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| | **Puduhepa** |
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| | //Title//: Ünal, A., //Eskiçağ Anadolu toplumlarında kadın anayanlı bir Hitit kraliçesi : Puduhepa ve zamanı//, Çorum : Hitit Üniversitesi, 2014. |
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| | //Keywords//: Puduhepa - Hittite queen |
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| | ** Vicino oriente 18** |
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| | //Title//: Università di Roma, Istituto di studi del Vicino oriente, //Vicino Oriente XVIII//, 2014. |
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| | //Keywords//: Middle Persian - Middle persian literature - Sasanian period - Pahlavi -four elements - čahār zahagān - Sumerian - translate - inim- -bal - eme-bal - Sumerian to Akkadian - translation - Hittite reception - Turkish republic - Iraqi Kurdistan - archaeological map - Paikuli - Copper route - Khirbet al-Batrawy - Jordan - Egyptian connection - Transjordan - aegyptiaca - Transjordanian urban centres - trade - cultural interactions - Jericho - Motya - masks - cothon - nail - temple of Astarte |
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| | M. Jafari-Dehaghi - //Čahār zahagān in Middle Persian literature// |
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| | S. Seminara - //Beyond the words. Some considerations about the word "to translate" in Sumerian// |
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| | R. Francia - //Gli Ittiti e la loro riscoperta nella Turchia repubblicana// |
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| | K. Rashid Rahim - C.G. Cereti - L. Colliva - A. Fusaro - C. Insom - G. Labisi - S. Mancini - J. Bogdani - M. Galuppi - G. Terribili - //MAIKI, Missione Archeologica Italiana nel Kurdistan Iracheno: la carta archeologica dell'area di Paikuli, obiettivi e metodologie applicate// |
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| | L. Nigro - //The Copper Route and the Egyptian connection in 3rd millennium BC Jordan seen from the caravan city of Khirbet al-Batrawy// |
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| | M. Sala - //EB II-III aegyptiaca east of the Jordan: a reevaluation of trade and cultural interactions between Egypt and Transjordanian urban centres // |
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| | C. Fiaccavento - //Two EB III Red Polished jugs from Palace B in Khirbet al-Batrawy and jugs with Reserved Alternate-Hatching Decoration (RAHD) from Palestine and Transjordan// |
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| | D. Montanari - //An EB IV dagger from Tell es-Sultan/Jericho// |
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| | F. Spagnoli - //Una brocchetta dipinta dal Tempio di Astarte nell'Area sacra del Kothon a Mozia// |
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| | B. D'Andrea - //Nuove stele dal Tofet di Mozia// |
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| | A. Orsingher - //Listen and protect: reconsidering the grinning masks after a recent find from Motya// |
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| **The Larsa E.babbar** | **The Larsa E.babbar** |
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| //Keywords//: Babylonia - administrative texts - private archives - Judean exiles - Jewish history | //Keywords//: Babylonia - administrative texts - private archives - Judean exiles - Jewish history |
| //Abstract//: The publication by Laurie E. Pearce and Cornelia Wunsch of the first, extra-biblical, archival source from the exiled Judean community in Babylonia in the 6th and 5th centuries BCE represents a major contribution to both Mesopotamian and Biblical studies. The volume provides complete editions, translations, copies and outstanding photographs of 103 cuneiform texts from the David Sofer Collection along with an extensive commentary on the hundreds of new personal names with Yahwistic elements that add substantially to our understanding of Judean religious beliefs during this formative period in the development of exilic Judaism. The new documents provide us with new insights into the social and economic life of the Judeans (along with others groups forcibly settled in Mesopotamia by Nebuchadnezzar II) in their own community of Al Yahudu (Jewtown) and their interrelationships with and assimilation to their West Semitic and Babylonian neighbors. The comprehensive analysis and discussion of the new data by the authors offer many additions and insights into the hitherto limited knowledge of this community, the naming practices of immigrant groups over several generations, and, by implication, how other exiles in Babylonia might have been influenced by similar experiences after being forcibly resettled in a foreign environment. This is an essential resource not only for Assyriologists, archaeologists and historians but particularly for biblical scholars interested in the history of Judaism in its Mesopotamian context. | //Abstract//: The publication by Laurie E. Pearce and Cornelia Wunsch of the first, extra-biblical, archival source from the exiled Judean community in Babylonia in the 6th and 5th centuries BC represents a major contribution to both Mesopotamian and Biblical studies. The volume provides complete editions, translations, copies and outstanding photographs of 103 cuneiform texts from