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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... organized religious cult. Towards the end of the Neolithic era pottery begins to appear, providing us with a fundamental means of fixing chronology. At present the most ancient specimens have been found at Jarmo and the recently ...
... organized religious cult. Towards the end of the Neolithic era pottery begins to appear, providing us with a fundamental means of fixing chronology. At present the most ancient specimens have been found at Jarmo and the recently ...
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... organized in small urban communities: the situation resembles that of the Greek city states, and the later Italian communes. It would appear that at first the city communities were governed by assemblies presided over by groups of ...
... organized in small urban communities: the situation resembles that of the Greek city states, and the later Italian communes. It would appear that at first the city communities were governed by assemblies presided over by groups of ...
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... organize a system, for which the priesthood is probably responsible, and which provides a model for the much more thorough system that arises during the later Mesopotamian era. Below the gods is the realm of the demons. There are good ...
... organize a system, for which the priesthood is probably responsible, and which provides a model for the much more thorough system that arises during the later Mesopotamian era. Below the gods is the realm of the demons. There are good ...
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... organized in corporations, headed by men assigned the task of apportioning and supervising the work to be done; they distribute food to the members of their groups as recompense. The various trades are clearly distinguished: there are ...
... organized in corporations, headed by men assigned the task of apportioning and supervising the work to be done; they distribute food to the members of their groups as recompense. The various trades are clearly distinguished: there are ...
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... organized its cultivation.” Enki makes his way to the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates, the two rivers which fertilize the sandy Mesopotamian valley, and pours the foaming waters into them. Then he stocks the waters with fish and lays ...
... organized its cultivation.” Enki makes his way to the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates, the two rivers which fertilize the sandy Mesopotamian valley, and pours the foaming waters into them. Then he stocks the waters with fish and lays ...
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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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