A Companion to the Ancient Near East
by Daniel C. Snell
2nd Edition
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781119362463 |
| eText ISBN | 9781119362494 |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Publishing Year | 2020 |
| Edition | 2nd Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 528 |
A Companion to the Ancient Near East, 2nd Edition, is a reference work that surveys the history of Near Eastern civilization from 4400 BCE until the Macedonian conquest of Persia in 330 BCE.
Edited by Daniel C. Snell, the volume emphasizes social and cultural history across Sumerian, Hittite, Babylonian, Assyrian, Egyptian, Israelite, and Persian civilizations. The collected essays examine foundational structures of ancient life, including social conflict, kingship, trade, cosmology, and legal institutions.
Designed for advanced undergraduates, beginning graduate students, instructors, and researchers in related disciplines, the text serves as a primary reference or as a thematic supplement to chronologically organized textbooks. It also includes an extensive bibliographical guide to support further study in ancient Near Eastern history.
Table of Contents
Part I: The Big Picture
Chapter 1: A History of the Ancient Near East
Chapter 2: From Sedentism to States, 10 000–3000 BCE
Part II: The Physical World
Chapter 3: Archaeology and the Ancient Near East: Renewing a Culture‐Historical Partnership
Chapter 4: The Degradation of the Ancient Near Eastern Environment
Part III: The Social World
Chapter 5: Gender Roles in Ancient Egypt
Chapter 6: Royal Women and the Exercise of Power in the Ancient Near East
Chapter 7: The Family in the Ancient Near East
Chapter 8: Pastoralism in the Ancient Near East
Chapter 9: Money and Traders
Chapter 10: Law and Practice
Chapter 11: Working
Chapter 12: Social Tensions in the Ancient Near East
Chapter 13: Borders and States
Chapter 14: Divine and Non‐Divine Kingship
Part IV: Thought
Chapter 15: Transmission of Knowledge
Chapter 16: Literature of Ancient Egypt and the Ancient Near East
Chapter 17: Ancient Near Eastern Philosophy
Chapter 18: Mesopotamian Cosmology
Chapter 19: Ancient Mesopotamian Religion
Part V: Culture
Chapter 20: The Languages of the Ancient Near East
Chapter 21: Mesopotamian Art
Chapter 22: Egyptian Medicine
Chapter 23: Warfare in Mesopotamia
Part VI: Inheritances
Chapter 24: The Decipherment of the Ancient Near East
Chapter 25: Monotheism and Ancient Israelite Religion
Chapter 26: The Ancient Near East and Biblical Scholarship: Recently Uncovered Archives from the Cuneiform World
Chapter 27: Pharaonic Heritage in Modern Egypt
Chapter 28: Conclusions
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