TY  - BOOK
AU  - Soden,Wolfram von
TI  - The ancient Orient: an introduction to the study of the ancient Near East 
SN  - 0802801420 (pbk.)
AV  - DS57 .S5813 1994
U1  - 939/.4 20
PY  - 1985///
CY  - Grand Rapids, Mich.
PB  - W.B. Eerdmans
KW  - Oudheid
KW  - gtt
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Civilization
KW  - To 622
KW  - Moyen-Orient
KW  - Civilisation
KW  - Jusqu'à 622
KW  - ram
KW  - Prehistoric civilisation
KW  - Mesopotamia
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-254) and index; I; The Term "Ancient Orient" and Its Demarcation --; II; The Scene --; III; Peoples and Cultures in the Ancient Orient --; 1; The Ancient Oriental Cultures before 3000: The Sumerians --; 2; The Semites in Western Asia --; 3; Hurrians and Urartians --; 4; Peoples and Cultures in Western Iran --; 5; Asia Minor: Proto-Hattians, Luwians, and Hittites --; 6; The Coalescence of Peoples --; IV; Writing and Systems of Writing --; 1; Sumerian Writing and Cuneiform --; 2; The Hittite Hieroglyphs (the Luwian Pictograms) --; 3; The Phoenician Alphabetic Script and Its Predecessors --; 4; Alphabetic Scripts in Cuneiform: Ugaritic and the Old Persian Script --; V; The History of Ancient Western Asia: The Historical Sources --; 1; Chronology: King Lists, Date Lists, and Eponym Lists --; 2; Sources for Political History --; 3; The Early Sumerian Period and Early Dynastic Period --; 4; The Empire of Akkad and the Neo-Sumerian Period --; 5; The Beginnings of Assyria and Its Trade Colonies --; 6; The Old Babylonian Period --; 7; The Ancient Orient between 1530 and 1000 --; 8; Western Asia from 1000 to 750 and the Rise of the Assyrian Empire --; 9; The Neo-Assyrian Empire: Its Zenith and Decline: Tiglath-Pileser III and the Sargonids --; 10; The Neo-Babylonian Chaldean Empire (626-539) --; 11; Persians, Macedonians, Greeks, and Parthians in Western Asia --; VI; State and Society --; 1; The Monarchy --; 2; The Divinization of the Monarch --; 3; City, State, and Administration --; 4; Society and Social Groups --; 5; The Army and Warfare --; VII; Nutrition and Agriculture --; 1; Fishing and Fowling; Hunting --; 2; Animal Husbandry --; 3; Farming and Gardening --; VIII; Artisanry --; 1; The Term; Organization and Instruction; The School --; 2; Spinning, Weaving, Sewing, and Embroidery --; 3; The Preparation of Hides: Leather --; 4; The Use of Reeds: Basketry --; 5; Woodwork: Carpentry, Joining, and Furniture Making --; 6; Mud and Clay: Bricks, Ceramics, and Miniature Sculpture --; 7; Stone for Devices, Monumental and Miniature Sculpture, and Buildings --; 8; The Smelting and Refining of Metals --; IX; Trade and Commerce --; 1; Roads and Highways --; 2; Water Routes --; 3; Basic Terms of Trade: Buying and Selling, Money --; 4; The Organization of Trade: The Merchant --; 5; The Merchandise --; X; Law --; 1; Legal Prescriptions and Law Codes --; 2; Documents and Other Legal Sources: Legal Praxis --; 3; Judges and the Judiciary --; XI; Sumerian and Babylonian Science --; 1; The Sumerian Science of Lists as a Science of Order --; 2; Bilingual Lexical Lists in Ebla and Babylonia: Tri- and Quadrilingual Lists in Asia Minor and Syria --; 3; Further Functions of Babylonian Word and Name Lists: Inventory Rolls and Compilations of Various Sorts --; 4; Lists of Analogous Verbal Expressions --; 5; The Babylonian Science of Omens --; 6; Theology, Historiography, and Geography --; 7; The Beginnings of Natural Sciences --; 8; The Scientific Study of Humanity: Medicine and Pharmacology --; 9; Mathematics and Astronomy --; XII; Religion and Magic --; 1; Basic Problems --; 2; The Gods of the Sumerians --; 3; The Gods of the Babylonians and Assyrians --; 4; God and Mankind: Sin and Ethics, Theodicy, Life after Death --; 5; Cults and Offerings: Priests, Temple Servants, Prophets --; 6; Magic, Demons, Evil Powers, Sorcery --; 7; Death and Burial --; XIII; Literature --; 1; Overview: Tablet Series: Prose and Poetry --; 2; Royal Inscriptions --; 3; Myths and Epics --; 4; Wisdom Literature and Humorous Poetry --; 5; Hymns, Prayers, Laments, and Incantations --; 6; Scientific Literature --; XIV; Building, Art, and Music --; 1; Cultic Buildings and Palaces: Form and Decoration --; 2; Sculpture and Modeling, Inlaid Work, and Miniature --; 3; Music and Musical Instruments; XV; Concluding Observations and Remarks --; Map of the Near East up to the Persian Period
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