Format:
1 online resource (421 pages)
ISBN:
9783838272443
Content:
Intro -- Part 1 IN THE BEGINNING -- A Word of Introduction -- Chapter 1.1 Mediterranean Creation Myths -- The Mediterranean Basin -- Babylon: the Oldest Stories of All -- Egyptian Cosmogony -- Creation through the Eyes of the Israelites -- Greek Cosmogony -- Mediterranean Myths in Perspective -- Chapter 1.2 Creation Myths of Asia -- The Sources of Asian Cosmogony and Cosmology -- Chapter 1.3 Creation Myths of Tribal Societies -- On the Road to Civilization -- Africa -- North America -- Part 2 ROADS TO CIVILIZATION -- Chapter 2.1 On the Road to Civilization Water as a Catalyst -- Chapter 2.2 A Glance at Early Civilizations -- Mesopotamia -- Some Cities of Mesopotamia -- The Indus Valley -- China -- In Conclusion -- Chapter 2.3 Weather and Weltanschauung- The People of the Bible -- The Bible as Source -- The Flood -- The Patriarchs -- Wells -- Exodus from Egypt -- Sojourn in the Wilderness -- The Promised Land -- Climate, Character and Weltanschauung -- Water as Metaphor -- Water and Wellbeing -- Threat, Admonition, Awe, Fear and Despair -- Chapter 2.4 Water in Law -- Introduction -- The Code of Hammurabi -- The Code of Manu -- Part 3 CITIES AND THEIR WATER -- A Word of Introduction -- Chapter 3.1 Jerusalem and its Waters -- Unique among the Cities -- Beginnings -- The City of David -- Water for Survival -- The Gihon Spring -- Cisterns-Public and Private -- Conserving the Flood Waters -- Water from Afar-Aqueducts -- Water and Lifestyle -- After the Destruction of the Second Temple -- The Nineteenth Century -- The End of Ottoman Rule: World War I and After -- A Modern-Day Siege -- Statehood and After -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3.2 The Waters of Rome -- Rome and its Waters -- Beginnings -- The Republic -- The First Aqueducts -- The Empire -- Decline and Recovery -- The Gifts of the Popes -- The Secular City -- The New Aqueducts -- The System.
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Language:
English
