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1 online resource (xviii, 239 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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data file rda |
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UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-227) and index. |
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Print version record. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: Mesopotamia -- In the Tablet Houses of Mesopotamia -- New Year's Day in Babylon -- Decoding the Hammurabi Law Code -- On the Lighter Side of Mesopotamia: A Glimpse into Sumerian Palace and Temple Household Life -- Wild Animals and Game Parks -- Archaeology: The "Cold Case File" of the Historian -- Egypt -- Theme and Variations on Herodotus's Statement That "Egypt Is the Gift of the Nile" -- On the Essential Cosmic Rhythms of Ancient Egyptian Life -- Palestinian Corridor -- Seagoing Phoenicians -- From Tribal Coalition to Statehood in Ancient Israel -- Ancient Persia and a Tale of Two Cities: Athens and Jerusalem in the Fifth Century -- On Nomads and Nomadism -- Anatolia -- Old Assyrian Trading Enterprise in Asia Minor -- On Chariot Warfare -- Some Observations on Ancient Near Eastern Treaties -- When Princes Squabble: A Royal Dispute in Central Anatolia -- Some Literary Observations -- On the Greatness of Gilgamesh as an Ancient Near Eastern Epic -- Reflections on Ancient Near Eastern Myth -- Wisdom Literature -- Translating an Old Babylonian Poem: "Prayer to the Gods of Night" -- Physical Background: Landforms, Climate, and Hydrology of the Near East -- Historical Background: The Setting of Prehistoric Cultural Development in Mesopotamia and Egypt -- Civic Background: Cities and Gods in the Ancient Near East -- Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Israel -- Languages and Literature -- Brief Note on Languages -- General View of Ancient Near Eastern Literature -- Decipherments -- Decipherment of Cuneiform Writing -- Discovery of Hittite Civilization and the Decipherment of Hittite -- Conclusion: Who Will Know about Us When We're Gone? -- Summary of Culture Growth in Mesopotamia and Egypt. |
| Local Note |
EBSCOhost Referencia Latina |
| Subject |
Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622.
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
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Civilization. (OCoLC)fst00862898
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Middle East. (OCoLC)fst01241586
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Kultur.
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Alter Orient.
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Kultur -- Orient (alter)
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| Chronological Term |
To 622
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Orlin, Louis L. (Louis Lawrence). Life and thought in the ancient Near East. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2007 9780472069927 (DLC) 2007001728 (OCoLC)78893359 |
| ISBN |
9780472025893 (electronic book) |
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0472025899 (electronic book) |
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9780472099924 (alkaline paper) |
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0472099922 (alkaline paper) |
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9780472069927 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0472069926 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.3998/mpub.178904 |
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