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Enemies, Lands, and Borders in Biblical Crossing Traditions 跨越圣经传统中的敌人、土地和边界

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2018-06-26 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2017-0024

S. Russell

引用次数: 1

“They Heard from a Distance”: The šemû-rūqu Paradigm in the Late Neo-Assyrian Empire “他们从远处听到”:晚期新亚述帝国的šemû-rūqu范式

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2018-06-26 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2017-0020

Seth Richardson

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引用次数: 1

A Land with No Borders: A New Interpretation of the Babylonian “Map of the World” 没有边界的土地:对巴比伦“世界地图”的新解读

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2018-06-26 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2017-0014

Paul Delnero

引用次数: 4

Neighbors through Imperial Eyes: Depicting Babylonia in the Assyrian Campaign Reliefs 帝国眼中的邻居:描绘亚述战役浮雕中的巴比伦

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2018-06-26 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2017-0022

Michael Seymour

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引用次数: 3

The Center of the Earth in Ancient Thought 古代思想中的地球中心

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2018-06-26 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2017-0018

J. Finn

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引用次数: 0

Hittite Geographers: Geographical Perceptions and Practices in Hittite Anatolia 赫梯地理学家:赫梯安纳托利亚的地理认知与实践

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2018-05-04 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2017-0026

N. İ. Gerçek

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引用次数: 2

The Disciplines of Geography: Constructing Space in the Ancient World 地理学学科:构建古代世界的空间

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2018-04-11 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2017-0012

Gina Konstantopoulos

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引用次数: 2

Assyriology and Stalinism: Soviet Historiography and the Invention of Slavery in the Ancient Near East 亚述学与斯大林主义:苏联史学与古代近东奴隶制的发明

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2018-02-23 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2017-0002

S. Krikh

引用次数: 2

The Birth of the Prison: The Functions of Imprisonment in Early Mesopotamia 监狱的诞生:早期美索不达米亚监禁的功能

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2018-02-23 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2017-0008

J. Reid

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引用次数: 4

Purple Fabrics and Garments in Akkadian Documents 阿卡德文献中的紫色织物和服装

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History Pub Date : 2018-02-23 DOI: 10.1515/janeh-2017-0007

Shiyanthi Thavapalan

引用次数: 5