First American edition. Black and white images inside. Book is clean and tight without inside markings. "Ever since Prof. Dr. Rykle Borger suggested in 1989 that I carry out this translation, I have looked forward to the day when this text would be available in English.".

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Title: The Ancient Orient: An Introduction to the Study of the Ancient Near East
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids
Publication Date: 1994
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0802801420
ISBN 13: 9780802801425
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Weight: 2 pounds

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This book represents the first comprehensive, interdisciplinary presentation of ancient Near Eastern civilization. Concentrating on Mesopotamia and North Syria and focusing particularly on the cultures of Sumer, Babylonia, and Assyria, von Soden covers the earliest times to Hellenization. His study of ancient "humanity in its wholeness" includes treatments of the history of language and systems of writing, the state and society, nutrition and agriculture, artisanry, economics, law, science, religion and magic, art, music, and more. A valuable background work for students of the Bible. Includes 18 black-and-white photographs.

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""This long-awaited work by the most famous Assyriologist of recent times brings together into a single picture the history, languages, and cultures of the ancient Semitic and Indo-European near East. It embraces intellectual, artistic, economic, political, and social life and brings within the grasp of the nonspecialist the enormous advances that have been made in Assyriology in recent decades"." Philip R. Davies, University of Sheffield

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