Origins: The Ancient Near Eastern Background of Some Modern Western Institutions (repost)
Origins: The Ancient Near Eastern Background of Some Modern Western Institutions by William W. Hallo and Klaas Dijkstra
English | ISBN: 9004103287 | 1996 | PDF | 362 pages | 18,7 mb
English | ISBN: 9004103287 | 1996 | PDF | 362 pages | 18,7 mb
Origins is the first fully comprehensive study of the debt owed by modern western culture to Ancient Near Eastern civilization - a debt touched upon by standard histories of the Ancient Near East but never as systematically investigated as here by William W. Hallo.
The author, who has devoted a lifetime to the study of the Ancient Near East, places the emphasis on the way the Ancient Near East continues to shape our Western world. He takes an in-depth look at the ancient origins of many institutions that are most essential to contemporary life - and most often taken for granted.