A companion to the ancient Near East - Snell, Daniel C. (Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2005)
Part I, The shape of the Ancient Near East. Historical overview / Mario Liverani -- From sedentism to states, 10,000 to 3000 BCE / Augusta McMahon -- The age of empires, 3100-900 BCE / Mark Chavalas -- World hegemony, 900-300 BCE / Paul-Alain Beaulieu -- Part II, Discourses on methods. Archaeology and the Ancient Near East : methods and limits / Marie-Henriette Gates -- The languages of the Ancient Near East / Gonzalo Rubio -- The historian's task / Daniel C. Snell -- Part III, Economy and society. The degradation of the Ancient Near Eastern environment / Carlos E. Cordova -- Nomadism through the ages / Jorge Silva Castillo -- Mesopotamian cities and countryside / Elizabeth C. Stone -- Money and trade / Christopher M. Monroe -- Working / David A. Warburton -- Law and practice / Bruce Wells -- Social tensions in the Ancient Near East / John F. Robertson -- Gender roles in ancient Egypt / Ann Macy Roth -- Royal women and the exercise of power / Sarah C. Melville -- Warfare in ancient Egypt / Anthony J. Spalinger -- Part IV, Culture. The transmission of knowledge / Benjamin R. Foster -- Literature / Tawny L. Holm -- Ancient Near Eastern architecture / Sally Dunham -- Mesopotamian art / Marian H. Feldman -- Mesopotamian medicine / Joann Scurlock -- Mesopotamian cosmology / Francesca Rochberg -- Divine and non-divine kingship / Philip Jones -- How religion was done / Gary Beckman -- Part V, Heritage of the Ancient Near East. The invention of the individual / Daniel C. Snell -- Ethnicity / Henri Limet -- Public versus private in the Ancient Near East / Steven Garfinkle -- Democracy and freedom / Matthew Martin III and Daniel C. Snell -- Monotheism and ancient Israelite religion / S. David Sperling -- The decipherment of the Ancient Near East / Peter T. Daniels -- Legacies of the Ancient Near East / Daniel C. Snell.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [434]-492) and index.
Keywords: Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622.