Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction. The Ancient Near East, Science, and Nature 1
4. Part I. Historiography 15
5. Part II. Cuneiform Knowledge and Its Interpretive Framework 59
6. Part III. Rationality, Analogy, and Law 129
7. Part IV. The Cuneiform World of Observation, Prediction, and Explanation 191
8. Acknowledgments 285
9. Abbreviations 287
10. Notes 289
11. Bibliography 327
12. Index 357