{"product_id":"a-companion-to-assyria-isbn-9781444335934","title":"A Companion to Assyria","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Assyria\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of original essays on ancient Assyria written by key international scholars. These new scholarly contributions have substantially reshaped contemporary understanding of society and life in this ancient civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe only detailed up-to-date introduction providing a scholarly overview of ancient Assyria in English within the last fifty years\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOriginal essays written and edited by a team of respected Assyriology scholars from around the world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAn in-depth exploration of Assyrian society and life, including the latest thought on cities, art, religion, literature, economy, and technology, and political and military history\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEckart Frahm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Geography and History 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Physical and Cultural Landscapes of Assyria 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJason Ur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 “Assyria” in the Third Millennium bce36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLauren Ristvet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Old Assyrian Period (20th–18th Century bce)57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKlaas R. Veenhof\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Economy, Society, and Daily Life in the Old Assyrian Period 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCécile Michel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The Transition Period (17th to 15th Century bce)108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eShigeo Yamada Copyrighted Material\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Middle Assyrian Period (14th to 11th Century bce)117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStefan Jakob\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Economy, Society, and Daily Life in the Middle Assyrian Period 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStefan Jakob\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Neo‐Assyrian Period (ca. 1000–609 bce)161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEckart Frahm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Economy, Society, and Daily Life in the Neo‐Assyrian Period 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaren Radner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Post‐Imperial Assyria 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStefan R. Hauser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II The Fringes of Empire: Assyria and its Neighbors 247\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Assyria and the North: Anatolia 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndreas Fuchs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Assyria and the East: Western Iran and Elam 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndreas Fuchs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Assyria and the West: Syria and the Levant 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAriel M. Bagg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Assyria and the Far West: The Aegean World 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Rollinger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Assyria and the South: Babylonia 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEckart Frahm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Assyria and the Far South: The Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEckart Frahm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Elements of Assyrian Civilization 311\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Languages and Writing Systems in Assyria 313\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMikko Luukko and Greta Van Buylaere\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Assyrian Religion 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStefan M. Maul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Assyrian Literature 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlasdair Livingstone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Assyrian Scholarship and Scribal Culture in Ashur 368\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNils P. Heeßel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Assyrian Scholarship and Scribal Culture in Kalḫu and Nineveh 378\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeanette C. Fincke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Assyrian Legal Traditions 398\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrederick Mario Fales\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Assyrian Cities and Architecture 423\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn M. Russell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Assyrian Art 453\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn M. Russell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Assyrian Technology 511\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAriel M. Bagg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Assyrian Warfare 522\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephanie Dalley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Thoughts on the Assyrian Empire and Assyrian Kingship 534\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMario Liverani\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV The Afterlife and Rediscovery of Assyria 547\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Assyria in Late Babylonian Sources 549\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul‐Alain Beaulieu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Assyria in the Hebrew Bible 556\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEckart Frahm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Assyria in Classical Sources 570\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Rollinger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 The Archaeological Exploration of Assyria 583\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMogens Trolle Larsen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Assyrian Christians 599\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAaron Michael Butts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Assyrian Kings 613\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEckart Frahm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex617\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEckart Frahm \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Assyriology at Yale University, USA. His primary scholarly interest is the political and intellectual history of Assyria and Babylonia during the first millennium bce. Frahm is the author of five books: \u003ci\u003eEinleitung in die Sanherib-Inschriften\u003c\/i\u003e (1997),\u003ci\u003e Historische und historisch-literarische Texte aus Assur\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003eNeo-Babylonian Letters and Contracts from the Eanna Archive\u003c\/i\u003e (co-authored with Michael Jursa, 2011), \u003ci\u003eBabylonian and Assyrian Text Commentaries: Origins of Interpretation\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), and\u003ci\u003e Geschichte des alten Mesopotamien\u003c\/i\u003e (2013). Together with Enrique Jiménez and Mary Frazer, he is currently working on a project to publish a large number of Mesopotamian commentaries both in print and online.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eA COMPANION TO ASSYRIA\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Assyria\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of original essays on ancient Assyria written by key international scholars. These new scholarly contributions have substantially reshaped contemporary understanding of society and life in this ancient civilization. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis wide-ranging \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e is broken down into sections covering the political, social, and economic history of Assyria from the third millennium bce to the post-imperial period (609 bce to ad 222), elements of Assyrian civilization, Assyria’s role in the Bible and in Greek and Roman sources, and the rediscovery of ancient Assyria and its significance for the Assyrian Christians of today. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Assyria \u003c\/i\u003eis an in-depth exploration of Assyrian society and life, including the latest thought on cities, art, religion, literature, economy, and technology, and political and military history. As the first detailed English language overview of ancient Assyria published in fifty years, it is sure to be an important reference tool for scholars for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47988602405093,"sku":"NP9781444335934","price":218.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781444335934.jpg?v=1761780930","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-companion-to-assyria-isbn-9781444335934","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}