The age of empires : Mesopotamia in the first millennium BC /: Mesopotamia in the first millennium BC. ([2019?])

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Mésopotamie au 1er millénaire avant J-C.
• Further Information: Note: Francis Joannès ; translated by Antonia Nevill.
• Authors: Joannès, Francis
• Other Names: Nevill, Antonia translator.
• Contents: The world of the peoples of Mesopotamia : places and peoples -- The rediscovery of the "Assyrians" -- The evolution of Mesopotamian historiography -- Political history of the Assyrian empire (934-610 BC) -- The first expansion (934-827) -- Crisis and refoundation (823-727) -- The Sargonid empire (721-610) -- Document : one of Ashurnasirpal II's campaigns in the east of Anatolia in 865 -- Control of the imperial territory : military organisation -- At the hub of the empire -- The provinces -- Document : extract from the Census of Harran -- The centre of Assyrian government -- The king of Assyria -- The exercise of royal power -- Where the power lay -- Documents : the king of Assyria and his servants : letter from the exorcist Adad-šum-uṣur -- The setting for a royal life : Sargon II's palace at Dûr-Šarrukîn -- Babylonia : from kingdom to empire (900-539 BC) : Babylonia from the ninth to the seventh centuries -- The glory of Babylon -- From the Babylonian to the Persian Empire (561-539) -- Document : the dreams of King Nabonidus -- Society and economy in the neo-Babylonian period -- Social and economic strata -- Economic activities -- Management of the large organisations -- Documents : the life of Babylonian notables : Lurindu's marriage -- Land management : leasing contract -- Religion and culture in Babylonia in the first millennium BC -- The pantheon and religious concepts -- How religion was organized -- Babylon, cultural capital -- Document : an extract from the fourth tablet of the Epic of Erra -- Achaemenid Babylonia (539-331 BC) : a central province of the Persian empire -- A reserve of soldiers -- Tribute and intermediaries -- Document : financial activities in the Achaemenid era : leasing a royal tax -- From the Seleucids to the Parthians (331 BC to AD 75) : the evolution of the satrapy of Babylonia -- Socio-economic realities -- The slow end of a civilisation -- Document : religious activities in the Seleucid period : renting out a prebend -- Political chronology.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Copyright Date: 2004
• Extent: 1 online resource (vii, 292 pages), 1 illustration, 1 map
• Subjects: 935; HISTORY / Ancient / General; Civilization; Kultur; Iraq -- History -- To 634; Iraq -- Civilization -- To 634; Irak -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 634; Irak -- Civilisation -- Jusqu'à 634; Iraq; Mesopotamien; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474469593; 1474469590
• Related ISBNs: 0748617558; 9780748617555; 0748617566; 9780748617562
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• 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.