Origins is the first fully comprehensive study of the debt owed by modern western culture to Ancient Near Eastern civilization - a debt touched upon by standard histories of the Ancient Near East but never as systematically investigated as here by William W. Hallo. The author, who has devoted a lifetime to the study of the Ancient Near East, places the emphasis on the way the Ancient Near East continues to shape our Western world. He takes an in-depth look at the ancient origins of many institutions that are most essential to contemporary life - and most often taken for granted.
Название: Origins: The Ancient Near Eastern Background of Some Modern Western Institutions
Издательство: Brill Academic Publishers
Автор: William W. Hallo
Язык: Английский
Год издания : 1996
Количество страниц: 362
ISBN: 9004103287
Формат: pdf
Размер: 18,4 Мб