the David Sofer Collection along with an extensive commentary on the hundreds of new personal names with Yahwistic elements that add substantially to our understanding of Judean religious beliefs during this formative period in the development of exilic Judaism. The new documents provide us with new insights into the social and economic life of the Judeans (along with others groups forcibly settled in Mesopotamia by Nebuchadnezzar II) in their own community of Al Yahudu (Jewtown) and their interrelationships with and assimilation to their West Semitic and Babylonian neighbors. The comprehensive analysis and discussion of the new data by the authors offer many additions and insights into the hitherto limited knowledge of this community, the naming practices of immigrant groups over several generations, and, by implication, how other exiles in Babylonia might have been influenced by similar experiences after being forcibly resettled in a foreign environment. This is an essential resource not only for Assyriologists, archaeologists and historians but particularly for biblical scholars interested in the history of Judaism in its Mesopotamian context. |
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| //Keywords//: Mesopotamia - archaeology - third millennium - Tell Chuera - households - economic history | //Keywords//: Mesopotamia - archaeology - third millennium - Tell Chuera - households - economic history |
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| //Abstract//: This volume contains a selection of articles based on papers presented at an international workshop held at Frankfurt am Main, Germany from the 27th to the 28th of October, 2012 ([[http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/bitstream/2268/162480/1/BAR_2682_Households__-_contents-libre.pdf]]). The workshop was organized by members of the Research Training Group 1576 "Value and Equivalence" and the Tell Chuera Project. The articles address a wide range of materials (lithics, terracotta figurines, domestic architecture and installations, glyptics) and topics (the organization of space within residential areas, the economic base of 3rd millennium settlements, an anthropological perspective on the study of domestic remains) which are related to the study of 3rd millennium BCE houses and households in northern Mesopotamia. Many articles focus on recent archaeological excavations and observations from Tell Chuera, but hitherto unpublished field data from other sites (Tell Mozan, Tell Hazna, and Kharab Sayyar) are also presented. The archaeological focus of the volume is broadened by a philological treatise dealing with the study of households in southern Mesopotamia. | //Abstract//: This volume contains a selection of articles based on papers presented at an international workshop held at Frankfurt am Main, Germany from the 27th to the 28th of October, 2012 ([[http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/bitstream/2268/162480/1/BAR_2682_Households__-_contents-libre.pdf]]). The workshop was organized by members of the Research Training Group 1576 "Value and Equivalence" and the Tell Chuera Project. The articles address a wide range of materials (lithics, terracotta figurines, domestic architecture and installations, glyptics) and topics (the organization of space within residential areas, the economic base of 3rd millennium settlements, an anthropological perspective on the study of domestic remains) which are related to the study of 3rd millennium BC houses and households in northern Mesopotamia. Many articles focus on recent archaeological excavations and observations from Tell Chuera, but hitherto unpublished field data from other sites (Tell Mozan, Tell Hazna, and Kharab Sayyar) are also presented. The archaeological focus of the volume is broadened by a philological treatise dealing with the study of households in southern Mesopotamia. |
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| **Local and Imperial Politics in Achaemenid Babylonia** | **Local and Imperial Politics in Achaemenid Babylonia** |
| //Keywords//: lexical lists - writing - intellectual history | //Keywords//: lexical lists - writing - intellectual history |
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| //Abstract//: Lexical texts are lists of words and lists of cuneiform signs, developed by the ancient scribes to describe, transmit, and research one of their most treasured fields of knowledge: the knowledge of writing. The history of these lists extends from the very beginning of writing in the late fourth millennium BCE all the way to the Parthian period in the first century AD. This study ([[https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~veldhuis/articles/History%20of%20the%20Mesopotamian%20Lexical%20Tradition.pdf|Table of Contents]]) investigates the development of the lists, their uses in ancient Mesopotamian scholarship and education, and their role in intellectual life. | //Abstract//: Lexical texts are lists of words and lists of cuneiform signs, developed by the ancient scribes to describe, transmit, and research one of their most treasured fields of knowledge: the knowledge of writing. The history of these lists extends from the very beginning of writing in the late fourth millennium BC all the way to the Parthian period in the first century AD. This study ([[https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~veldhuis/articles/History%20of%20the%20Mesopotamian%20Lexical%20Tradition.pdf|Table of Contents]]) investigates the development of the lists, their uses in ancient Mesopotamian scholarship and education, and their role in intellectual life. |
