Babylonia, the Gulf Region, and the Indus: archaeological and textual evidence for contact in the third and early second millennium B.C.
Working premise -- Confronting and combining archaeology and texts -- Some methodological considerations -- The prehistoric foundation (ca. 6000-2650 BC) -- The Pre-Sargonic Period (ca. 2650-2350 BC) -- Archaeology -- Texts -- The Sargonic Period (ca. 2350-2200 BC) -- Archaeology -- Texts -- Makkan...
| Published in: | Mesopotamian civilizations |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Winona Lake, Indiana
Eisenbrauns
2017
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| In: |
Mesopotamian civilizations (21)
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| Series/Journal: | Mesopotamian civilizations
21 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Babylonia
/ Persischer Golf
/ India (West)
/ Cultural contact
/ Excavation
/ History 3000 BC-1500 BC
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| Further subjects: | B
Civilization
B Babylonia Civilization Iraq Middle East Babylonia B Antiquities B Babylonia B Iraq Civilization To 634 B Iraq Antiquities B Iraq B Babylonia Civilization B Iraq Civilization To 634 |
| Summary: | Working premise -- Confronting and combining archaeology and texts -- Some methodological considerations -- The prehistoric foundation (ca. 6000-2650 BC) -- The Pre-Sargonic Period (ca. 2650-2350 BC) -- Archaeology -- Texts -- The Sargonic Period (ca. 2350-2200 BC) -- Archaeology -- Texts -- Makkan and Tilmun between ca. 2200 and ca. 2100 BC -- The Ur III Period (ca. 2100-2000 BC) -- Archaeology -- Texts -- The role of Amorites in Tilmun and Makkan -- The post-Ur III Period (2000-1800 BC) -- Archaeology -- Texts -- The role of Guabba as Babylonia's main seaport and a major textile production center -- 1. Guabba, the seaport -- 2. Guabba, the town -- 2.1. The shipyard -- 2.2. The caravanserai -- 2.3. The weaving establishment -- Excursus : the textile industry at Ur -- Contacts between Babylonia and Meluhha in the late third millennium -- 1. A Meluhhan settlement in Southern Babylonia? -- 2. Contacts between Babylonia and Meluhha -- Conclusion -- The Ur III and Isin texts bearing on the Gulf trade -- The seaworthy ships of Babylonia, the "Makkan ships," and the cylinder seals of the "big ships" personnel from Failaka and Bahrain -- 1. Big ships and big ship captains -- 2. Ships of Makkan -- 3. Boat construction -- 4. The cylinder seals owned by the personnel of "big ships" from Failaka and Bahrain -- The Babylonian burial jar in the Gulf countries |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-137) and index Bandzählung fälschlich als Bd. 21 angegeben, richtig ist Bd. 20 |
| ISBN: | 1575067560 |