The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction

The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction pdf

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阿曼达通过

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英语

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193

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古代近东

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阿曼达通过 是加州州立理工大学波莫纳分校的历史教授,专门研究古代美索不达米亚和叙利亚。 她最近的项目是名为“古代美索不达米亚:文明摇篮中的生活”的伟大课程的音频和视频讲座系列。 她还是《古代近东:非常简短的介绍》(牛津大学出版社,2014 年)和屡获殊荣的国王兄弟会:国际关系如何塑造古代近东(牛津大学出版社,2010 年)的作者。 后者探讨了从公元前 2300 年到公元前 1300 年,近东及其他地区的王国和个人之间的关系。 她以前的著作包括关于古代叙利亚王国年表的《哈纳之地:国王、年表和抄写传统》(CDL 出版社,2002 年),以及与儿童读物作者 Marni McGee (牛津大学)合着的《古代近东世界》。 , 2004), 这是为中学生设计的通用作品。

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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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