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| **Ancient Near East Monographs 8** | **Ancient Near East Monographs 8** |
| //Keywords//: Neo-Assyrians - Hebrew Bible - biblical studies - treaties | //Keywords//: Neo-Assyrians - Hebrew Bible - biblical studies - treaties |
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| //Abstract//: This volume undermines the popular interpreta-tionof Deuteronomy as an anti-imperial, subversive tract ([[http://www.sbl-site.org/assets/pdfs/pubs/9781628370263_OA.pdf|full book available online]]). The book draws on theories of adaptation and allusion to provide the theoretical foundation for a discussion of subversion and its detection and thereby tests the idea of subversive intent against the social context in which it would have functioned. It contains detailed textual analyses of Deuteronomy 13 and 28 in relation to the Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon and other ancient Near Eastern curse and treaty traditions. It also reflects on the historical circumstances of the seventh century BCE, with particular attention to questions of bilingualism of authors and audiences. Te book’s argument challenges the pre-exilic dating of Deuteronomy and problematizes the Israelites’ wider relationship with the Assyrian Empire | //Abstract//: This volume undermines the popular interpreta-tionof Deuteronomy as an anti-imperial, subversive tract ([[http://www.sbl-site.org/assets/pdfs/pubs/9781628370263_OA.pdf|full book available online]]). The book draws on theories of adaptation and allusion to provide the theoretical foundation for a discussion of subversion and its detection and thereby tests the idea of subversive intent against the social context in which it would have functioned. It contains detailed textual analyses of Deuteronomy 13 and 28 in relation to the Succession Treaty of Esarhaddon and other ancient Near Eastern curse and treaty traditions. It also reflects on the historical circumstances of the seventh century BC, with particular attention to questions of bilingualism of authors and audiences. Te book’s argument challenges the pre-exilic dating of Deuteronomy and problematizes the Israelites’ wider relationship with the Assyrian Empire |
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| **Feasting** | **Feasting** |
| //Keywords//: cylinder seals - Old Babylonian period | //Keywords//: cylinder seals - Old Babylonian period |
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| //Abstract//: Cylinder seals were important instruments in the Ancient Near East, and were used in Mesopotamia from the beginning of the third millennium BCE to the fifth century BCE. Cylinder seals were made from various minerals with different degrees of hardness. They served an economic function, identifying the owner, and also served as amulets. Seal cutters were skilled professionals, and the use of seals which were recut due to a change of ownership or abrasion can be identified, providing information about both seal cutters and seal owners. This volume ([[https://www.gorgiaspress.com/bookshop/pc-57410-6-engraved-on-stonebrby-rony-feingoldbrgorgias-studies-in-the-ancient-near-east-7.aspx|Table of Contents]]) presents an analysis of 1000 cylinder seals (including 70 that are not yet published) from the Old Babylonian period, including the Isin and Larsa dynasties, and uses this analysis as well as data from written texts of the period to answer questions relating to the seal cutters and the production of the seals: What was the significance of the cylinder seals in this period? What is known about the raw materials - the minerals - from which the seals were made? Where did these materials originate, and what can be deduced about the trade in ready-made cylinder seals? Who were the seal cutters? Were they able to read what they wrote on the seals? Which tools did they use? Is it possible to identify which workshops they worked at? Who were the owners of the seals and what were their positions and professions? | //Abstract//: Cylinder seals were important instruments in the Ancient Near East, and were used in Mesopotamia from the beginning of the third millennium BC to the fifth century BC. Cylinder seals were made from various minerals with different degrees of hardness. They served an economic function, identifying the owner, and also served as amulets. Seal cutters were skilled professionals, and the use of seals which were recut due to a change of ownership or abrasion can be identified, providing information about both seal cutters and seal owners. This volume ([[https://www.gorgiaspress.com/bookshop/pc-57410-6-engraved-on-stonebrby-rony-feingoldbrgorgias-studies-in-the-ancient-near-east-7.aspx|Table of Contents]]) presents an analysis of 1000 cylinder seals (including 70 that are not yet published) from the Old Babylonian period, including the Isin and Larsa dynasties, and uses this analysis as well as data from written texts of the period to answer questions relating to the seal cutters and the production of the seals: What was the significance of the cylinder seals in this period? What is known about the raw materials - the minerals - from which the seals were made? Where did these materials originate, and what can be deduced about the trade in ready-made cylinder seals? Who were the seal cutters? Were they able to read what they wrote on the seals? Which tools did they use? Is it possible to identify which workshops they worked at? Who were the owners of the seals and what were their positions and professions? |
