Flight and freedom in the ancient Near East / / Daniel C. Snell.

Freedom as a value is older than Greece, as evidence from the Ancient Near East shows us through this book. Snell first looks at words for freedom in the Ancient Near East. Then he examines archival texts to see how runaways expressed their interest in freedom in Mesopotamian history. He next examin...

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Superior document:Culture and history of the ancient Near East
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Place / Publishing House:Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill,, [2001]
©2001
Year of Publication:2001
Language:English
Series:Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; 8.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
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