The Face of the Ancient Orient: Near Eastern Civilization in Pre-Classical TimesCourier Corporation, 2012 M10 10 - 384 páginas "A lucid, intelligent, and lively summation … an appetizing and stimulating introduction to the study of man's early civilizations." — Science This fascinating, lively study — praised by the American Historical Review as "a valuable introduction, perhaps the best available in English, to the ancient Near Eastern civilizations" — is essential reading for history students and for anyone interested in the development of Western civilization. The author, who was director of the Center of Semitic Studies at the University of Rome, undertook the study in order to make sense of several enormously important discoveries from the mid-twentieth century — including the discovery of Ugarit, a Syrian city that flourished for 4,000 years; the unearthing of Mari, an equally important city of ancient Mesopotamia; and the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Professor Moscati begins with a chapter on the "Oriental Renaissance" and goes on to examine the Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Egyptians, Hittites, Hurrians, Canaanites, Aramaeans, Israelites, and Persians, before offering, in the final chapter, a synthesis of Near Eastern accomplishments in politics, society, literature, and the arts. His conclusion is that "the civilizations of the ancient Orient [were] a tremendous human experience … without which another, subsequent civilization would not be conceivable." One of the great pleasures of this intriguing book is its delightful sampling of illustrative quotations from primary sources — some from the Bible and many others (often with strikingly biblical intonations) from the little-known writings of Sumer, Egypt, Hurria, and the other great civilizations that prefigured Greece and Rome. |
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... Ningirsu.” We have more knowledge of the city community of Lagash, which has left many documents.” Here the founder of a dynasty, Ur-Nanshe, also built a temple to Ningirsu, so evidently the erection of temples is not a casual labour ...
... Ningirsu.” We have more knowledge of the city community of Lagash, which has left many documents.” Here the founder of a dynasty, Ur-Nanshe, also built a temple to Ningirsu, so evidently the erection of temples is not a casual labour ...
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... Ningirsu, the hero of Enlil, had given to Urukagina the kingship of Lagash, and had made his power dwell in the hearts of thirty-six thousand men, he made a decree from that time. He spoke the word his king Ningirsu had spoken. From the ...
... Ningirsu, the hero of Enlil, had given to Urukagina the kingship of Lagash, and had made his power dwell in the hearts of thirty-six thousand men, he made a decree from that time. He spoke the word his king Ningirsu had spoken. From the ...
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... Ningirsu." Dating as it does from such a remote past, this edict has an undeniably impressive moral tone. We shall meet with that same quality again in later times, in the utterances not only of Mesopotamian rulers but of others, and ...
... Ningirsu." Dating as it does from such a remote past, this edict has an undeniably impressive moral tone. We shall meet with that same quality again in later times, in the utterances not only of Mesopotamian rulers but of others, and ...
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... Ningirsu called him to his labours. There is a drought in the land, rain does not fall, and the rivers do not flood to fertilize the fields. In his anxiety the king turns to the god for counsel. Ningirsu bids him build a sanctuary. Then ...
... Ningirsu called him to his labours. There is a drought in the land, rain does not fall, and the rivers do not flood to fertilize the fields. In his anxiety the king turns to the god for counsel. Ningirsu bids him build a sanctuary. Then ...
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... Ningirsu, their king, they have joyfully offered their labour as a gift'.” After the death of Gudea, Lagash yields its predominance in the land of the Sumerians to another city: Ur. The third dynasty of this city assumes the title ...
... Ningirsu, their king, they have joyfully offered their labour as a gift'.” After the death of Gudea, Lagash yields its predominance in the land of the Sumerians to another city: Ur. The third dynasty of this city assumes the title ...
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Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The Face of the Ancient Orient: Near Eastern Civilization in Pre-classical Times Sabatino Moscati Vista previa limitada - 2001 |
The Face of the Ancient Orient: Near Eastern Civilization in Pre-classical Times Sabatino Moscati Vista previa limitada - 2001 |
Términos y frases comunes
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