BLACKWELL HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD A History of the Ancient Near East ca.
3000–323 BC Fourth Edition “This marvelous book is a classic, and deservedly so. This new …

There is a growing recognition that philosophy isn't unique to the West, that it didn't begin
only with the classical Greeks, and that Greek philosophy was influenced by Near Eastern …

Communities of Style examines the production and circulation of portable luxury goods
throughout the Levant in the early Iron Age (1200–600 BCE). In particular it focuses on how …

Den immerwährenden Traum der Menschheit, Einblick in die Zukunft nehmen und so den
Erfolg wichtiger Unternehmungen schon im voraus überschauen zu können, schienen …

Libraries preserve the knowledge and ideas on which rights depend; no wonder they are so
often attacked. Richard Ovenden tells the history of this deliberate destruction of knowledge …

This article surveys scholarship and inquiry in ancient Mesopotamia from the middle of the
second millennium BCE until the Common Era. After an overview of the source material, the …

ERSTES KAPITEL Page 1 Abbreviations AB Anchor Bible ABRL Anchor Bible Reference Library
AfO Archiv für Orientforschung AfOB Archiv für Orientforschung Beiheft AJSL American Journal …

This chapter provides a historical sketch of the Neo‐Assyrian period, the era that saw the
slow rise of the Assyrian empire as well as its much faster eventual fall. From the late ninth to …

Ancient Knowledge Networks is a book about how knowledge travels, in minds and bodies
as well as in writings. It explores the forms knowledge takes and the meanings it accrues …

Iraq is one of the birthplaces of human civilization. This land saw the first towns and cities,
the first states and empires. Here writing was invented, and with it the world's oldest poetry …