Sargon The Great Of Akkad

Author : Rasheeda Colclough
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798501544949

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Sargon The Great Of Akkad by Rasheeda Colclough Pdf

Sargon the Great was one of the world's earliest empire builders. From roughly 2334 to 2279 BCE, he ruled a civilization called the Akkadian Empire, consisting largely of ancient Mesopotamia, after conquering all of Sumer (southern Mesopotamia) as well as parts of Syria, Anatolia (Turkey), and Elam (western Iran). His empire was the first political entity to have an extensive, efficient, large-scale bureaucracy to administer his far-flung lands and their culturally diverse people. This thesis argues that Sargon the Great, first ruler of Akkad, built the ziggurats as physical monuments and re-enforcements of his legitimacy in reigning over the southern Sumerian region and certain northern cities such as Sippar. The study considers the Mesopotamian terms of legitimacy and how architecture could be used to develop that concept, how the ziggurats demonstrate high architectural uniformity which points to a single architect, and how they have clear evidence of Sargonic authorship.

Author : Mary R. Bachvarova
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 691 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780521509794

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From Hittite to Homer by Mary R. Bachvarova Pdf

This book takes a bold new approach to the prehistory of Homeric epic, arguing for a fresh understanding of how Near Eastern influence worked.

Author : Brian Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Abandoned children
ISBN : 0897571045

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The Sargon Legend by Brian Lewis Pdf

Author : Joan Goodnick Westenholz
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 425 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1997-06-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781575065038

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Legends of the Kings of Akkade by Joan Goodnick Westenholz Pdf

The most impressive legacy of the Dynasty of Akkade (ca. 2310-2160 B.C.E.) was the widespread, popular legends of its kings. Dr. Westenholz offers an annotated edition of all the known legends of the Akkadian kings, with transliteration, translation, and commentary. Of particular interest to biblical scholars is the inclusion of “The Birth Legend of Sargon,” which is often compared to Moses in Exodus.

Author : Joan Goodnick Westenholz
Publisher : Eisenbrauns
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780931464850

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Legends of the Kings of Akkade by Joan Goodnick Westenholz Pdf

The most impressive legacy of the Dynasty of Akkade (ca. 2310-2160 B.C.E.) was the widespread, popular legends of its kings. Dr. Westenholz offers an annotated edition of all the known legends of the Akkadian kings, with transliteration, translation, and commentary. Of particular interest to biblical scholars is the inclusion of "The Birth Legend of Sargon," which is often compared to Moses in Exodus.

Author : Guy D. Middleton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107151499

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Understanding Collapse by Guy D. Middleton Pdf

In this lively survey, Guy D. Middleton critically examines our ideas about collapse - how we explain it and how we have constructed potentially misleading myths around collapses - showing how and why collapse of societies was a much more complex phenomenon than is often admitted.

Author : Sydney Bristowe
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781787209541

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Sargon the Magnificent by Sydney Bristowe Pdf

In this book, first published in 1927, British painter and writer Sydney Bristowe describes her Cain-Sargon of Akkad equation theory. She asserts that, by reconstructing the ancient chronology of Mesopotamia based on the Cylinder of Nabonidus, the cylinder dates Naram-Sin, son of Sargon of Accad, 3200 years before Nabonidus, and so Sargon to c. 3800 BC. This contrasts sharply with mainstream scholarship which dates Sargon to the 23rd century BC. Bristowe defends the earlier dating from the cylinder and then argues that Sargon was the Biblical Cain. Her Cain-Sargon theory received support from British Israelites and proponents of Christian, and a sequel titled Cain—An Argument was subsequently published in 1950.

Author : Benjamin R. Foster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-19
Category : Akkadians
ISBN : 1138909718

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The Age of Agade by Benjamin R. Foster Pdf

The Age of Agade is the first book-length study of the Akkadian period of Mesopotamian history, which saw the rise and fall of the world's first empire during more than a century of extraordinary political, social, and cultural innovation. It draws together more than 40 years of research by one of the world's leading experts in Assyriology to offer an exhaustive survey of the Akkadian empire. Addressing all aspects of the empire, including its statecraft and military, territory and cities, arts, religion, economy, and production, The Age of Agadeconsiders what can be said of Akkadian political and social history, material culture, and daily life. A final chapter also explores how the empire has been presented in modern historiography, from the decipherment of cuneiform to the present, including the extensive research of Soviet historians, summarized here in English for the first time. Drawing on contemporaneous written and artifactual sources, as well as relevant materials from succeeding generations, Foster introduces the reader to the wealth of evidence available. Accessibly written by a specialist in the field, this book is an engaging examination of a critical era in the history of early Mesopotamia.

