Amanda H. Podany

Weavers, Scribes, and Kings (eBook, PDF)

A New History of the Ancient Near East

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

A unique history of the ancient Near East that compellingly presents the life stories of kings, priestesses, merchants, bricklayers, and others In this sweeping history of the ancient Near East, Amanda Podany takes readers on a gripping journey from the creation of the world's first cities to the conquests of Alexander the Great. The book is built around the life stories of many ancient men and women, from kings, priestesses, and merchants to brickmakers, musicians, and weavers. Their habits of daily life, beliefs, triumphs, and crises, and the changes that people faced over time are explored through their own written words and the buildings, cities, and empires in which they lived. Rather than chronicling three thousand years of rulers and states, Weavers, Scribes, and Kings instead creates a tapestry of life stories through which readers will come to know specific individuals from many walks of life, and to understand their places within the broad history of events and institutions in the ancient Near East. These life stories are preserved on ancient clay tablets, which allow us to trace, for example, the career of a weaver as she advanced to become a supervisor of a workshop, listen to a king trying to persuade his generals to prepare for a siege, and feel the pain of a starving young couple and their four young children as they suffered through a time of famine. What might seem at first glance to be a remote and inaccessible ancient culture proves to be a comprehensible world, one that bequeathed to the modern world many of our institutions and beliefs, a truly fascinating place to visit.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190059057
• Artikelnr.: 64743311

Autorenporträt

Amanda H. Podany is Professor Emeritus of History at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and the author of Brotherhood of Kings: How International Relations Shaped the Ancient Near East and The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction. She is also the author and instructor of an audio and video lecture series for Wondrium called Ancient Mesopotamia: Life in the Cradle of Civilization.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction * 1. Uruk
the First City: Builders and Organizers
3500-3300 BCE * 2. The Uruk Period: Colonizers
Scribes
and the Gods
3300-3000 BCE * 3. The Early Dynastic Period: Kings and Subjects
2900-2400 BCE * 4. The Early Dynastic Period: Queens
Diplomats
and Weavers
2400-2300 BCE * 5. The Early Dynastic Period: Royal Couples
Divine Couples
and Envoys
2400-2300 BCE * 6. The Akkadian Period: A Conqueror and a Priestess
2300-2200 BCE * 7. The Ur III Period: Brickmakers
Litigants
and Slaves
2200-2000 BCE * 8. The Isin-Larsa Period: Kings and Military Commanders 2000-1800 BCE * 9. Merchants and Families * 10. Princesses and Musicians * 11. The Old Babylonian Period: A Lawgiver
Land Overseers
and Soldiers
1792-1750 BCE * 12. The Old Babylonian Period: Naditums and Scribal Students
1792-1712 BCE * 13. The Late Old Babylonian Period: Barbers
Mercenaries
and Exiles
1742-1550 BCE * 14. The Late Bronze Age: Businessmen
Charioteers
and Translators
1550-1350 BCE * 15. The Late Bronze Age: Gift Recipients and Royal In-Laws
1450-1333 BCE * 16. The Late Bronze Age: Negotiators
Sea Traders
and Famine Sufferers
1333-1000 BCE * 17. Empire Builders
Sculptors
and Deportees * 18. The Neo-Assyrian Period: Conspirators
Diviners
and Officials
681-648 BCE * 19. The Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian Periods: Gardeners
Artisans
and a Centenarian Priestess
648-544 BCE * 20. The Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Periods: Brewers
Rebels
and Exorcists 544-323 BCE * Cast of Characters * Acknowledgements * Abbreviations * Bibliography