Wheeled Vehicles and Ridden Animals in the Ancient Near East
Author: Littauer
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2022-08-01
Total Pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9004495592
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Wheeled Vehicles and Ridden Animals in the Ancient Near East
Near Eastern Archaeology
Author: Suzanne Richard
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 506
ISBN-13: 1575060833
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Annotation Filling a gap in classroom texts, more than 60 essays by major scholars in the field have been gathered to create the most up-to-date and complete book available on Levantine and Near Eastern archaeology. The book is divided into two sections: "Theory, Method, and Context," and "Cultural Phases and Topics," which together provide both methodological and areal coverage of the subject. The text is complemented by many line drawings and photographs. Includes a foreword by W.G. Dever.
Selected Writings on Chariots and Other Early Vehicles, Riding and Harness
Author: Mary Aiken Littauer
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 776
ISBN-13: 9789004117990
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This collection of papers is primarily concerned with wheeled transport in antiquity. They shed much light on the construction of the vehicles, the ways their draught animals were harnessed and controlled, and on the uses to which the equipages were put. Ridden animals also feature in this collection of papers.
Selected Writings on Chariots and other Early Vehicles, Riding and Harness
Author: M.A. Littauer
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-11-22
Total Pages: 767
ISBN-13: 9004494162
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This collection of papers is primarily concerned with transport by wheeled vehicle in antiquity. They shed much light on the construction of the vehicles, the ways their draught animals were harnessed and controlled, and the uses to which the equipages were put. The evidence discussed includes actual remains of vehicles and bridles, as well as figured and textual documents. Ridden animals and their gear also feature in this collection of papers. The Selected Writings of Mary B. Littauer and Joost H. Crouwel are important for all those interested in the cultures of the ancient Near East, Egypt and Cyprus and of Bronze Age Greece.
Handbuch Der Orientalistik
Dictionary of the Ancient Near East
Author: Piotr Bienkowski
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2010-03-09
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9780812221152
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Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600 BC
Author: William J. Hamblin
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006-09-27
Total Pages: 590
ISBN-13: 113452062X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The only book available that covers this subject, Warfare in the Ancient Near East is a groundbreaking and fascinating study of ancient near Eastern military history from the Neolithic era to the middle Bronze Ages. Drawing on an extensive range of textual, artistic and archaeological data, William J. Hamblin synthesizes current knowledge and offers a detailed analysis of the military technology, ideology and practices of Near Eastern warfare. Paying particular attention to the earliest known examples of holy war ideaology in Mesopotamia and Egypt, Hamblin focuses on: * recruitment and training of the infantry * the logistics and weaponry of warfare * the shift from stone to metal weapons * the role played by magic * narratives of combat and artistic representations of battle * the origins and development of the chariot as military transportation * fortifications and siegecraft *developments in naval warfare. Beautifully illustrated, including maps of the region, this book is essential for experts and non-specialists alike.
The Cambridge History of Ancient China
Author: Michael Loewe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1999-03-13
Total Pages: 1192
ISBN-13: 9780521470308
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Cambridge History of Ancient China provides a survey of the institutional and cultural history of pre-imperial China.
Animal Sacrifice and the Origins of Islam
Author: Brannon Wheeler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2022-06-23
Total Pages: 483
ISBN-13: 100906312X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Islam is the only biblical religion that still practices animal sacrifice. Indeed, every year more than a million animals are shipped to Mecca from all over the world to be slaughtered during the Muslim Hajj. This multi-disciplinary volume is the first to examine the physical foundations of this practice and the significance of the ritual. Brannon Wheeler uses both textual analysis and various types of material evidence to gain insight into the role of animal sacrifice in Islam. He provides a 'thick description' of the elaborate camel sacrifice performed by Muhammad, which serves as the model for future Hajj sacrifices. Wheeler integrates biblical and classical Arabic sources with evidence from zooarchaeology and the rock art of ancient Arabia to gain insight into an event that reportedly occurred 1400 years ago. His book encourages a more nuanced and expansive conception of “sacrifice” in the history of religion.
