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Life at the bottom of Babylonian society servile laborers at Nippur in the 14th and 13th centuries, B.C. / by Tenney, Jonathan S.

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Life at the bottom of Babylonian society servile laborers at Nippur in the 14th and 13th centuries, B.C. / by Tenney, Jonathan S.

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From the Mari archives : an anthology of Old Babylonian letters / by Sasson, Jack M.

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From the Mari archives : an anthology of Old Babylonian letters / by Sasson, Jack M.

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From the 21st century B.C. to the 21st century A.D. : proceedings of the International Conference on Neo-Sumerian Studies held in Madrid 22-24 July 2010 /

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From the 21st century B.C. to the 21st century A.D. : proceedings of the International Conference on Neo-Sumerian Studies held in Madrid 22-24 July 2010 /

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City administration in the ancient Near East proceedings of the 53e Rencontre assyriologique internationale. Vol. 2 /

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City administration in the ancient Near East proceedings of the 53e Rencontre assyriologique internationale. Vol. 2 /

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Alexander's veterans and the early wars of the successors by Roisman, Joseph, 1946-

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Alexander's veterans and the early wars of the successors by Roisman, Joseph, 1946-

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The history of Iraq by Hunt, Courtney

Table of Contents: “…Findling -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline of historical events -- The land and people of Iraq -- The cradle of civilization -- Babylonia -- The Muslim conquest -- The Ottoman Empire -- The British occupation -- The kingdom of Iraq and the revolution of 1958 -- A decade of revolutions and the rise of Saddam -- A decade of wars: the Iran-Iraq war and the first Gulf War -- Sanctions, the second Persian Gulf War and Iraq today -- Glossary -- Notable people in the history of Iraq -- Bibliographic essay -- Index.…”
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The history of Iraq by Hunt, Courtney

Table of Contents: “…Findling -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline of historical events -- The land and people of Iraq -- The cradle of civilization -- Babylonia -- The Muslim conquest -- The Ottoman Empire -- The British occupation -- The kingdom of Iraq and the revolution of 1958 -- A decade of revolutions and the rise of Saddam -- A decade of wars: the Iran-Iraq war and the first Gulf War -- Sanctions, the second Persian Gulf War and Iraq today -- Glossary -- Notable people in the history of Iraq -- Bibliographic essay -- Index.…”
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The Aramaeans in ancient Syria /

Table of Contents: “…Outlook : Aramaeans outside of Syria -- Assyria / Martti Nissinen -- Babylonia / Michael P. Streck -- Anatolia / Andre Lemaire -- Phoenicia / Herbert Niehr -- Palestine (Angelika Berlejung) -- Egypt (Alejandro F. …”
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The Aramaeans in ancient Syria /

Table of Contents: “…Outlook : Aramaeans outside of Syria -- Assyria / Martti Nissinen -- Babylonia / Michael P. Streck -- Anatolia / Andre Lemaire -- Phoenicia / Herbert Niehr -- Palestine (Angelika Berlejung) -- Egypt (Alejandro F. …”
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Imagining the fetus the unborn in myth, religion, and culture /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Restoring nuance to imagining of the fetus -- The story of Samkarsana's and K.r.s.na's births : a drama involving embryos -- The great men of Jainism in utero: a survey -- A womb with a view : the Buddha's final fetal experiences -- Life in the womb : conception and gestation in Buddhist scripture and classical Indian medical literature -- Philosophical embryology : Buddhist texts and the ritual construction of a fetus -- Tibetan Buddhist narratives of the forces of creation -- Female feticide in the Punjab and fetus imagery in Sikhism -- Embryology in Babylonia and the bible -- The leaping child : imagining the unborn in early Christian literature -- Famous fetuses in Rabbinic narratives -- A prophet emerging : fetal narratives in Islamic literature -- The colossal fetuses of La Venta and Mesoamerica' earliest creation story -- Out of place : fetal references in Japanese mythology and cultural memory -- Seeing like a family : fetal ultrasound images and imaginings of kin.…”
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Imagining the fetus the unborn in myth, religion, and culture /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Restoring nuance to imagining of the fetus -- The story of Samkarsana's and K.r.s.na's births : a drama involving embryos -- The great men of Jainism in utero: a survey -- A womb with a view : the Buddha's final fetal experiences -- Life in the womb : conception and gestation in Buddhist scripture and classical Indian medical literature -- Philosophical embryology : Buddhist texts and the ritual construction of a fetus -- Tibetan Buddhist narratives of the forces of creation -- Female feticide in the Punjab and fetus imagery in Sikhism -- Embryology in Babylonia and the bible -- The leaping child : imagining the unborn in early Christian literature -- Famous fetuses in Rabbinic narratives -- A prophet emerging : fetal narratives in Islamic literature -- The colossal fetuses of La Venta and Mesoamerica' earliest creation story -- Out of place : fetal references in Japanese mythology and cultural memory -- Seeing like a family : fetal ultrasound images and imaginings of kin.…”
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Next Year in Jerusalem : Exile and Return in Jewish History /

Table of Contents: “…Boyd -- "How deserted lies the city": politics and the trauma of homelessness in the Hebrew Bible / Dereck Daschke -- Exile and return in the Samaritan traditions / Menachem Mor -- The Al-Yahudu texts (ca. 572-477 BCD): a new window into the life of the Judean exilic community of Babylonia / Jean-Philippe Delorme -- Karaites and Jerusalem: from Anan ben David to the Karaite Heritage Center in the Old City / Daniel J. …”
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Next Year in Jerusalem : Exile and Return in Jewish History /

Table of Contents: “…Boyd -- "How deserted lies the city": politics and the trauma of homelessness in the Hebrew Bible / Dereck Daschke -- Exile and return in the Samaritan traditions / Menachem Mor -- The Al-Yahudu texts (ca. 572-477 BCD): a new window into the life of the Judean exilic community of Babylonia / Jean-Philippe Delorme -- Karaites and Jerusalem: from Anan ben David to the Karaite Heritage Center in the Old City / Daniel J. …”
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Jewish studies at the crossroads of anthropology and history authority, diaspora, tradition /

Table of Contents: “…Baumgarten and Marina Rustow -- In the path of our fathers : on tradition and time from Jerusalem to Babylonia and beyond / Sylvie Anne Goldberg -- Prayer, literacy, and literary memory in the Jewish communities of medieval Europe / Ephraim Kanarfogel -- A temple in your kitchen : hafrashat @hallah-the rebirth of a forgotten ritual as a public ceremony / Tamar El-Or -- Judaism and the idea of ancient ritual theory / Michael D. …”
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Jewish studies at the crossroads of anthropology and history authority, diaspora, tradition /

Table of Contents: “…Baumgarten and Marina Rustow -- In the path of our fathers : on tradition and time from Jerusalem to Babylonia and beyond / Sylvie Anne Goldberg -- Prayer, literacy, and literary memory in the Jewish communities of medieval Europe / Ephraim Kanarfogel -- A temple in your kitchen : hafrashat @hallah-the rebirth of a forgotten ritual as a public ceremony / Tamar El-Or -- Judaism and the idea of ancient ritual theory / Michael D. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view