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Author : Charles Halton
Release : 2018
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Women's Writing of Ancient Mesopotamia by : Charles Halton
Download or read book Women's Writing of Ancient Mesopotamia written by Charles Halton. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology translates and discusses texts authored by women of ancient Mesopotamia.
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Release : 2017-11-02
Genre : History
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Download or read book Women's Writing of Ancient Mesopotamia written by . This book was released on 2017-11-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women's Writing of Ancient Mesopotamia presents fresh and engaging translations of works that were composed or edited by female scribes and elite women of the ancient Near East. These texts provide insight into the social status, struggles, and achievements of women during the earliest periods of recorded human history (c.2300–540 BCE). In three introductory chapters and a concluding chapter, Charles Halton and Saana Svärd provide an overview of the civilization of ancient Mesopotamia and examine gender by analyzing these different kinds of texts. The translations cover a range of genres, including hymns, poems, prayers, letters, inscriptions, and oracles. Each text is accompanied by a short introduction that situates the composition within its ancient environment and explores what it reveals about the lives of women within the ancient world. This anthology will serve as an essential reference book for scholars and students of ancient history, gender studies, and world literature.
Author : Rivkah Harris
Release : 2003
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 397/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Gender and Aging in Mesopotamia by : Rivkah Harris
Download or read book Gender and Aging in Mesopotamia written by Rivkah Harris. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rivkah Harris’s cross-cultural and multidisciplinary approach breaks new ground in assessing Mesopotamian attitudes toward youth and mature adulthood, aging and the elderly, generational conflict, gender differences in aging, relationships between men and women, women’s contributions to cultural activities, and the "ideal woman." To uncover Mesopotamian perspectives, Harris combed through primary sources - including literature and myth, letters, economic and legal texts, and visual materials. Even such pivotal cultural influences as the Gilgamesh Epic and Enuma Elish are reinterpreted in an original manner.
Author : Mark Chavalas
Release : 2013-10-15
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 256/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Women in the Ancient Near East by : Mark Chavalas
Download or read book Women in the Ancient Near East written by Mark Chavalas. This book was released on 2013-10-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women in the Ancient Near East provides a collection of primary sources that further our understanding of women from Mesopotamian and Near Eastern civilizations, from the earliest historical and literary texts in the third millennium BC to the end of Mesopotamian political autonomy in the sixth century BC. This book is a valuable resource for historians of the Near East and for those studying women in the ancient world. It moves beyond simply identifying women in the Near East to attempting to place them in historical and literary context, following the latest research. A number of literary genres are represented, including myths and epics, proverbs, medical texts, law collections, letters, treaties, as well as building, dedicatory, and funerary inscriptions.
Author : Jean Bottéro
Release : 2001-09-05
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Everyday Life in Ancient Mesopotamia by : Jean Bottéro
Download or read book Everyday Life in Ancient Mesopotamia written by Jean Bottéro. This book was released on 2001-09-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Described by the editor as unpretentious roamings on the odd little byways of the history of ancient Mesopotamia, these 15 articles were originally published in the French journal L'Histoire and are designed to serve as an introductory sampling of the historical research on the lost civilization. Chapters explore cuisine, sexuality, women's rights, architecture, magic and medicine, myth, legend, and other aspects of Mesopotamian life. Originally published as Initiation a l'Orient ancien . Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
