Women in the Ancient Near East
Author | : Marten Stol |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 690 |
Release | : 2016-08-08 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781501500213 |
ISBN-10 | : 150150021X |
Rating | : 4/5 (1X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Women in the Ancient Near East by : Marten Stol
Download or read book Women in the Ancient Near East written by Marten Stol and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-08-08 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women in the Ancient Near East offers a lucid account of the daily life of women in Mesopotamia from the third millennium BCE until the beginning of the Hellenistic period. The book systematically presents the lives of women emerging from the available cuneiform material and discusses modern scholarly opinion. Stol’s book is the first full-scale treatment of the history of women in the Ancient Near East.