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Imagining Babylon

The Modern Story of an Ancient City
  • Mario Liverani
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2016
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Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER)

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Ever since the archaeological rediscovery of the Ancient Near East, generations of scholars have attempted to reconstruct the "real Babylon,” known to us before from the evocative biblical account of the Tower of Babel. After two centuries of excavations and scholarship, Mario Liverani provides an insightful overview of modern, Western approaches, theories, and accounts of the ancient Near Eastern city.

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Mario Liverani, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy.

Reviews

"[...] this is an eminently readable book, written by one of the most innovative historians of the ancient Near East in the past fifty years. Imagining Babylon is an important contribution to the historiography of the ancient city."
Felipe Rojas in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2018.03.28

"[...] particolarmente avvincente [...]"
Paola Dordano in: Riv B 65 (2017), 638-639

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    Frontmatter

    i
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    Preface To The Italian Edition

    vii
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    Contents

    xi
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    List of Figures

    xv
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    Abbreviations

    xvii
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    1. Rediscovery and perplexity

    1
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    2. Acceptance and modification

    61
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    3. The season of theoretical models

    131
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    4. The new models in practice

    183
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    5. Modernity: new approaches and new settings

    243
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    6. Post-modernity: computerization and deconstruction

    345
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    Bibliography

    389
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    Index

    468
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Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
July 11, 2016
eBook ISBN:
9781614514589
Hardcover published on:
July 11, 2016
Hardcover ISBN:
9781614516026
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
18
Main content:
488
Illustrations:
53
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614514589
eBook ISBN: 9781614514589
Hardcover ISBN: 9781614516026
Keywords for this book
Near East; cities; historiography; Babylon
Audience(s) for this book
All those interested in the archaeology, social and economic history, and modern historiography of the Ancient Near East.
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