Harriet Crawford: Ur | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781472524195 | Ur | The City of the Moon God. Archaeological Histories | Crawford

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Beschreibung

The ancient Mesoptamian city of Ur was a Sumerian city state which flourished as a centre of trade and civilisation between 2800-2000 BCE. However, in the recent past it suffered from the disastrous Gulf war and from neglect. It still remains a potent symbol for people of all faiths and will have an important role to play in the future.

This account of Ur's past looks at both the ancient city and its evolution over centuries, and its archaeological interpretation in more recent times. From the 19th century explorers and their identification of the site of Mukayyar as the Biblical city of Ur, the study proceeds to look in detail at the archaeologist Leonard Woolley and his key discoveries during the 1920s and 30s. Using the findings as a framework and utilising the latest evidence from environmental, historical and archaeological studies, the volume explores the site's past in chronological order from the Ubaid period in the 5th millennium to the death of Alexander. It looks in detail at the architectural remains: the sacred buildings, royal graves and also the private housing which provides a unique record of life 4000 years ago. The volume also describes the part played by Ur in the Gulf war and discusses the problems raised for archaeologists in the war's aftermath.

Über den Autor

Harriet Crawford

Zusammenfassung

Explores Ur's role in the Gulf war and its representations in politics and propaganda

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Chapter 1: The rediscovery of Ur
Chapter 2: The earliest levels at Ur
Chapter 3: The in-between times: Uruk and Jemdat Nasr
Chapter 4: The rise of the city state
Chapter 5: Art and technology: objects from the Royal cemetery
Chapter 6: The defeat of the city state by the rulers of Akkad
Chapter 7: Imperial Ur: the public face
Chapter 8: Ur beyond the sacred precinct: Ur III to Isin/Larsa (Early Old Babylonian) periods
Chapter 9: Post-imperial Ur: Kassites to Neo-Babylonians
Chapter 10: Death and rebirth
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsjahr:	2015
Genre:	Geschichte
Jahrhundert:	Vor- & Frühgeschichte
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Archaeological Histories
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781472524195
ISBN-10:	1472524195
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Crawford, Harriet
Redaktion:	Harrison, Thomas
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Academic
Abbildungen:	30 illustrations
Maße:	233 x 154 x 12 mm
Von/Mit:	Harriet Crawford
Erscheinungsdatum:	26.02.2015
Gewicht:	0,252 kg

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