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Women in the Ancient Near East

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 scholar...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stol, Marten
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2016.
Subjects:
Women > Iraq > Babylonia.
Civilization, Ancient.
Sex role > History.
Iraq > History > To 634.
Civilization, Classical.
Femmes > Irak > Babylonie.
Civilisation ancienne.
Rôle selon le sexe > Histoire.
Irak > Histoire > Jusqu'à 634.
Civilization, Ancient
Sex role
Women
Iraq
Middle East > Babylonia
To 634
Ancient Near Eastern Studies.
Gender.
History.
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource
ISBN:9781614513230
1614513236