The city besieged siege and its manifestations in the ancient Near East /

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Autor Principal: Ephʻal, Israel
Autor Corporativo: ebrary, Inc
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:inglés
hebreo
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.
Series:Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 36.
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Table of Contents:
  • Ch 1 Introduction
  • What is siege warfare
  • Purpose of the book and method of discussion
  • Ch 2 Sources
  • Literary sources
  • Non-literary documents
  • Artistic representations of siege warfare
  • Archaeological evidence
  • Ch 3 Military aspects
  • Blockade
  • Breakthrough
  • Ch 4 Legal and economic aspects
  • Introduction
  • Babylonian siege documents
  • Documents of siege and hardship from Emar
  • Legal significance of the hardship formulae
  • "Charitable deeds"
  • Ch 5 Social aspects
  • Between man and God
  • Public life.