Keywords
ancient Near Eastern history, cuneiform script
Abstract
Professor Amanda Podany’s massive survey of ancient Near Eastern history reflects her commitment to interpreting and presenting the information revealed about the ancient history of this region by the cuneiform script etched on clay tablets and other mediums, the oldest examples dating back to 3000 BCE. She has endeavored to shed light on the details of the lives of ordinary people and day-to-day events by inserting microhistories of beer brewers, laundrymen, gardeners, slaves, as well as diviners, scribes, and priests into accounts of the rise and fall of kingdoms, empires, and their rulers. She declares that her book “…has been held together by cuneiform records.” (p. 536)
Recommended Citation
Barrows, Leland Conley
(2024)
"Amanda H. Podany. Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East,"
Comparative Civilizations Review: Vol. 90:
No.
1, Article 13.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/ccr/vol90/iss1/13
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