In the Wake of the Compendia: Infrastructural Contexts and the Licensing of Empiricism in Ancient and Medieval Mesopotamia 9781501502507, 9781501510762

In the Wake of the Compendia: Infrastructural Contexts and the Licensing of Empiricism in Ancient and Medieval Mesopotamia 9781501502507, 9781501510762

In the Wake of the Compendia presents papers that examine the history of technical compendia as they moved between insti

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The Mythology of Ancient Mesopotamia

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The Meaning of Color in Ancient Mesopotamia 9004415378, 9789004415379

"In The Meaning of Color in Ancient Mesopotamia, Shiyanthi Thavapalan offers the first in-depth study of the words

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Texts and Contexts in Ancient and Medieval Science: Studies on the Occasion of John E. Murdoch's Seventieth Birthday 9004108238, 9789004108233

These studies respond to the challenge posed twenty years ago by John E. Murdoch, in whose honor they have been assemble

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The Cast of Character: The Representation of Personality in Ancient and Medieval Literature 9781487595869

This book is concerned with the idea of character and the methods of representing it in ancient and medieval narrative f

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The Expression of Emotions in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia 9004430768, 9789004430761

The Expression of Emotions in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia offers an overview of the study of emotions in ancient texts

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Courtly Desire and Medieval Homophobia: The Legitimation of Sexual Pleasure in `Cleanness` and Its Contexts 9780300157826

In the first comprehensive study of Cleanness and its medieval contexts, Elizabeth B. Keiser shows how this fourteenth-c

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The Sumerian Civilization: An Enthralling Overview of Sumer and the Ancient Sumerians (History of Mesopotamia)

How much do you know about the “cradle of civilization?” Come explore the legacy of the brilliant ancient Mesopotamians

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Memory and the future of Europe: Rupture and integration in the wake of total war 9781526143112

This book examines the role of collective memory in the origins and development of the European Union. It traces Europe’

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Rituals of war: the body and violence in Mesopotamia 9781890951849

Rituals of War is an investigation into the earliest historical records of violence and biopolitics. In Mesopotamia, anc

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