HIST 4480 - 5480 - Ancient near East History - Dise

Collected for the first time by the eminent scholar E. A. Wallis Budge, this work contains all of the written records of the early Assyrian kings, from the reign of Irishum in about B.C. 2000 to the reign of Ashur-nasir-pal, which ended in B.C. 860. The texts are presented in Assyrian with complete English translations and, where appropriate, photographs of the original inscriptions. Budge supplements the texts with discussions of their historical and anthropological contexts, as well as notes on the problems encountered in translation. For its thoroughness and for the fascinating insights it provides, this work remains indispensable to anyone with a serious interest in ancient civilizations.

A Companion to Assyria is a collection of original essays on ancient Assyria written by key international scholars. These new scholarly contributions have substantially reshaped contemporary understanding of society and life in this ancient civilization. The only detailed up-to-date introduction providing a scholarly overview of ancient Assyria in English within the last fifty years Original essays written and edited by a team of respected Assyriology scholars from around the world An in-depth exploration of Assyrian society and life, including the latest thought on cities, art, religion, literature, economy, and technology, and political and military history

The Mittani empire is one of the most enigmatic political structures in Mesopotamian history. Reconstructing the emergence and the organisation of this state, whose territory encompassed Upper Mesopotamia touching the Levant and the piedmont plains of the Zagros in the East at the height of its power, is exceedingly difficult. Cuneiform specialists, archeologists and historians discuss the Mittani state with regard to modes of spatial organisation co- and preexisting in the region.

See chapter 5 "Kassite Ascendancy" pp. 122-153.

Chapter 12 - The Rise of Assyria, Chapter 13 - Assyrians: World Domination.

Kardunias, as the kingdom of the Kassites in Babylonia was called in ancient times, was the neighbor and rival of great powers such as Egypt, the Hittites, and Assyria. But while our knowledge of the latter kingdoms has made huge progress in the last decades, the Kassites have until recently been largely ignored by modern scholarship. Recently a number of scholars have embarked on research into different aspects of Late Bronze Age Babylonia.

Kardunias, as the kingdom of the Kassites in Babylonia was called in ancient times, was the neighbor and rival of great powers such as Egypt, the Hittites, and Assyria. But while our knowledge of the latter kingdoms has made huge progress in the last decades, the Kassites have until recently been largely ignored by modern scholarship. Recently a number of scholars have embarked on research into different aspects of Late Bronze Age Babylonia.

This monograph uses traditional philological analysis of cuneiform records and the application of quantitative studies and historical-ethnographic comparisons to achieve a better understanding of the social and economic forces that affected the servile population of Kassite Babylonia.

Assyria and Arrapha in peace and war -- Corruption in City Hall -- A legal dispute over land: two generations of legal paperwork -- The decline and fall of a Nuzi family -- The nature of the Ilku at Nuzi.
"Nuzi is located ... east of the foothills of the Zagros Mountains. These hills were inhabited by Kassite and Lullubian tribes. During this period Nuzi was part of the kingdom of Arrapha ... under the political sway of the kingdom of Mitanni".

See Chapter 17 of this book - "The Rise of Mitanni" - for a detailed account of Mitannian (Hurrian) society and history.

See chapter 21 of this book - "Kassite Babylonia" for politics, social life, and history of the Kassite empire.

Brief sections in Chapter 8 on the Kassites (pp. 172-175) and the Mitanni city of "Nuzi" (pp. 176-178).

See the chapter "Mitanni" by A.K. Grayson pp. 109-111

Celestial phenomena in ancient Mesopotamia was observed and interpreted as signs from the gods as well as physical phenomena. Relating the various ways the heavens were contemplated and understood, this study traces the emergence of personal astrology from the tradition of celestial divination and how astronomical methodology developed for horoscopes. Its importance lies in its treatment of Babylonian celestial sciences (celestial divination, horoscopy, and astronomy) as subjects relevant to the history of science and culture.

Early kings of Assyria -- Hurrian interlude : through vassaldom to independence -- Assyrian expansion -- The middle Assyrian empire -- The growth of the new Assyrian empire -- Imperial prime -- Zenith and collapse -- Assyrian society and customs -- The domestic scene -- Agriculture, animal husbandry and trade -- Mastery over the environment : the Assyrians and natural resources -- The supernatural world -- Assyrian medicine -- Assyrian art -- The Assyrian army -- Assyrian writing and literature

The ancient empires of Chaldea and Assyria -- Nineveh -- The Babylonian empire -- Daily life, religion, science, customs -- Architecture.

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