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| **Gorgias Studies in the Ancient Near East 6** | **Gorgias Studies in the Ancient Near East 6** |
| //Keywords//: Neo-Babylonian period - social history | //Keywords//: Neo-Babylonian period - social history |
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| //Abstract//: This volume is the product of a colloquium in honour of the 75th birthday of Joachim Oelsner, which was held at the Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Oelsner’s long-standing academic home. The subject of the colloquium and therefore also of the present book – namely “Babylonia and its neighbours in the neo- and late-Babylonian periods” – is a known focus of Oelsner’s rich academic oeuvre. Oelsner’s publications in this area have contributed substantially and persistently to our knowledge of the history and culture of Babylonia in the 1st millennium BCE and have inspired much further research. The publication of this volume will simultaneously honour Oelsner’s outstanding life-time achievements and demonstrate the influence of his research on the study of the ancient Near East ([[https://www.ugarit-verlag.com/publikation.html?id=60|Table of Contents]]). | //Abstract//: This volume is the product of a colloquium in honour of the 75th birthday of Joachim Oelsner, which was held at the Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Oelsner’s long-standing academic home. The subject of the colloquium and therefore also of the present book – namely “Babylonia and its neighbours in the neo- and late-Babylonian periods” – is a known focus of Oelsner’s rich academic oeuvre. Oelsner’s publications in this area have contributed substantially and persistently to our knowledge of the history and culture of Babylonia in the 1st millennium BC and have inspired much further research. The publication of this volume will simultaneously honour Oelsner’s outstanding life-time achievements and demonstrate the influence of his research on the study of the ancient Near East ([[https://www.ugarit-verlag.com/publikation.html?id=60|Table of Contents]]). |
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| **OBO 263** | **OBO 263** |
| //Keywords//: religion - Mesopotamia - Near East - Hellenistic world | //Keywords//: religion - Mesopotamia - Near East - Hellenistic world |
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| //Abstract//: This book deals with the changing nature of the goddess Ishtar/Astarte/Aphrodite, who was widely revered in the ancient West Asia and the Mediterranean world and was known by different names. Although the three names are often closely related, their mutual relation has not yet been sufficiently clarified. They appear with different characters and attributes in various areas and periods. They may well refer to independent goddesses, each of whom may also be connected with other deities. In this volume, specialists on different areas and periods discuss the theme from various perspectives, allowing a new and broader understanding of the goddess(es) concerned. The areas covered range from Mesopotamia to the Levant, Egypt and the Mediterranean world, the periods embraced from the third millennium BCE to the Hellenistic age. | //Abstract//: This book deals with the changing nature of the goddess Ishtar/Astarte/Aphrodite, who was widely revered in the ancient West Asia and the Mediterranean world and was known by different names. Although the three names are often closely related, their mutual relation has not yet been sufficiently clarified. They appear with different characters and attributes in various areas and periods. They may well refer to independent goddesses, each of whom may also be connected with other deities. In this volume, specialists on different areas and periods discuss the theme from various perspectives, allowing a new and broader understanding of the goddess(es) concerned. The areas covered range from Mesopotamia to the Levant, Egypt and the Mediterranean world, the periods embraced from the third millennium BC to the Hellenistic age. |
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| **Mesopotamian Civilizations 17** | **Mesopotamian Civilizations 17** |
| //Keywords//: Syria - Emar - ritual | //Keywords//: Syria - Emar - ritual |
