 A Companion to the Ancient Near East
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February 2005, Wiley-Blackwell
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List of Figures.
List of Maps.
Notes on Contributors.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Part I: The Shape of the Ancient Near East.
1. Historical Overview: Mario Liverani (University of Rome).
2. From Sedentism to States, 10,000 to 3000 BCE: Augusta McMahon (University of Cambridge).
3. The Age of Empires, 3100-900 BCE: Mark Chavalas (University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse).
4 World Hegemony, 900-300 BCE: Paul-Alain Beaulieu (Harvard University).
Part II: Discourses on Methods.
5. Archaeology and the Ancient Near East: Marie-Henriette Gates (Bilkent University, Ankara).
6. The Languages of the Ancient Near East: Gonzalo Rubio (Pennsylvania State University).
7. The Historian's Task: Daniel C. Snell (University of Oklahoma).
Part III: Economy and Society.
8. The Degradation of the Ancient Near Eastern Environment: Carlos E. Cordova (Oklahoma State University, Stillwater).
9. Nomadism Through the Ages: Jorge Silva Castillo (Centro de Estudias de Asia y Africa in the Colegio de Mexico).
10. Mesopotamian Cities and Countryside: Elizabeth C. Stone (State University of New York, Stoney Brook).
11. Money and Trade: Christopher M. Monroe (Pierpont Morgan Library, New York).
12. Working: David A. Warburton (Aarhus University, Denmark).
13. Law and Practice: Bruce Wells (Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota).
14. Social Tensions in the Ancient Near East: John F. Robertson (Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant).
15. Gender Roles in Ancient Egypt: Ann Macy Roth (Howard University, Washington, DC).
16. Royal Women and the Exercise of Power in the Ancient Near East: Sarah C. Melville (Clarkson University).
17. Warfare in Ancient Egypt: Anthony J. Spalinger (University of Auckland).
Part IV: Culture.
18. The Transmission of Knowledge: Benjamin R. Foster (Yale Babylonian Collection).
19. Literature: Tawny L. Holm (Indiana University of Pennsylvania).
20. Ancient Near Eastern Architecture: Sally Dunham (Yale University).
21. Mesopotamian Art: Marian Feldman (University of California, Berkeley).
22. Ancient Mesopotamian Medicine: JoAnn Scurlock (Elmhurst College).
23. Mesopotamian Cosmology: Francesca Rochberg (University of California, Riverside).
24. Divine and Non-Divine Kingship: Philip Jones (Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary project).
25. How Religion Was Done: Gary Beckman (University of Michigan).
Part V: Heritage of the Ancient Near East.
26. The Invention of the Individual: Daniel C. Snell (University of Oklahoma).
27. Ethnicity: Henri Limet (University of Liege, Belgium).
28. Public versus Private in the Ancient Near East: Steven J. Garfinkle (Western Washington University).
29. Democracy and Freedom: Matthew Martin III and Daniel C. Snell (University of Tulsa, Oklahoma and University of Oklahoma).
30. Monotheism and Ancient Israelite Religion: S. David Sperling (Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York).
31. The Decipherment of the Ancient Near East: Peter T. Daniels (independent scholar, New York).
32. Legacies of the Ancient Near East: Daniel C. Snell (University of Oklahoma).
References.
Index
List of Maps.
Notes on Contributors.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Part I: The Shape of the Ancient Near East.
1. Historical Overview: Mario Liverani (University of Rome).
2. From Sedentism to States, 10,000 to 3000 BCE: Augusta McMahon (University of Cambridge).
3. The Age of Empires, 3100-900 BCE: Mark Chavalas (University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse).
4 World Hegemony, 900-300 BCE: Paul-Alain Beaulieu (Harvard University).
Part II: Discourses on Methods.
5. Archaeology and the Ancient Near East: Marie-Henriette Gates (Bilkent University, Ankara).
6. The Languages of the Ancient Near East: Gonzalo Rubio (Pennsylvania State University).
7. The Historian's Task: Daniel C. Snell (University of Oklahoma).
Part III: Economy and Society.
8. The Degradation of the Ancient Near Eastern Environment: Carlos E. Cordova (Oklahoma State University, Stillwater).
9. Nomadism Through the Ages: Jorge Silva Castillo (Centro de Estudias de Asia y Africa in the Colegio de Mexico).
10. Mesopotamian Cities and Countryside: Elizabeth C. Stone (State University of New York, Stoney Brook).
11. Money and Trade: Christopher M. Monroe (Pierpont Morgan Library, New York).
12. Working: David A. Warburton (Aarhus University, Denmark).
13. Law and Practice: Bruce Wells (Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota).
14. Social Tensions in the Ancient Near East: John F. Robertson (Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant).
15. Gender Roles in Ancient Egypt: Ann Macy Roth (Howard University, Washington, DC).
16. Royal Women and the Exercise of Power in the Ancient Near East: Sarah C. Melville (Clarkson University).
17. Warfare in Ancient Egypt: Anthony J. Spalinger (University of Auckland).
Part IV: Culture.
18. The Transmission of Knowledge: Benjamin R. Foster (Yale Babylonian Collection).
19. Literature: Tawny L. Holm (Indiana University of Pennsylvania).
20. Ancient Near Eastern Architecture: Sally Dunham (Yale University).
21. Mesopotamian Art: Marian Feldman (University of California, Berkeley).
22. Ancient Mesopotamian Medicine: JoAnn Scurlock (Elmhurst College).
23. Mesopotamian Cosmology: Francesca Rochberg (University of California, Riverside).
24. Divine and Non-Divine Kingship: Philip Jones (Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary project).
25. How Religion Was Done: Gary Beckman (University of Michigan).
Part V: Heritage of the Ancient Near East.
26. The Invention of the Individual: Daniel C. Snell (University of Oklahoma).
27. Ethnicity: Henri Limet (University of Liege, Belgium).
28. Public versus Private in the Ancient Near East: Steven J. Garfinkle (Western Washington University).
29. Democracy and Freedom: Matthew Martin III and Daniel C. Snell (University of Tulsa, Oklahoma and University of Oklahoma).
30. Monotheism and Ancient Israelite Religion: S. David Sperling (Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York).
31. The Decipherment of the Ancient Near East: Peter T. Daniels (independent scholar, New York).
32. Legacies of the Ancient Near East: Daniel C. Snell (University of Oklahoma).
References.
Index
