Mesopotamia : Civilization Begins

Weitere Verfasser: Thomas, Ariane, 1983- , [HerausgeberIn]
Potts, Timothy F. , [HerausgeberIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Los Angeles : The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2020.
Umfang/Format: xv, 220 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.
Schlagworte:
Inhalte/Bestandteile: 1 Datensätze
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction : Does History Begin in Mesopotamia? / Ariane Thomas
  • The Mesopotamian Collection of the Musée du Louvre / Ariane Thomas
  • The Discoverers of Ancient Mesopotamia / Nicole Chevalier
  • Mesopotamia as Viewed by the Moderns / Michael Seymour
  • Mesopotamia in Modern Imagery
  • A Pioneering Economy / Cécile Michel
  • A Religious World / Benjamin R. Foster
  • First Cities : Cities of Mesopotamia, from Uruk to Babylon / Pascal Butterlin
  • Clay Architecture in Mesopotamia / Pedro Azara
  • First Writing : Cuneiform and the Scribal Tradition / Béatrice André-Salvini
  • First Kingdoms : When Kingship Descended from Heaven... / Dominique Charpin
  • War and Peace : From the Birth of the State to Great Empires / Zainab Bahrani
  • Ancient Mesopotamia Viewed from the Outside / Francis Joannès
  • Epilogue : Imaginary Journey from Mesopotamia to Iraq / Ariane Thomas
  • From Mesopotamia to Iraq, from 1850 to the Present
  • Catalogue of the exhibition. First Cities : Catalogue nos. 1-39
  • First Writing : Catalogue nos. 40-91
  • First Kingdoms : Catalogue nos. 92-133
  • Appendix 1 : Mesopotamian Archaeology at the Museum : A Few Virtual Possibilities
  • Appendix 2 : Restoring and Reassembling Objects for the Exhibition.