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| //Abstract//: The purpose of this book is to shed new light on the aniconic cults of the ancient Near East, where previously standing stone cults of Semitic and Anatolian populations were invariably studied separately. The study offers a synthetic view of all the information currently available and then proceeds to a renewed interpretation of cultic standing stones in Late Bronze Age Emar. At the end of the fourteenth century BCE, Aštata and Emar entered the Hittite sphere of influence. While previous scholars have discussed matters of Hittite administration in Emar, they have little studied religious aspects, considering that the Hittites were tolerant in these matters. However, a close analysis of various Emar rites related to cultic standing stones leads us to acknowledge that the Hittite conquest of Aštata had repercussions also on local religious life. | //Abstract//: The purpose of this book is to shed new light on the aniconic cults of the ancient Near East, where previously standing stone cults of Semitic and Anatolian populations were invariably studied separately. The study offers a synthetic view of all the information currently available and then proceeds to a renewed interpretation of cultic standing stones in Late Bronze Age Emar. At the end of the fourteenth century BC, Aštata and Emar entered the Hittite sphere of influence. While previous scholars have discussed matters of Hittite administration in Emar, they have little studied religious aspects, considering that the Hittites were tolerant in these matters. However, a close analysis of various Emar rites related to cultic standing stones leads us to acknowledge that the Hittite conquest of Aštata had repercussions also on local religious life. |
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| **Ancient Near East Monographs 7** | **Ancient Near East Monographs 7** |
| //Keywords//: Gilgamesh - Sumerian literature - text edition | //Keywords//: Gilgamesh - Sumerian literature - text edition |
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| //Abstract//: Alhena Gadotti offers a much needed new edition of the Sumerian composition Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld, last published by Aaron Shaffer in his 1963 doctoral dissertation. Since then, several new manuscripts have come to light, prompting not only a new edition of the text, but also a re-examination of the composition. In this book ([[http://www.degruyter.com/view/supplement/9781614515456_Contents.pdf|Table of Contents]]), Gadotti argues that Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld was the first, not the last of the Sumerian stories about Gilgamesh. She also suggests that a Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle, currently only attested in old Babylonian manuscripts (ca. 18th century BCE), was in fact developed during the Ur III period (ca. 2100-2000 BCE). Providing a new way to look at the Sumerian Gilgamesh stories, this book is relevant not only to scholars of the ancient Near East, but also to anyone interested in epic and epic cycle. | //Abstract//: Alhena Gadotti offers a much needed new edition of the Sumerian composition Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld, last published by Aaron Shaffer in his 1963 doctoral dissertation. Since then, several new manuscripts have come to light, prompting not only a new edition of the text, but also a re-examination of the composition. In this book ([[http://www.degruyter.com/view/supplement/9781614515456_Contents.pdf|Table of Contents]]), Gadotti argues that Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld was the first, not the last of the Sumerian stories about Gilgamesh. She also suggests that a Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle, currently only attested in old Babylonian manuscripts (ca. 18th century BC), was in fact developed during the Ur III period (ca. 2100-2000 BC). Providing a new way to look at the Sumerian Gilgamesh stories, this book is relevant not only to scholars of the ancient Near East, but also to anyone interested in epic and epic cycle. |
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| **Writings from the Ancient World 35** | **Writings from the Ancient World 35** |
| //Keywords//: Achaemenid empire - history | //Keywords//: Achaemenid empire - history |
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| //Abstract//: The Achaemenid Persian Empire, at its greatest territorial extent under Darius I (r.522–486 BCE), held sway over territory stretching from the Indus River Valley to southeastern Europe and from the western Himalayas to northeast Africa. In this book, Matt Waters gives a detailed historical overview of the Achaemenid period while considering the manifold interpretive problems historians face in constructing and understanding its history. This book ([[http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/09608/toc/9781107009608_toc.pdf|Table of Contents]]) offers a Persian perspective even when relying on Greek textual sources and archaeological evidence. Waters situates the story of the Achaemenid Persians in the context of their predecessors in the mid-first millennium BCE and through their successors after the Macedonian conquest, constructing a compelling narrative of how the empire retained its vitality for more than two hundred years (c.550–330 BCE) and left a massive imprint on Middle Eastern as well as Greek and European history. | //Abstract//: The Achaemenid Persian Empire, at its greatest territorial extent under Darius I (r.522–486 BC), held sway over territory stretching from the Indus River Valley to southeastern Europe and from the western Himalayas to northeast Africa. In this book, Matt Waters gives a detailed historical overview of the Achaemenid period while considering the manifold interpretive problems historians face in constructing and understanding its history. This book ([[http://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/09608/toc/9781107009608_toc.pdf|Table of Contents]]) offers a Persian perspective even when relying on Greek textual sources and archaeological evidence. Waters situates the story of the Achaemenid Persians in the context of their predecessors in the mid-first millennium BC and through their successors after the Macedonian conquest, constructing a compelling narrative of how the empire retained its vitality for more than two hundred years (c.550–330 BC) and left a massive imprint on Middle Eastern as well as Greek and European history. |
