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Epics of Sumerian Kings: The Matter of Aratta (Writings from the Ancient World)
H. L. J. Vanstiphout, Jerrold S. Cooper | ISBN: 1589830830 | PDF | 208 pages | 2003 | 1 MB

Epics of Sumerian Kings presents for the first time both the authoritative Sumerian **** and an elegant English translation of four key epics from the Sumerian literary canon. These epics, the earliest known in any language, revolve around the conflict between the cities of Uruk (biblical Erech) in ancient Iraq and Aratta in neighboring Iran. Of special interest is “Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta,” which contains the story of the confounding of human language, often cited as a source of the biblical tower of Babel narrative, as well as the Sumerians’ own account of the invention of cuneiform writing. In addition to providing English translations of the epics, Vanstiphout discusses their intellectual and cultural con****, their poetics and meaning, and the significance of the epic cycle as a whole. The volume will interest scholars and students of Assyriology and the ancient Near East, biblical scholars, and general readers and will be a valuable **** for courses on ancient Near Eastern literature or history.

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Niek Veldhuis, "Religion, Literature, and Scholarship"
Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers | 2004-08-31 | ISBN 9004139508 | PDF | 405 pages | 4.9 MB

This book uses insights from religious studies, literary theory, and the history of science for understanding the Sumerian composition Nanse and the Birds in the con**** of the Old Babylonian scribal school. The discussions of Babylonian religion, literature, and scholarship focus on the usefulness and relevance of these modern concepts for categorizing the ancient ****. The volume presents the first critical edition of Nanse and the Birds, as well as editions of the hymn Nanse B and all third millennium and Old Babylonian lexical lists of birds. It includes 37 plates with photographs and line drawings, including many previously unpublished tablets. The final chapter discusses the identity and orthography of all Sumerian bird names in literary, administrative and lexical ****s.

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The Power of Myth
Anchor | ISBN 0385418868 | 1991 | PDF | 289 pages | ~1 MB

“ The symbols of mythology and legend are all around us, embedded in the fabric of our daily lives, and the Moyers-Campbell dialogues are a welcom guide to recognizing and understanding their meanings.

Among his many gifts, Joseph Campbell's most impressive was the unique ability to take a contemporary situation, such as the murder and funeral of President John F. Kennedy, and help us understand its impact in the con**** of ancient mythology. Herein lies the power of The Power of Myth, showing how humans are apt to create and live out the themes of mythology. Based on a six-part PBS television series hosted by Bill Moyers, this classic is especially compelling because of its engaging question-and-answer format, creating an easy, conversational approach to complicated and esoteric topics. For example, when discussing the mythology of heroes, Campbell and Moyers smoothly segue from the Sumerian sky goddess Inanna to Star Wars' mercenary-turned-hero, Han Solo. Most impressive is Campbell's encyclopedic knowledge of myths, demonstrated in his ability to recall the details and archetypes of almost any story, from any point and history, and translate it into a lesson for spiritual living in the here and now.

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Between the Rivers: The History of Ancient Mesopotamia [Tutorial] | 5 GB
Lecturer: Alexis Q. Castor | 36 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture | $374.95
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Zainab Bahrani "Women of Babylon: Gender and Representation in Mesopotamia"
Routledge | 224 pages | 2001 | ISBN: 0415218306 | PDF | 1mb

Women of Babylon is a much-needed historical/art historical study that investigates the concepts of femininity which prevailed in Assyro-Babylonian society. Zainab Bahrani's detailed analysis of how the culture of ancient Mesopotamia defined sexuality and gender roles both in, and through, representation is enhanced by a rich selection of visual material extending from 6500 BC - 1891 AD.

