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Leick, Gwendoly
Gwendolyn Leick
ISBN: 9780415353465
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition: illustrated edition
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Historicized by the New Testament as a centre of decadence and corruption, Babylon and its surrounding region was in fact a rich and complex civilization, responsible for the invention of the dictionary and laying the foundations of modern science. This book explores all key aspects of the development of this ancient culture.
"The Babylonian World" presents an extensive, up-to-date and lavishly illustrated history of the ancient state Babylonia and its 'holy city', Babylon. Historicized by the New Testament as a centre of decadence and corruption, Babylon and its surrounding region was in fact a rich and complex civilization, responsible for the invention of the dictionary and laying the foundations of modern science. This book explores all key aspects of the development of this ancient culture, including the ecology of the region and its famously productive agriculture, its political and economic standing, its religious practices, and the achievements of its intelligentsia. Comprehensive and accessible, this book will be an indispensable resource for anyone studying the period.
| ISBN | 0415353467 | | Pages | 616 | | ISBN13 | 9780415353465
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 1700 | | Imprint | Routledge | | Published in | London | | Format | Hardback | | Series title | Routledge Worlds | | Publication date | 01 Mar 2006 | | Height (mm) | 246 | | Library of Congress | 2006102809 | | Width (mm) | 174 | | DEWEY | 935.02 | | Spine width (mm) | 40 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly |
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| 1 | | Introduction by Gwendolyn Leick | | 1 | | Pt. I | | Land and land use | | | | 2 | | The world of Babylonian countrysides by Seth Richardson | | 13 | | 3 | | Land and land use : the middle Euphrates valley by Lucia Mori | | 39 | | 4 | | Agricultural techniques by Blaboslav Hruska | | 54 | | 5 | | Urban form in the first millennium B.C. by Heather D. Baker | | 66 | | Pt. II | | Material culture | | | | 6 | | Architecture in the old Babylonian period by Harriet Crawford | | 81 | | 7 | | Babylonian seals by Dominique Collon | | 95 | | 8 | | Babylonian sources of exotic raw materials by D. T. Potts | | 124 | | 9 | | Cloth in the Babylonian world by Irene Good | | 141 | | 10 | | The Babylonian visual image by Zaniab Bahrani | | 155 | | 11 | | Food and drink in Babylonia by Frances Reynolds | | 171 | | Pt. III | | Economic life | | | | 12 | | Economy of ancient Mesopotamia : a general outline by Johannes Renger | | 187 | | 13 | | The old Babylonian economy by Anne Goddeeris | | 198 | | 14 | | Aspects of society and economy in the later old Babylonian period by Frans van Koppen | | 210 | | 15 | | The Babylonian economy in the first millennium B.C. by Michael Jursa | | 224 | | 16 | | The Egibi family by Cornelia Wunsch | | 236 | | Pt. IV | | Society and politics | | | | 17 | | Social configurations in Early Dynastic Babylonia (c.2500-2334 B.C.) by Petr Charvit | | 251 | | 18 | | The palace and the temple in Babylonia by Walther Sallaberger | | 265 | | | More... | | |
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