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03676aam a22003378i 4500 001 82BDEEC4618E11EDBAF355CF54ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221111010019 008 220524t20222022nyuabe b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2022010837 020 $a 0190059044 020 $a 9780190059040 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a aw----- 050 00 $a DS57 $b .P63 2022 082 00 $a 939/.4 $2 23/eng/20220524 100 1 $a Podany, Amanda H., $e author. 245 10 $a Weavers, scribes, and kings : $b a new history of the ancient Near East / $c Amanda H. Podany. 246 30 $a New history of the ancient Near East. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Oxford University Press, $c [2022] 300 $a viii, 662 pages : $b illustrations, maps, plans ; $c 25 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction -- The Uruk period, 3500-2900 BCE. Builders and organizers ; Colonizers, scribes, and the gods -- The early dynastic period, 2900-2300 BCE. Kings and subjects ; A queen, a reformer, and weavers ; Royal couples, divine couples, and envoys -- The Akkadian and Ur III periods, 2300-2000 BCE. A conqueror and a priestess ; Brickmakers, litigants, and slaves -- The early second millennium, 2000-1750 BCE. Sparring kings and their military commanders ; Merchants and families ; Princesses and musicians -- The old Babylonian period, 1792-1550 BCE. A lawgiver, land overseers, and soldiers ; Naditums and scribal students ; Barbers, mercenaries, and exiles -- The late Bronze Age, 1550-1000 BCE. Businessmen, charioteers, and translators ; Gift recipients and royal in-laws ; Negotiators, sea traders, and famine sufferers -- The first millenium, 1000-323 BCE. Empire builders, sculptors, and deportees ; Conspirators, diviners, and officials ; Gardeners, artisans, and a centenarian priestess ; Brewers, rebels, and exorcists. 520 $a "This sweeping history of the ancient Near East (Mesopotamia, Syria, Anatolia, Iran) takes readers on a journey from the creation of the world's first cities to the conquest of Alexander the Great. The book is built around the life stories of many ancient men and women, from kings, priestesses, and merchants to bricklayers, musicians, and weavers. Their habits of daily life, beliefs, triumphs, and crises, and the changes that they faced over time are explored through their written words and the archaeological remains of the buildings, cities, and empires in which they lived. Rather than chronicling three thousand years of kingdoms, the book instead creates a tapestry of life stories through which readers come to know specific individuals from many walks of life, and to understand their places within the broad history of events and institutions in the ancient Near East. These life stories are preserved on ancient cuneiform tablets, which allow us to trace, for example, the career of a weaver as she advanced to became a supervisor of a workshop, listen to a king trying to persuade his generals to prepare for a siege, and feel the pain of a starving young couple who were driven to sell all four of their young children into slavery during a famine. What might seem at first glance to be a remote and inaccessible ancient culture proves to be a comprehensible world, one that bequeathed to us many of our institutions and beliefs, a truly fascinating place to visit"-- $c Provided by publisher. 651 0 $a Middle East $x Civilization $y To 622. 651 0 $a Middle East $x History $y To 622. 941 $a 2 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230802012346.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20221111010123.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=82BDEEC4618E11EDBAF355CF54ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search