Sandars Nancy K (9 results)

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This book comprises five poems dating from the height of the Babylonian civilisation in the second millennium BC. They include "The New Babylonian Creation", which was recited at the new year festival in honour of the god Marduk and his conquest of Tiamat, "Inanna's Journey to Hell", in which the goddess of fertility descends into a gloomy wasteland of devils and darkness, and "Adapa: the Man", a story of man's fall from grace, not through disobedience but through blind obedience. N.K. Sanders also translated "The Epic of Gilgamesh". This book comprises five poems dating from the height of the Babylonian civilization in the second millennium BC. They include "The New Babylonian Creation", "Inanna's Journey to Hell" and "Adapa: the Man". Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 184 + pp. An excellent study or work or reading or research copy! Solidly and tightly bound copy with moderate external, but minimal internal wear and use. Copy with crisp pages and clean text. Moderate browning, tanning, foxing or discoloration on page edges, not affecting text. Slightly creased spine. …

Wrappers (paperback) 214 pp.: ill., maps; 25 cm. Dutch text. (sl. discoloured, few small stains on edges, although very good) TRansl. of = Vert.van: The sea peoples. 770g.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Good standard account. pp508. Illus. Pelican History of Art Series. 2nd ed.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st UK Edition. (Ancient peoples and places ; v. 89)Draws upon archaeological findings to reveal the nature and origins of the seafaring peoples whose widespread dispersion nearly destroyed East Mediterranean civilization in the thirteenth century B.C. 224p illus.(some col.) bibliography. index.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Dutch.

Softcover. Condition: Fair. A finales del siglo XIII a.C., finaliza abruptamente una época de prosperidad y relativa estabilidad en el Mediterráneo oriental. Se diluye la influencia egipcia, el Imperio Hitita se desmorona y la civilización micénica yace en ruinas, sumergiendo a Grecia en una Edad Oscura que se prolongará durante más de trescientos años. Qué causó estas catástrofes Por qué se desmoronaron repentinamente unas civilizaciones que habían resistido incontables agitaciones en el pasado Actualmente, los estudiosos culpan en gran medida a las bandas de merodeadores conocidos como Pueblos del Mar. Las inscripciones erigidas por el faraón Ramsés III nos hablan de oleadas de invasores contra Egipto y el Levante. Quiénes fueron estos invasores Provocaron por sí solos la destrucción de la civilización de la Edad de Bronce En un brillante estudio, ahora puesto al día en esta edición revisada, y estudiando todos los aspectos del problema, desde la caída de Troya hasta los filisteos, Nancy Sandars entremezcla las pruebas literarias y arqueológicas para pintar un magnífico cuadro de esta época sombría y calamitosa.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This book comprises five poems dating from the height of the Babylonian civilisation in the second millennium BC. They include "The New Babylonian Creation", which was recited at the new year festival in honour of the god Marduk and his conquest of Tiamat, "Inanna's Journey to Hell", in which the goddess of fertility descends into a gloomy wasteland of devils and darkness, and "Adapa: the Man", a story of man's fall from grace, not through disobedience but through blind obedience. N.K. Sanders also translated "The Epic of Gilgamesh". This book comprises five poems dating from the height of the Babylonian civilization in the second millennium BC. They include "The New Babylonian Creation", "Inanna's Journey to Hell" and "Adapa: the Man". This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. …