The Babylonian World (Routledge Worlds)

BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 8
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 11
CONTRIBUTORS......Page 15
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION......Page 24
PART I: LAND AND LAND USE......Page 34
CHAPTER TWO: THE WORLD OF BABYLONIAN COUNTRYSIDES......Page 36
CHAPTER THREE: LAND AND LAND USE: The middle Euphrates valley......Page 62
CHAPTER FOUR: AGRICULTURAL TECHNIQUES......Page 77
CHAPTER FIVE: URBAN FORM IN THE FIRST MILLENNIUM BC......Page 89
PART II: MATERIAL CULTURE......Page 102
CHAPTER SIX: ARCHITECTURE IN THE OLD BABYLONIAN PERIOD......Page 104
CHAPTER SEVEN: BABYLONIAN SEALS......Page 118
CHAPTER EIGHT: BABYLONIAN SOURCES OF EXOTIC RAW MATERIALS......Page 147
CHAPTER NINE: CLOTH IN THE BABYLONIAN WORLD......Page 164
CHAPTER TEN: THE BABYLONIAN VISUAL IMAGE......Page 178
CHAPTER ELEVEN: FOOD AND DRINK IN BABYLONIA......Page 194
PART III: ECONOMIC LIFE......Page 208
CHAPTER TWELVE: ECONOMY OF ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA: A general outline......Page 210
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE OLD BABYLONIAN ECONOMY......Page 221
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: ASPECTS OF SOCIETY AND ECONOMY IN THE LATER OLD BABYLONIAN PERIOD......Page 233
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: THE BABYLONIAN ECONOMY IN THE FIRST MILLENNIUM BC......Page 247
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: THE EGIBI FAMILY......Page 259
PART IV: SOCIETY AND POLITICS......Page 272
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: SOCIAL CONFIGURATIONS IN EARLY DYNASTIC BABYLONIA (c .2500–2334 BC)......Page 274
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: THE PALACE AND THE TEMPLE IN BABYLONIA......Page 288
CHAPTER NINETEEN: POWER, ECONOMY AND SOCIAL ORGANISATION IN BABYLONIA......Page 299
CHAPTER TWENTY: ARAMEANS AND CHALDEANS: Environment and society......Page 311
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: WOMEN AND GENDER IN BABYLONIA......Page 322
PART V: RELIGION......Page 340
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: THE ROLE AND FUNCTION OF GODDESSES IN MESOPOTAMIA......Page 342
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: INANNA AND ISHTAR IN THE BABYLONIAN WORLD......Page 355
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: THE BABYLONIAN GOD MARDUK......Page 371
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: DIVINATION CULTURE AND THE HANDLING OF THE FUTURE......Page 384
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: WITCHCRAFT LITERATURE IN MESOPOTAMIA......Page 396
PART VI: INTELLECTUAL LIFE: Cuneiform writing and learning......Page 410
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: INCANTATIONS WITHIN AKKADIAN MEDICAL TEXTS......Page 412
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: THE WRITING, SENDING AND READING OF LETTERS IN THE AMORITE WORLD......Page 423
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: MATHEMATICS, METROLOGY, AND PROFESSIONAL NUMERACY......Page 441
CHAPTER THIRTY: BABYLONIAN LISTS OF WORDS AND SIGNS......Page 455
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: GILGAMESH AND THE LITERARY TRADITIONS OF ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA......Page 470
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: MESOPOTAMIAN ASTRAL SCIENCE......Page 483
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: LATE BABYLONIAN INTELLECTUAL LIFE......Page 496
PART VII: INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Babylonia and the Ancient Near Eastern world......Page 508
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: EGYPT AND MESOPOTAMIA......Page 510
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: A VIEW FROM HATTUSA......Page 526
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: RELATIONS BETWEEN BABYLONIA AND THE LEVANT DURING THE KASSITE PERIOD......Page 538
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: LOOKING DOWN THE TIGRIS: The interrelations between Assyria and Babylonia......Page 550
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT: THE VIEW FROM JERUSALEM: Biblical responses to the Babylonian presence......Page 564
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE: THE PERSIAN EMPIRE......Page 585
INDEX......Page 600
AGES OF LIFE......Page 614