The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction

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Аманда Х. Подани — профессор истории Калифорнийского государственного политехнического университета в Помоне, специализирующаяся на изучении древней Месопотамии и Сирии. Ее последний проект — серия аудио- и видеолекций для «Больших курсов» под названием «Древняя Месопотамия: жизнь в колыбели цивилизации». Она также является автором книги «Древний Ближний Восток: очень краткое введение» (издательство Оксфордского университета, 2014 г.) и отмеченной наградами книги «Братство королей: как международные отношения сформировали древний Ближний Восток» (издательство Оксфордского университета, 2010 г.). Последний исследует отношения между королевствами и отдельными людьми на Ближнем Востоке и за его пределами, с 2300 по 1300 год до нашей эры. Среди ее предыдущих книг «Земля Хана: цари, хронология и традиции переписчиков» (CDL Press, 2002) о хронологии древнего сирийского царства и «Древний ближневосточный мир», написанная в соавторстве с автором детских книг Марни МакГи (Оксфорд). , 2004), представляющее собой общую работу, предназначенную для учащихся средних школ.

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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. About the Series: Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects--from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume in this series provides trenchant and provocative--yet always balanced and complete--discussions of the central issues in a given discipline or field. Every Very Short Introduction gives a readable evolution of the subject in question, demonstrating how the subject has developed and how it has influenced society. Eventually, the series will encompass every major academic discipline, offering all students an accessible and abundant reference library. Whatever the area of study that one deems important or appealing, whatever the topic that fascinates the general reader, the Very Short Introductions series has a handy and affordable guide that will likely prove indispensable.

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