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. |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 46
Página vii
... CANAANITES AND THE ARAMAEANS ISRAEL Part Four. The Synthesis THE PERSIANS THE FACE OF THE ANCIENT ORIENT INDEX 19 58 97 I 53 I94 224 271 292 317 FIGURES Map frontispiece Plan of Sumerian temple page 51 Plan vii page009.
... CANAANITES AND THE ARAMAEANS ISRAEL Part Four. The Synthesis THE PERSIANS THE FACE OF THE ANCIENT ORIENT INDEX 19 58 97 I 53 I94 224 271 292 317 FIGURES Map frontispiece Plan of Sumerian temple page 51 Plan vii page009.
Página ix
Near Eastern Civilization in Pre-Classical Times Sabatino Moscati. FIGURES Map frontispiece Plan of Sumerian temple page 51 Plan of palace at Mari 91 Plan of Egyptian temple I43 Plan of bit khilani 185 Plan of temple at Jerusalem ...
Near Eastern Civilization in Pre-Classical Times Sabatino Moscati. FIGURES Map frontispiece Plan of Sumerian temple page 51 Plan of palace at Mari 91 Plan of Egyptian temple I43 Plan of bit khilani 185 Plan of temple at Jerusalem ...
Página 15
... figures of composite animals, or animals intertwined, or symmetrically arranged in pairs, or scenes of heroes overcoming lions, or ships with the characteristic curved extremities—find their way from the Valley of the Two Rivers to that ...
... figures of composite animals, or animals intertwined, or symmetrically arranged in pairs, or scenes of heroes overcoming lions, or ships with the characteristic curved extremities—find their way from the Valley of the Two Rivers to that ...
Página 16
... figures, ideography; from word values, ideograms, to phonetic values, in the form of a syllabary, although ideograms remain in use. In Egypt a further advance occurs by the principle of acrophony, that is, the pronunciation of only the ...
... figures, ideography; from word values, ideograms, to phonetic values, in the form of a syllabary, although ideograms remain in use. In Egypt a further advance occurs by the principle of acrophony, that is, the pronunciation of only the ...
Página 25
... figure has survived in a number of statues, and his works are attested by many inscriptions. In the true Sumerian tradition this king's activity is concentrated upon the works of peace and the building of temples. He himself has told ...
... figure has survived in a number of statues, and his works are attested by many inscriptions. In the true Sumerian tradition this king's activity is concentrated upon the works of peace and the building of temples. He himself has told ...
Contenido
page203 | 163 |
page204 | 164 |
page205 | 165 |
page206 | 166 |
page207 | 167 |
page208 | 168 |
page209 | 169 |
page210 | 170 |
11 | |
12 | |
13 | |
14 | |
15 | |
16 | |
17 | |
18 | |
19 | |
20 | |
21 | |
22 | |
23 | |
24 | |
25 | |
26 | |
27 | |
28 | |
29 | |
30 | |
31 | |
32 | |
33 | |
34 | |
35 | |
36 | |
37 | |
38 | |
39 | |
40 | |
41 | |
42 | |
43 | |
44 | |
45 | |
46 | |
47 | |
48 | |
48 | |
48 | |
48 | |
48 | |
49 | |
50 | |
51 | |
52 | |
53 | |
54 | |
55 | |
56 | |
56 | |
56 | |
page081 | 56 |
page082 | 56 |
page083 | 57 |
page084 | 58 |
page085 | 59 |
page086 | 60 |
page087 | 61 |
page088 | 62 |
page089 | 63 |
page090 | 64 |
page091 | 64 |
page092 | 64 |
page093 | 65 |
page094 | 66 |
page095 | 67 |
page096 | 68 |
page097 | 69 |
page098 | 70 |
page099 | 71 |
page100 | 72 |
page101 | 73 |
page102 | 74 |
page103 | 75 |
page104 | 76 |
page105 | 77 |
page106 | 78 |
page107 | 79 |
page108 | 80 |
page109 | 80 |
page110 | 80 |
page111 | 81 |
page112 | 82 |
page113 | 83 |
page114 | 84 |
page115 | 85 |
page116 | 86 |
page117 | 87 |
page118 | 88 |
page119 | 88 |
page120 | 88 |
page121 | 88 |
page122 | 88 |
page123 | 89 |
page124 | 90 |
page125 | 91 |
page126 | 92 |
page127 | 93 |
page128 | 94 |
page129 | 95 |
page130 | 96 |
page131 | 97 |
page132 | 98 |
page133 | 99 |
page134 | 100 |
page135 | 101 |
page136 | 102 |
page137 | 103 |
page138 | 104 |
page139 | 105 |
page140 | 106 |
page141 | 107 |
page142 | 108 |
page143 | 109 |
page144 | 110 |
page145 | 111 |
page146 | 112 |
page147 | 113 |
page148 | 114 |
page149 | 115 |
page150 | 116 |
page151 | 117 |
page152 | 118 |
page153 | 119 |
page154 | 120 |
page155 | 121 |
page156 | 122 |
page157 | 123 |
page158 | 124 |
page159 | 125 |
page160 | 126 |
page161 | 127 |
page162 | 128 |
page163 | 129 |
page164 | 130 |
page165 | 131 |
page166 | 132 |
page167 | 133 |
