عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
UG444 .E6413 2009
UG444
.
E6413
2009
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
9789004174108
2-13633
انگلیسی
: siege and its manifestations in the ancient Near East
/ by Israel Eph'al.
; Boston
: Brill
, 2009.
xvii, 211 p.
: ill, maps
; 25 cm.
Culture and history of the ancient Near East ;
v. 36
Two printings were published in 2009; one had only the first 113 pages and was probably an error, and the other had 211 pages, with two additional chapters (4 and 5) which match the tables of contents (p. [x-xi) and bibliography and indexes.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Ch 1 Introduction -- What is siege warfare -- Purpose of the book and method of discussion -- Ch 2 Sources -- Literary sources -- Non-literary documents -- Artistic representations of siege warfare -- Archaeological evidence -- Ch 3 Military aspects -- Blockade -- Breakthrough -- Ch 4 Legal and economic aspects -- Introduction -- Babylonian siege documents -- Documents of siege and hardship from Emar -- Legal significance of the hardship formulae -- "Charitable deeds" -- Ch 5 Social aspects -- Between man and God -- Public life.
0
Ke-ʻir netsurah.
English.
Siege warfare - Middle East.
Sieges - Middle East.
Military art and science - Middle East - History.
UG444
.
E6413
2009
Eph'al, Israel.
20100810160635.0
BL
129675
Y
