Bronze Age Bureaucracy

Bronze Age Bureaucracy
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 497
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ISBN-10 : 9781107043756
ISBN-13 : 1107043751
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Synopsis Bronze Age Bureaucracy by : Nicholas Postgate

This book describes ten different government archives of cuneiform tablets from Assyria, using them to analyze the social and economic character of the Middle Assyrian state, as well as the roles and practices of writing. The tablets, many of which have not been edited or translated, were excavated at the capital, Assur, and in the provinces, and they give vivid details to illuminate issues such as offerings to the national shrine, the economy and political role of elite households, palace etiquette, and state-run agriculture. This book concentrates particularly on how the Assyrian use of written documentation affected the nature and ethos of government, and compares this to contemporary practices in other palatial administrations at Nuzi, Alalah, Ugarit, and in Greece.

Bronze Age Bureaucracy

Bronze Age Bureaucracy
Author :
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 497
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ISBN-10 : 9781107513273
ISBN-13 : 1107513278
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Bronze Age Bureaucracy by : Nicholas Postgate

This book describes ten different government archives of cuneiform tablets from Assyria, using them to analyze the social and economic character of the Middle Assyrian state, as well as the roles and practices of writing. The tablets, many of which have not been edited or translated, were excavated at the capital, Assur, and in the provinces, and they give vivid details to illuminate issues such as offerings to the national shrine, the economy and political role of elite households, palace etiquette, and state-run agriculture. This book concentrates particularly on how the Assyrian use of written documentation affected the nature and ethos of government, and compares this to contemporary practices in other palatial administrations at Nuzi, Alalah, Ugarit, and in Greece.

The Amorites and the Bronze Age Near East

The Amorites and the Bronze Age Near East
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 457
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ISBN-10 : 9781108495967
ISBN-13 : 1108495966
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis The Amorites and the Bronze Age Near East by : Aaron A. Burke

A diachronic, yet nuanced study of Amorite identity from Mesopotamia to Egypt over a millennium of Bronze Age history.

The Archaeology of the Bronze Age Levant

The Archaeology of the Bronze Age Levant
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 433
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ISBN-10 : 9781107111462
ISBN-13 : 1107111463
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis The Archaeology of the Bronze Age Levant by : Raphael Greenberg

An up-to-date, systematic depiction of Bronze Age societies of the Levant, their evolution, and their interactions and entanglements with neighboring regions.

Bureaucracy and the State in Early China

Bureaucracy and the State in Early China
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 385
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ISBN-10 : 9780521884471
ISBN-13 : 0521884470
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Bureaucracy and the State in Early China by : Feng Li

This ook redefines the bureaucracy of Ancient Chinese society during the Western Zhou period. The analysis is based on inscriptions of royal edicts from the period carved into bronze vessels. The inscriptions clarify the political and social construction of the Western Zhou and the ways in which it exercised its authority.

The Textile Revolution in Bronze Age Europe

The Textile Revolution in Bronze Age Europe
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 355
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ISBN-10 : 9781108493598
ISBN-13 : 1108493599
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis The Textile Revolution in Bronze Age Europe by : Serena Sabatini

Discusses both the revolutionary cultural, social, and economic impact of Bronze Age textile production in Europe and innovative methodologies for future studies.

Ancient Kanesh

Ancient Kanesh
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 343
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ISBN-10 : 9781316425442
ISBN-13 : 1316425444
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Ancient Kanesh by : Mogens Trolle Larsen

The ancient Anatolian city of Kanesh (present-day Kültepe, Turkey) was a continuously inhabited site from the early Bronze Age through Roman times. The city flourished c.2000–1750 BCE as an Old Assyrian trade outpost and the earliest attested commercial society in world history. More than 23,000 elaborate clay tablets from private merchant houses provide a detailed description of a system of long-distance trade that reached from central Asia to the Black Sea region and the Aegean. The texts record common activities such as trade between Kanesh and the city state of Assur, and between Assyrian merchants and local people. The tablets tell us about the economy as well as the culture, language, religion, and private lives of individuals we can identify by name, occupation, and sometimes even personality. This book presents an in-depth account of this vibrant Bronze Age Anatolian society, revealing the daily lives of its inhabitants.

Collapse and Transformation

Collapse and Transformation
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Publisher : Oxbow Books
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : 9781789254280
ISBN-13 : 1789254280
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Collapse and Transformation by : Guy D. Middleton

The years c. 1250 to 1150 BC in Greece and the Aegean are often characterised as a time of crisis and collapse. A critical period in the long history of the region and its people and culture, they witnessed the end of the Mycenaean kingdoms, with their palaces and Linear B records, and, through the Postpalatial period, the transition into the Early Iron Age. But, on closer examination, it has become increasingly clear that the period as a whole, across the region, defies simple characterisation – there was success and splendour, resilience and continuity, and novelty and innovation, actively driven by the people of these lands through this transformative century. The story of the Aegean at this time has frequently been incorporated into narratives focused on the wider eastern Mediterranean, and most infamously the ‘Sea Peoples’ of the Egyptian texts. In twenty-five chapters written by 25 specialists, Collapse and Transformation instead offers a tight focus on the Aegean itself, providing an up-to date picture of the archaeology ‘before’ and ‘after’ ‘the collapse’ of c. 1200 BC. It will be essential reading for students and scholars of the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean regions, as well as providing data and a range of interpretations to those studying collapse and resilience more widely and engaging in comparative studies. Introductory chapters discuss notions of collapse, and provide overviews of the Minoan and Mycenaean collapses. These are followed by twelve chapters, which review the evidence from the major regions of the Aegean, including the Argolid, Messenia, and Boeotia, Crete, and the Aegean islands. Six chapters then address key themes: the economy, funerary practices, the Mycenaean pottery of the mainland and the wider Aegean and eastern Mediterranean region, religion, and the extent to which later Greek myth can be drawn upon as evidence or taken to reflect any historical reality. The final four chapters provide a wider context for the Aegean story, surveying the eastern Mediterranean, including Cyprus and the Levant, and the themes of subsistence and warfare.

Bronze Age Bureaucracy

Bronze Age Bureaucracy
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ISBN-10 : 110733893X
ISBN-13 : 9781107338937
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Officials and Administration in the Hittite World

Officials and Administration in the Hittite World
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Publisher : ISSN
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1501516620
ISBN-13 : 9781501516627
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Officials and Administration in the Hittite World by : Tayfun Bilgin

This book is an investigation of the administrative organization of the Hittite state throughout its history (c.1650-1180 BCE) with particular emphasis on the state offices and their officials. It is comprised of a prosopographical study of all kn