Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East - Amanda H. Podany

Descriere YEO:

Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A - Disponibil la libris.ro

Pe YEO găsești Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A de la Amanda H. Podany, în categoria History.

Indiferent de nevoile tale, Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East - Amanda H. Podany din categoria History îți poate aduce un echilibru perfect între calitate și preț, cu avantaje practice și moderne.

Preț: 265.12 Lei

Caracteristicile produsului Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A

• Brand: Amanda H. Podany
• Categoria: History
• Magazin: libris.ro
• Ultima actualizare: 13-11-2024 01:34:21

Comandă Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A Online, Simplu și Rapid

Prin intermediul platformei YEO, poți comanda Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A de la libris.ro rapid și în siguranță. Bucură-te de o experiență de cumpărături online optimizată și descoperă cele mai bune oferte actualizate constant.

Descriere magazin:
A unique history of the ancient Near East that compellingly presents the life stories of kings, priestesses, merchants, bricklayers, and others In this sweeping history of the ancient Near East, Amanda Podany takes readers on a gripping journey from the creation of the world\'s first cities to the conquest of Alexander the Great. The book is built around the life stories of many ancient men and women, from kings, priestesses, and merchants to bricklayers, musicians, and weavers. Their habits of daily life, beliefs, triumphs, and crises, and the changes that they faced over time are explored through their own written words and the buildings, cities, and empires in which they lived. Rather than chronicling three thousand years of kings and kingdoms, Weavers, Scribes, and Kings instead creates a tapestry of life stories through which readers will come to know specific individuals from many walks of life, and to understand their places within the broad history of events and institutions in the ancient Near East. These life stories are preserved on ancient tablets, which allow us to trace, for example, the career of a weaver as she advanced to became a supervisor of a workshop, listen to a king trying to persuade his generals to prepare for a siege, and feel the pain of a starving young couple who were driven to sell all four of their young children into slavery during a famine. What might seem at first glance to be a remote and inaccessible ancient culture proves to be a comprehensible world, one that bequeathed to us many of our institutions and beliefs, a truly fascinating place to visit.