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Before and after Babel: Writing as Resistance in Ancient Near Eastern Empires
Van De Mieroop, Marc (Professor of History, Professor of History, Columbia University)
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Before and after Babel: Writing as Resistance in Ancient Near Eastern Empires
Van De Mieroop, Marc (Professor of History, Professor of History, Columbia University)
The ancient Near East is not only where the world's earliest writing system, Babylonian cuneiform, was invented some 5,000 years ago, but also where nearly 2,000 years later numerous other scripts developed each to write a specific language. As a framework for the rich intellectual history of this region's ancient past, this book investigates how this
360 pages, 11 b/w illustrations; 11 b/w illustrations
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | February 9, 2023 |
| ISBN13 | 9780197634660 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 358 |
| Dimensions | 243 × 164 × 35 mm · 622 g |
| Language | English |