Title The city besieged : siege and its manifestations in the ancient Near East / by Israel Ephʻal.

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Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

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Description	1 online resource (xvii, 211 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Series	Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 36
	Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 36.
Note	Two printings were published in 2009; one had only the first 113 pages and was probably an error, and the other had 211 pages, with two additional chapters (4 and 5) which match the tables of contents (pages [x-xi) and bibliography and indexes.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents	Ch 1 Introduction -- What is siege warfare -- Purpose of the book and method of discussion -- Ch 2 Sources -- Literary sources -- Non-literary documents -- Artistic representations of siege warfare -- Archaeological evidence -- Ch 3 Military aspects -- Blockade -- Breakthrough -- Ch 4 Legal and economic aspects -- Introduction -- Babylonian siege documents -- Documents of siege and hardship from Emar -- Legal significance of the hardship formulae -- "Charitable deeds" -- Ch 5 Social aspects -- Between man and God -- Public life.
Summary	Exploring the military, legal, social and literary aspects of ancient warfare, this book examines the multifaceted nature of the siege phenomenon in the ancient Near East. It incorporates lexical study and military thinking and focuses on the technology of warfare and human behavior in a state of emergency.
Note	Print version record.
Subject	Siege warfare -- Middle East.
	Sieges -- Middle East.
	Military art and science -- Middle East -- History.
	HISTORY -- Military -- Strategy.
	Military art and science. (OCoLC)fst01020874
	Siege warfare. (OCoLC)fst01118183
	Sieges. (OCoLC)fst01118188
	Middle East. (OCoLC)fst01241586
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title	Ke-ʻir netsurah. English
Other Form:	Print version: Ephʻal, Israel. Ke-ʻir netsurah. English. City besieged. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004174108 (DLC) 2008048072 (OCoLC)268957427
Standard No.	10.1163/ej.9789004174108.i-214 doi
ISBN	9789047427568 (electronic bk.)
	9047427564 (electronic bk.)

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