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Climate change and early urbanism in Southwest Asia: A review
WIREs Climate Change, Volume 13, Issue 1, January/February 2022., 2022 Some of the earliest cities in the world occupied the dryland environments of Southwest Asia. We review the role of climate fluctuations in the emergence, collapse, and resilience of these cities, and argue for greater focus on the differential persistence of urban sites through time. Abstract During the Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age (c.
Dan Lawrence +2 more
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Modeling Strategic Decisions in the Formation of the Early Neo-Assyrian Empire [PDF]
, 2015 Understanding patterns of conflict and pathways in which political history became established is critical to understanding how large states and empires ultimately develop and come to rule given regions and influence subsequent events.
Altaweel, M +3 more
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Studia Orientalia Electronica, 2021 This paper is a study of the topos of the king burning captives in the Assyrian royal inscriptions. This punishment is notable for both its rarity and its cruelty, being the only time that the royal inscriptions describe violence towards children.
Ben Dewar
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Adapting to New Contexts. Cuneiform in Anatolia [PDF]
, 2011 This article focuses on cuneiform and scribal education in Anatolia. It attempts to trace some of the developments in the corpus of knowledge and training when it let the confines of its initial area of relevance and was received in Anatolia by the ...
Weeden, Mark
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Ancient Cities and Landscapes in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: The Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey 2012 Season [PDF]
, 2013 In 2012, the Erbil Plain Archaeological Survey (EPAS) conducted its first season of fieldwork. The project’s goal is the complete mapping of the archaeological landscape of Erbil, with an emphasis on the Neo-Assyrian and Hellenistic periods.
De Jong, Lidewijde +4 more
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Jamaan at the pass of Bi’rein. An Iron Age IIB-C Ammonite stronghold in central Jordan [PDF]
, 2016 In years 2015-2016 the Zarqa Directorate of the Department of Antiquities of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan carried out a rescue excavation at the site of Jamaan, an Iron Age IIB-C Ammonite stronghold 16 Km north of ‘Amman.
Gharib, Romeel, Nigro, Lorenzo
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Le casque bombé à cimier dans les tactiques de combat néo-assyriennes [PDF]
, 2012 The present paper investigates the adoption of the crested helmet and its manifestations between the IXth and the VIIIth century B.C. in the Neo-Assyrian military establishment.
Backer, Fabrice De
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Remarks on stone vessels from Islamic layers on Bijan Island [PDF]
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean, 2017 Excavations on Bijan Island in western Iraq were conducted by the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, in 1979–1983, as part of the international Haditha Dam rescue project.
Marta Mierzejewska
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Verbum et Ecclesia, 2000 The old refuses to disappear This article deals with some aspects of presentday Pentateuchal research. It is stated that although the basic elements of nineteenth century Pentateuch criticism still prevail, the study of the Pentateuch has also changed in
J.H. le Roux
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Judean Pillar Figurines and Ethnic Identity in the Shadow of Assyria [PDF]
, 2012 An examination of Judean Pillar Figurines in relation to cultural discourse and identity construction in the late Iron-Age ...
Ian Wilson
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