The Amorites : A Political History of Mesopotamia in the Early Second Millennium BCE (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East)

Wasserman, Nathan/ Bloch, Yigal

Brill（2023/07発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 597 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789004546585

Full Description

This study of the political history of Mesopotamia - today's Iraq and Syria - in the Old Babylonian period (ca. 2000-1600 BCE) is the first comprehensive historical synthesis of this kind published in English after many decades. Based on numerous written sources in Sumerian and Akkadian - royal inscriptions, letters, law collections, economic records, etc. - and on up-to-date research, it presents the region's political history in a meticulous geographic and chronological manner. This allows the interested academic and non-academic reader an in-depth view into the scene of ancient Mesopotamia ruled by competing dynasties of West Semitic (Amorite) origin, with a complex web of political and tribal connections between them.

Contents

Preface

List of Illustrations and Maps

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part 1: The Historical Arena

1 The Geographical Setting

2 Nomads and Sedentary Peoples

 1 Urban Dwellers and the People of the Steppe

 2 Forefathers and Nomadic Groups: The Ḫana, the Simʾalites, and the Yaminites

 3 The Amorite Origins of Samsī-Addu's Dynasty and the Assyrian King List

 4 The Amorite Descent of Ḫammurāpi's Dynasty

 5 Amorite Populations in Southern Mesopotamia

 6 Amorite Tribes as an Example of Enclosed Nomadism

 7 The Amorite Tribal System as Reflected in the Mari Documents

 8 Major Institutions and Customs among the Amorite Tribes

3 Ethnic Identities in Mesopotamia in the Early Second Millennium BCE

 1 Nation, Ethnic Group, and Ethnic Category

 2 The Amorites as Foreigners in Mesopotamian Cities and Their Self-Perceived Identity

 3 Change of Tribal Affiliation as a Political Decision

 4 Covenant Terminology and Its Meaning for Tribal Links

 5 Language as a Vehicle of Ethnic Distinction

 6 The Multiple Faces of Ethnic Identity

4 The Age of the Amorite Dynasties and the Periodization of Mesopotamian History: Some Basic Observations

 1 Periodization of Mesopotamian History according to the Astronomical Treatise

5 The Chronological Framework of the Amorite Dynasties

 1 Relative and Absolute Chronology, Synchronisms, and Astronomical Anchors

 2 The Assyrian King List as a Chronological Source

 3 The Kaneš Eponym List and the Relative Chronology of Assyria

 4 Year Names in Southern Mesopotamia and the Kings of the First Dynasty of Babylon

 5 Mari: A Kingdom with Two Systems of Year-Reckoning

 6 The Sumerian King List

 7 From Relative to Absolute Chronology: The Venus Tablets of Ammī-ṣadūqa and the Solar Eclipse in the Mari Eponym Chronicle

 8 Dendrochronology: Tree-Rings as a Chronological Tool

Part 2: Cities, Dynasties, and Kings: Political History

6 The Kingdom of Isin

 1 Chronology of the Kings of Isin

 2 The Isin Dynasty from Išbi-Erra to Lipit-Ištar

 3 A New Royal Line in Isin: Ur-Ninurta and His Descendants

 4 Isin's Struggle against Its Neighbors: Erra-imittī, Enlil-bāni, and Their Successors

 5 The End of Isin

 6 Another Successor to the Empire of Ur: The Kingdom of Simurrum

7 The Kingdom of Larsa

 1 The Isin-Larsa Period and the Chronology of the Kings of Larsa

 2 The Early Kings

 3 The Dynasty of Nūr-Adad

 4 The Dynasty of Kudur-Mabuk

 5 The Babylonian Conquest of Larsa

 6 Larsa's Revolt against Babylon

8 The Kingdom of Uruk

 1 The Early Kings of Uruk

 2 The Sîn-kāšid Dynasty

 3 Uruk at the Time of the South Mesopotamian Revolt against Babylon

9 The Kingdom of Ešnunna

 1 Between Ur, Isin, Elam, and the Amorites: The Beginnings of Ešnunna

 2 Ešnunna on the Rise: The Dynasty of Ibāl-pī-El I

 3 Ešnunna at Its Apex: The Reigns of Dāduša and Ibāl-pī-El II

 4 The Babylonian Conquest of Ešnunna

 5 Ešnunna's Final Attempts to Regain Independence

10 The Kingdom of Malgium

 1 The Early Kings of Malgium

 2 A Period of Political Upheavals

 3 The End of Malgium

11 The Kingdom of Aššur

 1 Aššur as a City-State

 2 The Rulers of Aššur at Its Apex as a Center of Commerce

 3 The Assyrian Trade with Anatolia

 4 The Crisis of the Assyrian Trade and Its Recovery

 5 The Conquest of Aššur by Samsī-Addu

12 The Kingdom of Samsī-Addu

 1 Samsī-Addu's Family Origins

 2 The Early Years of Samsī-Addu: The Escape to Babylon and the Conquest of Ekallātum, Aššur, and Mari

 3 The Kingdom of Upper Mesopotamia

 4 The Reign of Išme-Dagān I

13 The Kingdom of Mari

 1 The Beginnings of Mari

 2 The Early Rulers of the Amorite Dynasty in Mari

 3 The Reign of Zimrī-Līm

 4 The Babylonian Conquest of Mari

 5 Mari's Successor: The Kingdom of Ḫana

14 The Kingdom of Yamḫad

 1 The Beginnings of the Amorite Dynasty of Yamḫad

 2 Yamḫad as an Ally of Mari: The Reigns of Yarīm-Līm I and Ḫammurāpi I

 3 Yamḫad from the Death of Ḫammurāpi I to the Hittite Conquest

15 The Kingdom of Qaṭna

 1 Archaeological Discoveries at Qaṭna

 2 The Dynasty of Išḫī-Addu

 3 Qaṭna on the Eve of the Hittite Conquest of Northern Syria

16 The Kingdom of Babylon

 1 Chronology of the Kings of Babylon

 2 The Beginnings of the Kingdom

 3 Babylon at Its Peak: The Reign of Ḫammurāpi

 4 Babylon at the Time of Samsu-ilūna

 5 The Late Kings of the Amorite Dynasty of Babylon

Concluding Remarks: Instead of an Epilogue

Bibliography

Index