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Life in the ancient Near East, 3100-332 B.C.E / Daniel C. Snell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, �1997.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 270 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585366772
  • 9780585366777
  • 9780300076660
  • 0300076665
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Life in the ancient Near East, 3100-332 B.C.E.DDC classification:
  • 016.956 20
LOC classification:
  • DS62.23 .S65 1997eb
Online resources:
Contents:
The origins of cities, 5500-2300 B.C.E. -- The rise of empires, 2300-2000 B.C.E. -- Disunity and reforms, 2000-1600 B.C.E. -- Retrenchment and empire, 1600-1100 B.C.E. -- Assyrian domination, 1100-626 B.C.E. -- Babylong and a Persian world, 626-332 B.C.E. -- Trends and implictions -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Theories of ancient economies and societies.
Review: "In this sweeping overview of life in the ancient Near East, Daniel Snell surveys the history of the region from the invention of writing five thousand years ago to Alexander the Great's conquest in 332 B.C.E. The book is the first comprehensive history of the social and economic conditions affecting ordinary people and of the relations between governments and peoples in ancient Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey. To set Near East developments in a broader context, the author also provides brief contrasting views of India, China, Greece, and Etruscan Italy." "Snell organizes his book chronologically in time spans of about five hundred years and considers broad continuities. Drawing on the latest scholarship in many fields and in many languages, he sets forth a detailed picture of what is known about the demography, social groups, family, women, labor, land and animal management, crafts, trade, money, and government of the ancient Near East. For general readers with an interest in historical events that have influenced the development of Europe and the Middle East, for specialists seeking a broader understanding of early periods of Middle Eastern history, and for anyone with an interest in the Bible, this book offers a fascinating tour of life in ancient Western Asia."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-259) and index.

"In this sweeping overview of life in the ancient Near East, Daniel Snell surveys the history of the region from the invention of writing five thousand years ago to Alexander the Great's conquest in 332 B.C.E. The book is the first comprehensive history of the social and economic conditions affecting ordinary people and of the relations between governments and peoples in ancient Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey. To set Near East developments in a broader context, the author also provides brief contrasting views of India, China, Greece, and Etruscan Italy." "Snell organizes his book chronologically in time spans of about five hundred years and considers broad continuities. Drawing on the latest scholarship in many fields and in many languages, he sets forth a detailed picture of what is known about the demography, social groups, family, women, labor, land and animal management, crafts, trade, money, and government of the ancient Near East. For general readers with an interest in historical events that have influenced the development of Europe and the Middle East, for specialists seeking a broader understanding of early periods of Middle Eastern history, and for anyone with an interest in the Bible, this book offers a fascinating tour of life in ancient Western Asia."--Jacket.

The origins of cities, 5500-2300 B.C.E. -- The rise of empires, 2300-2000 B.C.E. -- Disunity and reforms, 2000-1600 B.C.E. -- Retrenchment and empire, 1600-1100 B.C.E. -- Assyrian domination, 1100-626 B.C.E. -- Babylong and a Persian world, 626-332 B.C.E. -- Trends and implictions -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Theories of ancient economies and societies.

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