The age of empires : Mesopotamia in the first millennium BC /: Mesopotamia in the first millennium BC. ([2019?])
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- The age of empires : Mesopotamia in the first millennium BC /: Mesopotamia in the first millennium BC. ([2019?])
- Main Title:
- The age of empires : Mesopotamia in the first millennium BC
- 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 fourthThe 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. … (more)
- 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.
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.591576
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- 04_056.xml