The Babylonians

The Babylonians
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Publisher : Millbrook Press
Total Pages : 52
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ISBN-10 : 9780822586821
ISBN-13 : 0822586827
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis The Babylonians by : Martha E. H. Rustad

Presents an introduction to ancient Babylon, discussing its government, religion, social classes, writing, literature, festivals, calendar, and architecture.

Everyday Life in Babylon and Assyria

Everyday Life in Babylon and Assyria
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Publisher : W. W. Norton
Total Pages : 396
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015017487839
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Everyday Life in Babylon and Assyria by : Georges Contenau

"The author of this book is one of the leading Assyriologists of our time, and his mastery of his subject is evident throughout." --Arnold Toynbee, The Observer

Life in Babylon

Life in Babylon
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Publisher : iUniverse
Total Pages : 263
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ISBN-10 : 9781491742501
ISBN-13 : 149174250X
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis Life in Babylon by : Theresa M. Santmann

Theresa Santmann found herself in a world far from the farm of her youth in Ellenburg, New York. Despite the fact that she had a husband with ALS, two very young children, and no way to care for her family and pay the mounting bills, she rose to an unusual challenge. She found a four-apartment rental property in Babylon, New York and turned it into an adult home, the Little Flower Residence, where her husband became her first patient. She returned to school for nursing and began a new life that changed the lives of everyone around her. Theresas resourcefulness led her to becoming a registered nurse. She was the first woman in New York State to obtain an FHA-backed loan to build a 160-bed nursing home, with only a womans name on the application. She operated one of the most successful nursing homes on Long Island, invented and patented a unique walker, became an airplane pilot, and so much more. One of her more daring escapades was overcoming a navigational challenge with her disabled husband and two young children on board their thirty-seven-foot boat, Wicky One, from her home in Babylon to Canada. She plotted the course through the waterways; Fire Island inlet, west in the Atlantic Ocean, up the Hudson River, past West Point, and beyond. Soon there was another challenge, the locks that she had never navigated nor witnessed. She managed till finally there it was, Lake Champlain.

Babylonia

Babylonia
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 161
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ISBN-10 : 9780198726470
ISBN-13 : 0198726473
Rating : 4/5 (70 Downloads)

Synopsis Babylonia by : Trevor Bryce

Exploring key historical events as well as the day-to-day life of the ancient Babylonians. A comprehensive guide to one of history's most profound civilizations.

Babylon

Babylon
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 470
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ISBN-10 : 9781429941068
ISBN-13 : 1429941065
Rating : 4/5 (68 Downloads)

Synopsis Babylon by : Paul Kriwaczek

Civilization was born eight thousand years ago, between the floodplains of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, when migrants from the surrounding mountains and deserts began to create increasingly sophisticated urban societies. In the cities that they built, half of human history took place. In Babylon, Paul Kriwaczek tells the story of Mesopotamia from the earliest settlements seven thousand years ago to the eclipse of Babylon in the sixth century BCE. Bringing the people of this land to life in vibrant detail, the author chronicles the rise and fall of power during this period and explores the political and social systems, as well as the technical and cultural innovations, which made this land extraordinary. At the heart of this book is the story of Babylon, which rose to prominence under the Amorite king Hammurabi from about 1800 BCE. Even as Babylon's fortunes waxed and waned, it never lost its allure as the ancient world's greatest city. Engaging and compelling, Babylon reveals the splendor of the ancient world that laid the foundation for civilization itself.

Gateway of the Gods

Gateway of the Gods
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Publisher : Quercus Books
Total Pages : 200
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015079215169
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Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Gateway of the Gods by : Anton Gill

"Nebuchadnezzar: military genius, law-giver, architect of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and ruler of marvelous Babylon, city of 200,000 souls girded by 18 kilometres of walls so wide two four-horse chariots were said to be able to pass side-by-side; or 'destroyer of nations', the vilified despoiler of Judea ultimately driven mad by the Lord's vengeance? Two very different portraits exist for Babylon's greatest ruler. Wherein lies the truth? Nebuchadnezzar's reign (c630-562 BC) represents the last and perhaps greatest flowering of a culture that had endured for three millennia. His capital, Babylon, home of the famous Hanging Gardens, was a wonder of the ancient world in itself, but nothing remains today of the city except a scattering of dusty mounds, Nebuchadnezzar's deeds have been obscured by time, and popular history has failed to engage this most fascinating of rulers. Anton Gill's new book charts not only Nebuchadnezzar's rise to power, his hand in the downfall of the Assyrian Empire, his campaigns and his architectural transformation of Babylon, but also explores the deeper history of Fertile Crescent and explains why, for all its apparent majesty, Babylon was to fall to Cyrus the Persian only 13 years after Nebuchadnezzar's death."--Publisher description

Babylon

Babylon
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Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Total Pages : 216
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ISBN-10 : 0500273847
ISBN-13 : 9780500273845
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Babylon by : Joan Oates

Archaeological and scholarly investigation underlies a study of the cultural, political, architectural, social, and historical development and significance of the ancient metropolis

Judeans in Babylonia

Judeans in Babylonia
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 365
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ISBN-10 : 9789004365421
ISBN-13 : 9004365427
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Judeans in Babylonia by : Tero Alstola

In Judeans in Babylonia, Tero Alstola presents a comprehensive investigation of deportees in the sixth and fifth centuries BCE. By using cuneiform documents as his sources, he offers the first book-length social historical study of the Babylonian Exile, commonly regarded as a pivotal period in the development of Judaism. The results are considered in the light of the wider Babylonian society and contrasted against a comparison group of Neirabian deportees. Studying texts from the cities and countryside and tracking developments over time, Alstola shows that there was notable diversity in the Judeans’ socio-economic status and integration into Babylonian society.

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria

The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 814
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ISBN-10 : STANFORD:36105010668718
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (18 Downloads)

Synopsis The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by : Morris Jastrow (Jr.)

Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria and Israel

Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria and Israel
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Publisher : SBL Press
Total Pages : 500
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1628371684
ISBN-13 : 9781628371680
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Synopsis Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria and Israel by : Karel Van Der Toorn

This SBL Press edition of an essential Brill reference work deals with the religious practices of the family in the ancient Babylonian, Syrian, and Israelite civilizations. On the basis of a wealth of documents from both the private and the literary realm, the book gives an exhaustive description and analysis of the rites of the ancestor cult and the devotion to local gods. The author demonstrates the role of these two aspects of family religion in the identity construction of its followers. The section dealing with Israel pays particular attention to the relationship between family religion and state religion. The emergence of the state religion under King Saul marked the beginning of a competition between civil and private religion. Though the two had great influence upon each other, the tension between them was never resolved. A study of their interaction proves to be a key for the understanding of the development of Israelite religion during the monarchic period.