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Bruce Kuklick, "Puritans in Babylon"
Publisher: Princeton University Press | 1996 | ISBN 0691025827 | PDF | 272 pages | 10 MB

From the 1880s through the 1920s a motley collection of American scholars, soldiers of fortune, institutional bureaucrats, and financiers created the academic fields that give us our knowledge of the ancient Near East. Bruce Kuklick's new book begins with the story of the initial adventure of these determined investigators--a twelve-year dig near the Biblical Babylon, at Nippur, conducted at intervals from 1888 through 1900 and bankrolled by the Babylonian Exploration Fund. To unearth tens of thousands of cuneiform tablets, the leaders of this venture faced harsh living conditions in the desert and an academic war of each against all that was quickly begun at the site itself. As their knowledge increased, they risked their personal religious beliefs in the search for historical truth. Kuklick discusses their tribulations to illuminate two other contemporary developments: first, the maturation of the American university, particularly in contrast to its German counterpart; and second, the influence of religious-secular conflict on the ways in which Western scholarship appropriated or appreciated other cultures. The Nippur expedition spawned unseemly (and entertaining) fights among the University of Pennsylvania, Johns Hopkins, Yale, Harvard, and Chicago for leadership in the study of the ancient Near East--not to mention disagreements with their own developing museums and an international scandal called the Hilprecht controversy. More significant than these quarrels was the concern for the meaning of history displayed in this period of Near Eastern scholarship. The field was linked to Biblical criticism and Judeo-Christian interests, and many of the orientalists originally possessed strong religious commitments--which some put aside as they struggled for objectivity. As recent critics have shown, "orientalism" was an example of the West's ability to appropriate the "other" for its own purposes. However, Kuklick's study demonstrates that the censure of orientalism hinges on modes of argumentation that scholars of the ancient Near East helped to legitimate, and at no small cost to themselves.
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Marc Van De Mieroop, "King Hammurabi of Babylon: A Biography"
Wiley-Blackwell | 2004-10-29 | ISBN: 1405126604 | 184 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB

This is the first biography in English of King Hammurabi, who ruled Babylon from 1792 to 1750 BC and presents a rounded view of his accomplishments.
Describes how Hammurabi dealt with powerful rivals and extended his kingdom.
Draws on the King’s own writings and on diplomatic correspondence that has only recently become available.
Explores the administration of the kingdom and the legacies of his rule, especially his legal code.
Demonstrates how Hammurabi’s conquests irrevocably changed the political organization of the Near East, so that he was long remembered as one of the great kings of the past.
Written to be accessible to a general audience.

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George S. Clason, "Richest Man in Babylon - The Success Secrets of the Ancients"
Publisher: Recorded Books | 2005 | ISBN 1419349996 | PDF | 200 pages | 12.97 MB

The book gives you ancient Babylonian wisdom of finances that are so relevant to the twenty first century. It was written over 50 years ago and will always remain a classic in my eyes. It is written in a story- fashion and very cleverly so. The language used is old English, which adds to the book a touch of sophistication, most charming. The lessons are valuble for every era and generation.
Parents would be wise if they can coax their teenagers to read this book.
Most enjoyable once you get immersed into it. The end has a nice surprise!

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The Samaritans
Publisher: Vintage | ISBN: N\A | edition 2007 | PDF | 72 pages | 1,41 mb

In later Hebrew writings the word Samaritan speaks of the people of the district of Samaria in central Palestine. They came from intermarriages of certain Israelites with the colonists from Babylon and other parts of Mesopotamia and Syria. These colonists had been placed there by the Assyrian kings Sargon II and Esarhaddon, after the Northern Kingdom of Israel had been conquered and the stronghol

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Judith Levin, "Hammurabi (Ancient World Leaders)"
Chelsea House Publications | 2008 | ISBN: 0791096033 | 115 pages | PDF | 3,5 MB

Almost 4,000 years ago, a young king named Hammurabi inherited the small and unimportant city of Babylon in the region of Mesopotamia, now in present-day Iraq. Over his lifetime, Hammurabi expanded Babylon in size and in importance, making the city the most important in the region by the time of his death. It would remain so for more than 1,000 years. Though Hammurabi was a politician, a diplomat, and a warrior, he is remembered mostly for his code of law, the tall monument of stone inscribed with hundreds of legal rulings that influenced the future laws of the region and then of the Western world. "Hammurabi" explores the life and times of a ruler known as 'The King of Justice' through the king's own words and those of legal and historical ********s and literature of the time.

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