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History, Texts and Art in Early Babylonia - Three Essays (Hardcover): Piotr Steinkeller History, Texts and Art in Early Babylonia - Three Essays (Hardcover)
Piotr Steinkeller
R3,485 Discovery Miles 34 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

These essays represent a summation of Piotr Steinkeller's decades-long thinking and writing about the history of third millennium BCE Babylonia and the ways in which it is reflected in ancient historical and literary sources and art, as well as of how these written and visual materials may be used by the modern historian to attain, if not a reliable record of histoire evenementielle, a comprehensive picture of how the ancients understood their history. The book focuses on the history of early Babylonian kingship, as it evolved over a period from Late Uruk down to Old Babylonian times, and the impact of the concepts of kingship on contemporaneous history writing and visual art. Here comparisons are drawn between Babylonia and similar developments in ancient Egypt, China and Mesoamerica. Other issues treated is the intersection between history writing and the scholarly, lexical, and literary traditions in early Babylonia; and the question of how the modern historian should approach the study of ancient sources of "historical" nature. Such a broad and comprehensive overview is novel in Mesopotamian studies to date. As such, it should contribute to an improved and more nuanced understanding of early Babylonian history.

History, Texts and Art in Early Babylonia - Three Essays (Paperback): Piotr Steinkeller History, Texts and Art in Early Babylonia - Three Essays (Paperback)
Piotr Steinkeller
R832 R731 Discovery Miles 7 310 Save R101 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

These essays represent a summation of Piotr Steinkeller's decades-long thinking and writing about the history of third millennium BCE Babylonia and the ways in which it is reflected in ancient historical and literary sources and art, as well as of how these written and visual materials may be used by the modern historian to attain, if not a reliable record of histoire evenementielle, a comprehensive picture of how the ancients understood their history. The book focuses on the history of early Babylonian kingship, as it evolved over a period from Late Uruk down to Old Babylonian times, and the impact of the concepts of kingship on contemporaneous history writing and visual art. Here comparisons are drawn between Babylonia and similar developments in ancient Egypt, China and Mesoamerica. Other issues treated is the intersection between history writing and the scholarly, lexical, and literary traditions in early Babylonia; and the question of how the modern historian should approach the study of ancient sources of "historical" nature. Such a broad and comprehensive overview is novel in Mesopotamian studies to date. As such, it should contribute to an improved and more nuanced understanding of early Babylonian history.

Labor in the Ancient World (Paperback, #5 of Series ed.): Piotr Steinkeller, Michael Hudson Labor in the Ancient World (Paperback, #5 of Series ed.)
Piotr Steinkeller, Michael Hudson
R1,893 Discovery Miles 18 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Babylonia, the Gulf Region, and the Indus - Archaeological and Textual Evidence for Contact in the Third and Early Second... Babylonia, the Gulf Region, and the Indus - Archaeological and Textual Evidence for Contact in the Third and Early Second Millennia B.C. (Paperback)
Steffen Laursen, Piotr Steinkeller
R1,505 Discovery Miles 15 050 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

During the third millennium BC, the huge geographical area stretching between the Mediterranean in the west and the Indus Valley in the east witnessed the rise of a commercial network of unmatched proportions and intensity, within which the Persian Gulf for long periods functioned as a central node. In this book, Laursen and Steinkeller examine the nature of cultural and commercial contacts between Babylonia, the Gulf region, and Indus Civilization. Focusing on the third and early second millennia BC, and using both archaeological data and the evidence of ancient written sources, their study offers an up-to-date synthetic picture of the history of interactions across this vast region. In addition to giving detailed characterizations and evaluations of contacts in various periods, the book also treats a number of important related issues, such as the presence of Amorites in the Gulf (in particular, their role in the rise of the Tilmun center on Bahrain Island); the alleged existence of Meluhhan commercial outposts in Babylonia; and the role that the seaport of Gu’abba played in Babylonia’s interactions with the Gulf region and southeastern Iran.

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