In the Wake of the Compendia: Infrastructural Contexts and the Licensing of Empiricism in Ancient and Medieval Mesopotamia, J. Cale Johnson
Автор: Ando Clifford Название: Ancient States and Infrastructural Power: Europe, Asia, and America ISBN: 0812249313 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780812249316 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 71020.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
While ancient states are often characterized in terms of the powers that they claimed to possess, the contributors to this book argue that they were in fact fundamentally weak, both in the exercise of force outside of war and in the infrastructural and regulatory powers that such force would, in theory, defend. In Ancient States and Infrastructural Power a distinguished group of scholars examines the ways in which early states built their territorial, legal, and political powers before they had the capabilities to enforce them. The volume brings Greek and Roman historians together with specialists on early Mesopotamia, late antique Persia, ancient China, Visigothic Iberia, and the Inca empire to compare various models of state power across regional and disciplinary divisions. How did the polis become the body that regulates property rights? Why did Chinese and Persian states maintain aristocracies that sometimes challenged their autocracies? How did Babylon and Rome promote the state as the custodian of moral goods? In worlds without clear borders, how did societies from Rome to Byzantium come to share legal and social identities rooted in concepts of territory? From the Inca empire to Visigothic Iberia, why did tributary practices reinforce territorial ideas about membership? Contributors address how states first claimed and developed the ability to delineate territory, promote laws, and establish political identity; and they investigate how the powers that states appropriated came to be seen as their natural and normal domain. Contributors: Clifford Ando, R. Alan Covey, Damián Fernández, Anthony Kaldellis, Emily Mackil, Richard Payne, Seth Richardson, Wang Haicheng, John Weisweiler.
Автор: Mehta-jones, Shilpa Название: Life in ancient mesopotamia ISBN: 0778720667 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780778720669 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 11870.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: With a history that stretches back over 8,000 years, ancient Mesopotamia was home to many great cultures and empires. This book teaches children the complex history of the area with illustrative maps and timelines. The topics include the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers; the great cities of Ur and Babylon; the Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians; and more.
Автор: J. Cale Johnson Название: In the Wake of the Compendia: Infrastructural Contexts and the Licensing of Empiricism in Ancient and Medieval Mesopotamia ISBN: 1501510762 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501510762 Издательство: Walter de Gruyter Цена: 123910.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: In the Wake of the Compendia presents papers that examine the history of technical compendia as they moved between institutions and societies in ancient and medieval Mesopotamia.This volume offers new perspectives on the development and transmission of technical compilations, looking especially at the relationship between empirical knowledge and textual transmission in early scientific thinking. The eleven contributions to the volume derive from a panel held at the American Oriental Society in 2013 and cover more than three millennia of historical development, ranging from Babylonian medicine and astronomy to the persistence of Mesopotamian lore in Syriac and Arabic meditations on the properties of animals. The volume also includes major contributions on the history of Mesopotamian “rationality,” epistemic labels for tested and tried remedies, and the development of depersonalized case histories in Babylonian therapeutic compendia. Together, these studies offer an overview of several important moments in the development of non-Western scientific thinking and a significant contribution to our understanding of how traditions of technical knowledge were produced and transmitted in the ancient world.
Автор: Lassieur Allison Название: Ancient Mesopotamia ISBN: 053125982X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780531259825 Издательство: Scholastic Рейтинг: Цена: 7800.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Discover Mesopotamia, the world's first civilization. Over ten thousand years ago, humans began settling in the land between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in what is now southwestern Asia. Over time, these early settlements grew into Mesopotamia, the world's first civilization. Readers (Grades -9) will discover the long history of this incredible civilization and the incredible impact it had on the development of the world as we know it today.
Автор: Theotokis, Georgios (university Of Athens) Название: Byzantine military tactics in syria and mesopotamia in the 10th century ISBN: 1474431038 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781474431033 Издательство: Bloomsbury Academic Рейтинг: Цена: 116160.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book examines the strategies and military tactics of the Byzantines and their enemies in Eastern Anatolia, Syria and in Upper Mesopotamia in the tenth century.
The field of astrology is growing rapidly, as historians recognize its centrality to the intellectual life of the past and sociologists and anthropologists treat its importance in a number of modern cultures. Despite the historical and cultural significance of the subject, most reference works on astrology focus on instructional techniques and are written by astrologers with little or no interest in the history of the topic. This book instead offers an objective treatment of astrology across world history from ancient Mesopotamia to the present.
The book provides alphabetically arranged entries by expert contributors writing on such topics as horoscopes, court astrologers, Renaissance astrology, and comets. While it considers the Western tradition, it also treats Islamic, Indian, East Asian, and Mesoamerican astrology. In doing so, it explores the role of astrology in shaping science, literature, religion, art, and other defining cultural traditions. Sidebars offer excerpts from various historical texts, while entries provide suggestions for further reading.
Автор: Milgram Jonathan S. Название: From Mesopotamia to the Mishnah: Tannaitic Inheritance Law in Its Legal and Social Contexts ISBN: 1644690276 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781644690277 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 49510.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Employing text critical methods, Jonathan S. Milgram argues that, in the absence of the hermeneutic underpinnings for tannaitic innovations, the inheritance laws of the tannaim were not the result of the rabbinic penchant for inventive interpretation of Scripture.
Автор: Algaze Guillermo Название: Ancient Mesopotamia at the Dawn of Civilization: The Evolution of an Urban Landscape ISBN: 022614237X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226142371 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 32730.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Drawing on the work of modern economic geographers, the author explores how the unique river-based ecology and geography of the Tigris-Euphrates alluvium affected the development of urban civilization in southern Mesopotamia.
Автор: Mcintosh, Jane R. Название: Ancient mesopotamia ISBN: 1576079651 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781576079652 Издательство: Bloomsbury Рейтинг: Цена: 69300.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The first general introduction to Mesopotamia that covers all four of the area`s major ancient civilizations-Sumer, Akkad, Assyria, and Babylonia.
Автор: Halton Charles Название: Women`s Writing of Ancient Mesopotamia ISBN: 110705205X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107052055 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 95040.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This anthology presents and discusses a collection of writings composed or edited by women of Mesopotamia during the earliest periods of recorded human history (c.2300-539 BCE). This book is a must read for anyone interested in ancient history, gender studies, and world literature.
Автор: Edited by Roger D. Woodard Название: The Ancient Languages of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Aksum ISBN: 0521684978 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521684972 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 49630.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book describes the ancient languages of Mesopotamia, Egypt and Aksum, for the convenience of students and specialists working in that area. Each chapter examines the writing system(s), phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon of a language, and places that language within its proper linguistic and historical context.
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