Author : Jerrold S. Cooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X000543222

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The Curse of Agade by Jerrold S. Cooper Pdf

Author : Grant Frame
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 622 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781646021499

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The Royal Inscriptions of Sargon II, King of Assyria (721–705 BC) by Grant Frame Pdf

The Neo-Assyrian king Sargon II was one of the most important and famous rulers of ancient Mesopotamia. In this volume of critically important ancient documents, Grant Frame presents reliable, updated editions of Sargon’s approximately 130 historical inscriptions, as well as several from his wife, his brother, and other high officials. Beginning with a thorough introduction to the reign of Sargon II and an overview of the previous scholarship on his inscriptions, this modern scholarly edition contains the entire extant corpus. It presents more than 130 inscriptions, preserved on stone wall slabs from his palace, paving slabs, colossi, steles, prisms, cylinders, bricks, metal, and other objects, along with brief introductions, commentaries, comprehensive bibliographies, accurate transliterations, and elegant English translations of the Akkadian texts. This monumental work is complemented by more than two dozen photographs of the inscribed objects; indices of museum and excavation numbers, selected publications, and proper names; and translations of relevant passages from several other Akkadian texts, including chronicles and king lists. Informed by advances in the study of the Akkadian language and featuring more than twice as many texts as previous editions of Sargon II’s inscriptions, this will be the editio princeps for Assyriologists and students of the Sargonic inscriptions for decades to come.

Author : Sydney Bristowe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258912023

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Sargon the Magnificent by Sydney Bristowe Pdf

This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.

Author : Mario Liverani
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Akkad (Extinct city)
ISBN : UOM:39015032279179

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Akkad by Mario Liverani Pdf

Author : Peter Christie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Climate and civilization
ISBN : 1554511194

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The Curse of Akkad by Peter Christie Pdf

From an ice age that gave humans an evolutionary leg up to an El Niño that frustrated Hitler's battle plans, an exploration of climate shifts of the past shows that the weather is often a critical player in important events.

Author : Hourly History
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1790416108

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Akkadian Empire by Hourly History Pdf

Akkadian Empire The Akkadian Empire was one of the first empires in human history and certainly the first to involve the central government of a large, multi-ethnic populace. It also introduced things like the very first postal system and facilitated advances in science, art, and medicine. The heart of the empire, the city of Akkad, became the most important trading center in the ancient world and one of the largest cities in the world. Then, in a relatively short time, the empire disintegrated, and the city itself was abandoned. Now, we don't even know where the city of Akkad was located. How is this possible? How could an empire which controlled most of the civilized world suddenly fall apart? Successors of the Akkadians thought that they had the answer. Many texts from the Babylonians and others talk of the Curse of Akkad, a curse placed on the empire after its king offended the gods which led to its destruction. For thousands of years, historians assumed that the story of the curse was nothing more than a quaint legend. However, modern research shows that the Akkadian Empire was most likely destroyed by a cataclysmic change as a result of sudden and unprecedented climate change. Inside you will read about... ✓ Origins: The Black Heads and King Sargon ✓ Palace Conspiracies and Assassinations ✓ Naram-Sin and the Curse of Akkad ✓ The 4.2 Kiloyear Event ✓ The Fall of the Akkadian Empire ✓ The Search for Akkad And much more! In little more than two hundred years, the Akkadian Empire rose from nothing to become the most important and powerful empire in the world, and then went back to obscurity. This is the story of the rise and sudden fall of the Akkadian Empire.

Author : Mary R. Bachvarova,Dorota Dutsch,Ann Suter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107031968

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The Fall of Cities in the Mediterranean by Mary R. Bachvarova,Dorota Dutsch,Ann Suter Pdf

This book explores some of the most prominent literary responses to the collective trauma of a fallen city.