The rise and fall of the Akkadian Empire -- The land and people of Akkad -- Akkadian centers and settlements -- Works and days -- Industries and crafts -- Religion -- Statecraft and the military -- Trade, business, and the economy -- Arts, letters, and numeracy -- Akkadian human…
La 4e de couverture porte : "The Age of Agade is the first book-length study of the Akkadian period of Mesopotamian history, which saw the rise and fall of the world's first empire during over a century of extraordinary political, social, and cultural innovation. It draws togeth…
'The Age of Agade' is the first book-length study of the Akkadian period of Mesopotamian history, which saw the rise and fall of the world's first empire during over a century of extraordinary political, social, and cultural innovation. It draws together over 40 years of researc…
'The Age of Agade' is the first book-length study of the Akkadian period of Mesopotamian history, which saw the rise and fall of the world's first empire during over a century of extraordinary political, social, and cultural innovation. It draws together over 40 years of researc…
Mesopotamia, situated roughly where Iraq is today, was one of the greatest ancient civilizations. It was here that the very first cities were created, and where the familiar sights of modern urban life - public buildings and gardens, places of worship, even streets and pavements…
Initiation à la civilisation de la Mésopotamie, située entre Tigre et Euphrate. Trois cultures s'y épanouissent du milieu du IVe millénaire au début de notre ère : Sumer, Babylone, Assur.
"The 'Chronicle of Joshua the Stylite' or 'Chronicle of Pseudo-Joshua' is a Syriac text written, in all probability, by an inhabitant of Edessa almost immediately after the conclusion of the war between Rome and Persia in 502-506 AD. Although that conflict is treated in other an…
