The ancient orient : an introduction to the study of the ancient Near East /
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| Author / Creator: | Soden, Wolfram von, 1908-1996 |
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| Uniform title: | Einführung in die Altorientalistik. English |
| Imprint: | Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, c1994. |
| Description: | xx, 262 p. : ill, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1583983 |
Table of Contents:
- 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.