A Companion to Assyria

<p>Notes on Contributors viii</p>
<p>Acknowledgments xiii</p>
<p>Introduction 1<br />Eckart Frahm</p>
<p>Part I Geography and History 11</p>
<p>1 Physical and Cultural Landscapes of Assyria 13<br />Jason Ur</p>
<p>2 Assyria in the Third Millennium bce 36<br />Lauren Ristvet</p>
<p>3 The Old Assyrian Period (20th 18th Century bce) 57<br />Klaas R. Veenhof</p>
<p>4 Economy, Society, and Daily Life in the Old Assyrian Period 80<br />C&eacute;cile Michel</p>
<p>5 The Transition Period (17th to 15th Century bce) 108<br />Shigeo Yamada</p>
<p>6 The Middle Assyrian Period (14th to 11th Century bce) 117<br />Stefan Jakob</p>
<p>7 Economy, Society, and Daily Life in the Middle Assyrian Period 143<br />Stefan Jakob</p>
<p>8 The Neo –Assyrian Period (ca. 1000 609 bce) 161<br />Eckart Frahm</p>
<p>9 Economy, Society, and Daily Life in the Neo –Assyrian Period 209<br />Karen Radner</p>
<p>10 Post –Imperial Assyria 229<br />Stefan R. Hauser</p>
<p>Part II The Fringes of Empire: Assyria and its Neighbors 247</p>
<p>11 Assyria and the North: Anatolia 249<br />Andreas Fuchs</p>
<p>12 Assyria and the East: Western Iran and Elam 259<br />Andreas Fuchs</p>
<p>13 Assyria and the West: Syria and the Levant 268<br />Ariel M. Bagg</p>
<p>14 Assyria and the Far West: The Aegean World 275<br />Robert Rollinger</p>
<p>15 Assyria and the South: Babylonia 286<br />Eckart Frahm</p>
<p>16 Assyria and the Far South: The Arabian Peninsula and the Persian Gulf 299<br />Eckart Frahm</p>
<p>Part III Elements of Assyrian Civilization 311</p>
<p>17 Languages and Writing Systems in Assyria 313<br />Mikko Luukko and Greta Van Buylaere</p>
<p>18 Assyrian Religion 336<br />Stefan M. Maul</p>
<p>19 Assyrian Literature 359<br />Alasdair Livingstone</p>
<p>20 Assyrian Scholarship and Scribal Culture in Ashur 368<br />Nils P. Hee&szlig;el</p>
<p>21 Assyrian Scholarship and Scribal Culture in Kalhu and Nineveh 378<br />Jeanette C. Fincke</p>
<p>22 Assyrian Legal Traditions 398<br />Frederick Mario Fales</p>
<p>23 Assyrian Cities and Architecture 423<br />John M. Russell</p>
<p>24 Assyrian Art 453<br />John M. Russell</p>
<p>25 Assyrian Technology 511<br />Ariel M. Bagg</p>
<p>26 Assyrian Warfare 522<br />Stephanie Dalley</p>
<p>27 Thoughts on the Assyrian Empire and Assyrian Kingship 534<br />Mario Liverani</p>
<p>Part IV The Afterlife and Rediscovery of Assyria 547</p>
<p>28 Assyria in Late Babylonian Sources 549<br />Paul ]Alain Beaulieu</p>
<p>29 Assyria in the Hebrew Bible 556<br />Eckart Frahm</p>
<p>30 Assyria in Classical Sources 570<br />Robert Rollinger</p>
<p>31 The Archaeological Exploration of Assyria 583<br />Mogens Trolle Larsen</p>
<p>32 Assyrian Christians 599<br />Aaron Michael Butts</p>
<p>List of Assyrian Kings 613<br />Eckart Frahm</p>
<p>Index 617</p>