Journey to the City : : A Companion to the Middle East Galleries at the Penn Museum / / ed. by Karen Sonik, Steve Tinney.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English
• MitwirkendeR: Bicknell, Jessica,; Falcetano, Michael,; Ferrari, Martina,; Frame, Grant,; Hafford, William B.,; Holod, Renata,; Jones, Philip,; Miller, Naomi F.,; Moore, Katherine M.,; Owens, Ellen,; Pittman, Holly,; Ristvet, Lauren,; Spooner, Brian,; Tinney, Steve,; Zettler, Richard L.,
• HerausgeberIn: Sonik, Karen,; Tinney, Steve,
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2020]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (440 p.) :; 423 color illus.

The Penn Museum has a long and storied history of research and archaeological exploration in the ancient Middle East. This book highlights this rich depth of knowledge while also serving as a companion volume to the Museum's signature Middle East Galleries opening in April 2018. This edited vol...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Dedication
• Donor Acknowledgments
• Director's Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Map of the Ancient Middle East
• Timeline of Key Periods and Developments
• 1. The New Middle East Galleries at the Penn Museum
• 2. The Geography and Agriculture of the Middle East
• 3. The First Cities
• 4. Religion and the Gods
• 5. A View from the Highlands
• 6. Nomads
• 7. The Ancient Near Eastern City: 2100–500 BCE
• 8. The Royal Cemetery of Ur
• 9. Hasanlu
• 10. The City under Empire: Nippur from 1000 BCE to 800 CE
• 11. The Medieval and Early Modern Islamic and Persianate City
• 12. The Modern City
• 13. Epilogue: The Middle East and Globalization
• Appendix: Timeline of Penn Museum Excavations in Iraq and Iran
• References
• Author Biographies
• Figure Credits