book chapter
Mesopotamia: the Babylonian and Assyrian civilization
Alfred A. Knopf • New York • Published In 1925 • Pages: 9-236
By: Delaporte, Louis, Childe, V. Gordon (Vere Gordon).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The book covers aspects of Babylonian culture from the First (Amorite) Dynasty on, noting prior Sumerian and Akkadian influences. The discussion focuses on economic organization, including the organization of work and employment, trade and exchange transactions, and loans and sureties. The author also looks at religious beliefs and practices, including gods, temples, and clergy. Arts, architecture, science, and literature are other topics reviewed. An unusually long chronology is used, with the Old Babylonian (First Dynasty) period beginning 2225 BC, and the reign of Hammurabi dated 2124-2080 BC (1792-1750 BC in the middle chronology); it does not begin to align with the middle chronology until the close of the Kassite Dynasty at 1185 BC (1155 BC in the middle chronology).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Writing
- Verbal arts
- Visual arts
- Legal norms
- Sanctions
- Initiation of judicial proceedings
- Trial procedure
- Spirits and gods
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Purification and atonement
- Revelation and divination
- Priesthood
- Miscellaneous sex behavior
- Texts translated into english
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Babylonians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2019
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard; 2018
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2900-539 BC
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southern Iraq
- NotesAdditional notes
- By L. Delaporte
- Translated by Gordon Childe
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 236a-236e)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 25021907
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Babylonia