an extensive body of material pertaining to life in ancient Mesopotamia, and it will be a frequently consulted reference by those with an interest in this subject. This work is highly recommended." - ARBA "There is something to interest everyone in this book." - The Historian "Nemet-Nejat should be congratulated for her attempts to make ancient Mesopotamia civilization accessible to the public, an effort that has been accomplished without an excessive reliance on biblical parallels that appeal to religious sensibilities. Thus, her work will contribute to the establishment of the idea of Mesopotamia's cultural autonomy and its importance to the study of world history." - Journal of Near Eastern Studies "[A] readable and comprehensive overview of daily-life aspects of Mesopotamian civilization." - Religious Studies Review Read more...


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