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The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction [#374]
The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction [#374]
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紀元前3200年から紀元前539年までの古代中近東の国々では、車輪や鋤(すき)などの道具の発明をはじめ、天文学の発展、法の整備、そして外交が始まるなど、人類の歴史にとって極めて重要な知的変化の数々がもたらされました。本書は、その興味深い歴史を繙きます。
   

  • Explores an area of ancient history not well covered for general readers
  • Illuminates the influential role of gods in the personal lives of the region's inhabitants during the period discussed
  • Closely examines cuneiform documents such as personal letters, treaties, a contract, and a hymn

 
The ancient Near East is known as the "cradle of civilization" - and for good reason. Mesopotamia, Syria, and Anatolia were home to an extraordinarily rich and successful culture. Indeed, it was a time and place of earth-shaking changes for humankind: the beginnings of writing and law, kingship and bureaucracy, diplomacy and state-sponsored warfare, mathematics and literature.
 
This Very Short Introduction offers a fascinating account of this momentous time in human history. The three thousand years covered here - from around 3500 BCE, with the founding of the first Mesopotamian cities, to the conquest of the Near East by the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 539 BCE-represent a period of incredible innovation, from the invention of the wheel and the plow, to early achievements in astronomy, law, and diplomacy. As historian Amanda Podany explores this era, she overturns the popular image of the ancient world as a primitive, violent place. We discover that women had many rights and freedoms: they could own property, run businesses, and represent themselves in court. Diplomats traveled between the capital cities of major powers ensuring peace and friendship between the kings. Scribes and scholars studied the stars and could predict eclipses and the movements of the planets.
 
Every chapter introduces the reader to a particular moment in ancient Near Eastern history, illuminating such aspects as trade, religion, diplomacy, law, warfare, kingship, and agriculture. Each discussion focuses on evidence provided in two or three cuneiform texts from that time. These documents, the cities in which they were found, the people and gods named in them, the events they recount or reflect, all provide vivid testimony of the era in which they were written. 
 
 
Reading Guide
  
  

目次: 

List of illustrations
Note on translations
Acknowledgments

1 Archaeology and environment
2 The beginning of cities, 3600-2900 BCE
3 The Early Dynastic period, 2900-2340 BCE
4 The Akkadian empire, 2334-2112 BCE
5 The Third Dynasty of Ur, 2112-2026 BCE
6 The old Assyrian colonies, 1950-1740 BCE
7. The Old Babylonian period, 2017-1595 BCE
8. The Late Bronze Age, 1595-1155 BCE
9. The Neo-Assyrian empire, 972-612 BCE
10. The Neo-Babylonian empire, 612-539 BCE

Chronology
References
Further reading
Index

著者について: 

Amanda H. Podany is Professor and Chair of History at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. She is the author of the award-winning book Brotherhood of Kings: How International Relations Shaped the Ancient Near East as well as a number of other books and articles on topics in ancient Near Eastern history.

"A lively, appealing, and highly recommended introduction to the Bronze and early Iron Age Near East." -- Journal of the American Oriental Society
  

"The book is a short, comprehensive and accessible way to first get in touch with a new subject...[It] can be useful for readers who do not know anything about the aforementioned region and its history, such as first term students." -- Bibliotheca Orientalis
  

"Thanks to The Ancient Near East any fan of ancient history can immerse themselves for the first time in the exciting history of civilizations developed in Mesopotamia, Syria and Anatolia." -- Historiae (historiaeweb.com) Translated from Spanish.

商品情報

ISBN : 9780195377996

著者: 
Amanda H. Podany
ページ
168 ページ
フォーマット
Paperback
サイズ
111 x 174 mm
刊行日
2013年11月
シリーズ
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The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction [#374]

The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction [#374]

The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction [#374]