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ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 96
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2: Diaries from 261 B. C. to 165 B. C.
Author: Diaries from 261 B.C. to 165 B.C.
Author: Abraham SachsPublisher:
ISBN: 9783700117056
Category :
Languages : de
Pages :
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In the Path of the Moon
Author: Francesca RochbergPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004183892
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 469
Book Description
"In the Path of the Moon" offers a collection of essays concerning Babylonian celestial divination. It investigates various aspects of cuneiform celestial omens, horoscopes, and astronomy and their wide-ranging influences on later Hellenistic science and philosophy.
The Seleukid Royal Economy
Author: G. G. AperghisPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 113945613X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 379
Book Description
The Seleukid empire, the principal successor-state of the empire of Alexander the Great, endured for over 200 years and stretched, at its peak, from the Mediterranean to the borders of India. This book provides a wide-ranging study of the empire's economy and the methods used by the Seleukid kings to monetise and manage it so as to extract tribute, rent and taxes as efficiently as possible. It uses a variety of Greek literary sources and inscriptions, cuneiform texts, archaeological, numismatic and comparative evidence to explore in detail the manner of exploitation of their lands and subjects by the Seleukid kings, their city-building activity, the financing of their armies and administration, the use they made of coinage and their methods of financial management. The book adopts a highly original, numerical approach throughout, which leads to a quantified model of the economy of an ancient state.
Down to the Hour: Short Time in the Ancient Mediterranean and Near East
Author: Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004416293
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 309
Book Description
"Clock time", with all its benefits and anxieties, is often viewed as a "modern" phenomenon, but ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern cultures also had tools for marking and measuring time within the day and wrestled with challenges of daily time management. This book brings together for the first time perspectives on the interplay between short-term timekeeping technologies and their social contexts in ancient Egypt, Babylon, Greece, and Rome. Its contributions denaturalize modern-day concepts of clocks, hours, and temporal frameworks; describe some of the timekeeping solutions used in antiquity; and illuminate the diverse factors that affected how individuals and communities structured their time.
Cosmology
Author: Norriss S. HetheringtonPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000944514
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 645
Book Description
This book is a collection of contributions examining cosmology from multiple perspectives. It presents articles on traditional Native American and Chinese cosmologies and traces the historical roots of western cosmology from Mesopotamia and pre-Socratic Greece to medieval cosmology.
De Agricultura
Author: Heleen Sancisi-WeerdenburgPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004525564
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
With contributions by J.N. Bremmer, J. Carlsen, D.P. Kehoe, L. De ligt, E. Lo Cascio, F.J.A.M. Meijer, H.W. Pleket, D. Rathbone, P. Rosafio, H. Sancisi-Weerdenburg, H.W. Singor, W. Scheidel, R.J. v.d. Spek, H.C. Teitler, H.S. Versnel, H.T. Wallinga, D. Yntema.
Bēl Lišāni
Author: Rebecca Hasselbach-AndeePublisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 1646021584
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Akkadian, a Semitic language attested in writing from 2600 BCE until the first century CE, was the language of Mesopotamia for nearly three millennia. This volume examines the language from a comparative and historical linguistic perspective. Inspired by the work of renowned linguist John Huehnergard and featuring contributions from top scholars in the field, Bēl Lišāni showcases the latest research on Akkadian linguistics. Chapters focus on a wide range of topics, including lexicon, morphology, word order, syntax, verbal semantics, and subgrouping. Building upon Huehnergard’s pioneering studies focused on the identification of Proto-Akkadian features, the contributors explore linguistic innovations in the language from historical and comparative perspectives. In doing so, they open the way for further etymological, dialectical, and lexical research into Akkadian. An important update on and synthesis of the research in Akkadian linguistics, this volume will be welcomed by Semitists, Akkadian language specialists, and scholars and students interested in historical linguistics. In addition to the editors, the contributors to this volume include Paul-Alain Beaulieu, Øyvind Bjøru, Maksim Kalinin, N. J. C. Kouwenberg, Sergey Loesov, Jacob J. de Ridder, Ambjörn Sjörs, Michael P. Streck, and Juan-Pablo Vita.
The Cambridge Ancient History
Author: John BoardmanPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521227179
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 938
Book Description
Volume III Part II describes the rise and fall of the great empires of Assyria and Babylonia, the sack of Jerusalem and the exile of the Jews in Babylon.
Production and Public Powers in Classical Antiquity
Author: E. Lo CascioPublisher: Cambridge Philological Society
ISBN: 1913701328
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Twelve papers offer an unusually broad, varied and fresh examination of an issue which remains fundamental to ancient economic history.