Envisioning the past through memories : how memory shaped ancient Near Eastern societies /: how memory shaped ancient Near Eastern societies. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Davide Nadali.
• Editors: Nadali, Davide
• Contents: Preserving the memory of the mythical origins : the king's role between tradition and innovation / by Paolo Matthiae -- The emergence of writing and the construction of cultural memory in Egypt / by Federico Contardi -- Community and individuals : how memory affects public and private life in the ancient Near East / by Davide Nadali -- Embodying the memory of the royal ancestors in western Syria during the third and second millennia BC : the case of Ebla and Qatna / by Nicola Laneri -- The historical memory of the late bronze age in the neo-Assyrian palace reliefs / by Mehmet-Ali Ata -- Prioritized presence : rulers' images in the neo-Assyrian palace as devices of elite ideological memory / by Amy Gansell -- The many falls of Babylon and the shape of forgetting / by Seth Richardson -- War remembrance narrative : negotiation of memory and oblivion in the Mesopotamian art / by Silvana Di Paolo -- From ancient Egypt to the Mississippi Delta : a comparative approach to cultural memory and forgetting / by Martin Bommas.
• Publisher Details: London New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 939.4; Middle Eastern history; Collective memory -- Middle East -- History; Civilization; Collective memory; HISTORY / Ancient / General; History -- Ancient -- General; History -- Middle East -- General; History -- Ancient -- Egypt; Middle & Near Eastern archaeology; Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622; Middle East; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474223973; 1474223974; 9781474223980; 1474223982
• Related ISBNs: 9781474223966
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 21, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.