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| **The Ancient Near East** | **The Ancient Near East** |
| //Keywords//: archaeology - material culture - Near East | //Keywords//: archaeology - material culture - Near East |
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| //Abstract//: This Handbook aims to serve as a research guide to the archaeology of the Levant, an area situated at the crossroads of the ancient world that linked the eastern Mediterranean, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. The Levant as used here is a historical geographical term referring to a large area which today comprises the modern states of Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, western Syria, and Cyprus, as well as the West Bank, Gaza, and the Sinai. Unique in its treatment of the entire region, it offers a comprehensive overview and analysis of the current state of the archaeology of the Levant within its larger cultural, historical, and socio-economic contexts. The Handbook also attempts to bridge the modern scholarly and political divide between archaeologists working in this highly contested region. Written by leading international scholars in the field, it focuses chronologically on the Neolithic through Persian periods - a time span during which the Levant was often in close contact with the imperial powers of Egypt, Anatolia, Assyria, Babylon, and Persia. This volume will serve as an invaluable reference work for those interested in a contextualised archaeological account of this region, beginning with the tenth millennium BCE 'agricultural revolution', until the conquest of Alexander the Great that marked the end of the Persian period.([[http://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-the-archaeology-of-the-levant-9780199212972;jsessionid=D854B5006604B80D28ADB9D51724CD39?cc=gb&lang=en&#|Table of Contents]]). | //Abstract//: This Handbook aims to serve as a research guide to the archaeology of the Levant, an area situated at the crossroads of the ancient world that linked the eastern Mediterranean, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. The Levant as used here is a historical geographical term referring to a large area which today comprises the modern states of Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, western Syria, and Cyprus, as well as the West Bank, Gaza, and the Sinai. Unique in its treatment of the entire region, it offers a comprehensive overview and analysis of the current state of the archaeology of the Levant within its larger cultural, historical, and socio-economic contexts. The Handbook also attempts to bridge the modern scholarly and political divide between archaeologists working in this highly contested region. Written by leading international scholars in the field, it focuses chronologically on the Neolithic through Persian periods - a time span during which the Levant was often in close contact with the imperial powers of Egypt, Anatolia, Assyria, Babylon, and Persia. This volume will serve as an invaluable reference work for those interested in a contextualised archaeological account of this region, beginning with the tenth millennium BC 'agricultural revolution', until the conquest of Alexander the Great that marked the end of the Persian period.([[http://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-the-archaeology-of-the-levant-9780199212972;jsessionid=D854B5006604B80D28ADB9D51724CD39?cc=gb&lang=en&#|Table of Contents]]). |
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| **Culture & History of the Ancient Near East 71** | **Culture & History of the Ancient Near East 71** |
| //Keywords//: archaeology - the Levant | //Keywords//: archaeology - the Levant |
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| //Abstract//: In The Dawn of the Bronze Age Shay Bar presents a detailed account of the pattern of settlement during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age I periods (mid-Fifth to late Fourth Millennia BCE), in one of the least explored areas of the southern Levant – the lower Jordan valley and the desert fringes of the Samaria mountains. More than 120 surveyed sites and five excavation reports form an essential database for every scholar interested in the archaeology of the Near East in these periods. | //Abstract//: In The Dawn of the Bronze Age Shay Bar presents a detailed account of the pattern of settlement during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age I periods (mid-Fifth to late Fourth Millennia BC), in one of the least explored areas of the southern Levant – the lower Jordan valley and the desert fringes of the Samaria mountains. More than 120 surveyed sites and five excavation reports form an essential database for every scholar interested in the archaeology of the Near East in these periods. |
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| **Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 68** | **Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 68** |
