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1 Online-Ressource
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Edition:
Reproduktion Also published in print
ISBN:
1838601708
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1838601694
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9781350138292
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9781838601690
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9781838601706
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9781350138285
Series Statement:
Short histories
Content:
"Much of our perception of Babylon in the West is filtered through the poignant echoes of loss and longing that resonate in the Hebrew Bible. The lamenting exiles of Judah craved a return to their lost homeland after the sack of Jerusalem in 587 BC and their forcible removal by Nebuchadnezzar to the alien floodlands of the Euphrates. But to see Babylon only as an adjunct to Old Testament history is misleading. A Short History of Babylon explores the ever-changing city that shaped world history for two millennia."--
Content:
Timeline -- List of figure captions --Introduction -- Ch.1 Babylon in time and space -- Ch.2 Babylon's loss and rediscovery -- Ch.3 Capital: Hammurabi's Babylon Ch.4. Font of knowledge: Burnaburia's Babylon -- Ch.5 Linking Heaven and Earth: Marduk's Babylon -- Ch.6 Negotiating Power: Babylon and the Assyrians -- Ch.7 Megacity: Nebuchadnezzar's Babylon Ch.8 Clipped Wings: Babylon and the Persians -- Ch.9 Slow Fade: Babylon after Alexander the Great -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Also published in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 1
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 1
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9781350138292
Author information:
Radner, Karen 1972-
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