page168 | 134 |
page169 | 135 |
page170 | 136 |
page171 | 137 |
page172 | 138 |
page173 | 139 |
page174 | 140 |
page175 | 141 |
page176 | 142 |
page177 | 143 |
page178 | 144 |
page179 | xvii |
page180 | xviii |
page181 | xix |
page182 | xx |
page183 | 145 |
page184 | 146 |
page185 | 147 |
page186 | 148 |
page187 | 149 |
page188 | 150 |
page189 | 151 |
page190 | 152 |
page191 | 153 |
page192 | 154 |
page193 | 155 |
page194 | 156 |
page195 | 157 |
page196 | 158 |
page197 | 159 |
page198 | 160 |
page199 | 160 |
page200 | 160 |
page201 | 161 |
page202 | 162 |
page211 | 171 |
page212 | 172 |
page213 | 173 |
page214 | 174 |
page215 | 175 |
page216 | 176 |
page217 | 176 |
page218 | 176 |
page219 | 177 |
page220 | 178 |
page221 | 179 |
page222 | 180 |
page223 | 181 |
page224 | 182 |
page225 | 183 |
page226 | 184 |
page227 | 185 |
page228 | 186 |
page229 | 187 |
page230 | 188 |
page231 | 189 |
page232 | 190 |
page233 | 191 |
page234 | 192 |
page235 | 192 |
page236 | 192 |
page237 | 193 |
page238 | 194 |
page239 | 195 |
page240 | 196 |
page241 | 197 |
page242 | 198 |
page243 | 199 |
page244 | 200 |
page245 | 201 |
page246 | 202 |
page247 | 203 |
page248 | 204 |
page249 | 205 |
page250 | 206 |
page251 | 207 |
page252 | 208 |
page253 | 208 |
page254 | 208 |
page255 | 209 |
page256 | 210 |
page257 | 211 |
page258 | 212 |
page259 | 213 |
page260 | 214 |
page261 | 215 |
page262 | 216 |
page263 | 217 |
page264 | 218 |
page265 | 219 |
page266 | 220 |
page267 | 221 |
page268 | 222 |
page269 | 223 |
page270 | 224 |
page271 | 225 |
page272 | 226 |
page273 | 227 |
page274 | 228 |
page275 | 229 |
page276 | 230 |
page277 | 231 |
page278 | 232 |
page279 | 233 |
page280 | 234 |
page281 | 235 |
page282 | 236 |
page283 | 237 |
page284 | 238 |
page285 | 239 |
page286 | 240 |
page287 | 241 |
page288 | 242 |
page289 | 243 |
page290 | 244 |
page291 | 245 |
page292 | 246 |
page293 | 247 |
page294 | 248 |
page295 | 249 |
page296 | 250 |
page297 | 251 |
page298 | 252 |
page299 | 253 |
page300 | 254 |
page301 | 255 |
page302 | 256 |
page303 | 257 |
page304 | 258 |
page305 | 259 |
page306 | 260 |
page307 | 261 |
page308 | 262 |
page309 | 263 |
page310 | 264 |
page311 | 265 |
page312 | 266 |
page313 | 267 |
page314 | 268 |
page315 | 269 |
page316 | 270 |
page317 | 271 |
page318 | 272 |
page319 | 272 |
page320 | 272 |
page321 | 273 |
page322 | 274 |
page323 | 275 |
page324 | 276 |
page325 | 277 |
page326 | 278 |
page327 | 279 |
page328 | 280 |
page329 | 281 |
page330 | 282 |
page331 | 283 |
page332 | 284 |
page333 | 285 |
page334 | 286 |
page335 | 287 |
page336 | 288 |
page337 | 288 |
page338 | 288 |
page339 | 289 |
page340 | 290 |
page341 | 291 |
page342 | 292 |
page343 | 293 |
page344 | 294 |
page345 | 295 |
page346 | 296 |
page347 | 297 |
page348 | 298 |
page349 | 299 |
page350 | 300 |
page351 | 301 |
page352 | 302 |
page353 | 303 |
page354 | 304 |
page355 | 305 |
page356 | 306 |
page357 | 307 |
page358 | 308 |
page359 | 309 |
page360 | 310 |
page361 | 311 |
page362 | 312 |
page363 | 313 |
page364 | 314 |
page365 | 315 |
page366 | 316 |
page367 | 317 |
page368 | 318 |
page369 | 319 |
page370 | 320 |
page371 | 321 |
page372 | 322 |
page373 | 323 |
page374 | 324 |
page375 | 325 |
page376 | 326 |
page377 | 327 |
page378 | 328 |
page379 | 329 |
page380 | 330 |
page381 | 331 |
page382 | 332 |
page383 | 333 |
page384 | 334 |
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
achieved Ahuramazda already Anatolia ancient Orient animal Aramaeans artistic Assyrian Babylonian Babylonian and Assyrian Canaanite carved centre characteristic civilization conception cult culture death distinctive divine documents dominant dynasty E. A. Speiser earth East Egypt Egyptian elements empire Enlil evil example existence expression father fertility figures Frankfort Gilgamesh goddess gods hand heart heaven Hebrew hero Hittite human Hurrian Ibid Inanna inscriptions Iran Iranian Ishtar Israel Israelite king Kingdom Kumarbi Labaya Lagash land Leipzig literary genres literature Lord Marduk Meso Mesopotamia millennium B.C. mountain myth nature Neo-Hittite Ningirsu nomadic organized origin palace Paris period Pharaoh political priesthood Pritchard problem prophets relief religion religious royal sanctuary Semitic significant sovereign Sumer Sumerian Syria Telipinus temple Texts thee themes thou art thou shalt tion tomb tradition Ugarit underworld unity unto walls wicked words