Historical Dictionary of MesopotamiaScarecrow Press, 16.11.2009 - 302 Seiten The Greek name Mesopotamia means 'land between the rivers.' The Romans used this term for an area that they controlled only briefly (between 115 and 117 A.D.): the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, from the south Anatolian mountains ranges to the Persian Gulf. It comprises the civilizations of Sumer and Akkad (third millennium B.C.) as well as the later Babylonian and Assyrian empires of the second and first millennium. Although the 'history' of Mesopotamia in the strict sense of the term only begins with the inscriptions of Sumerian rulers around the 27th century B.C., the foundations for Mesopotamian civilization, especially the beginnings of irrigation and the emergence of large permanent settlements, were laid much earlier, in the fifth and fourth millennium. The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Mesopotamia defines concepts, customs, and notions peculiar to the civilization of ancient Mesopotamia, from adult adoption to ziggurats. This is accomplished through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, appendixes, and hundreds of cross-reference dictionary entries on religion, economy, society, geography, and important kings and rulers. |
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Photospread | 122 |
Appendix 1 Rulers of Mesopotamia | 197 |
Appendix 2 Museums with Mesopotamian Collections | 207 |
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About the Author | 269 |
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Achaemenid administrative agricultural Akkadian Amorite Anatolia Ancient Near East Arameans archaeological archaeologist archives Ashurbanipal Assyrian king Assyriologist Babylonian king became building campaigns capital century conflict cult cuneiform cuneiform tablets defeated deities divine documents Early Dynastic period Egypt Elam Elamite elite empire Enlil Esarhaddon Euphrates excavated first Gilgamesh goddess gods Hammurabi Hittite important Inanna influence Iran Ishtar Isin Kalhu Kassite Kassite Dynasty king of Babylon kingdom kingship Kish known Lagash land language Larsa lexical lists Marduk Mari Mesopotamia military millennium BC Mitanni Museum naditu Naram-Sin Nebuchadrezzar Neo-Assyrian Neo-Babylonian Nineveh Nippur nomadic Old Babylonian period palace Persian political pottery records regions REIGNED ritual royal inscriptions rulers Sargon of Akkad scribes second millennium Sennacherib Shamash Shulgi Sippar sources southern Mesopotamia stone successor Sumer Sumerian King List Syria temple texts Third Dynasty third millennium throne Tiglath-pileser Tigris tion trade tribal tribes Tukulti-Ninurta Uruk period walls women writing ziggurat