{"product_id":"9780472025893","title":"Life and Thought in the Ancient Near East","description":"Intended for readers seeking insight into the day-to-day life of some of the world's most ancient peoples, \u003ci\u003eLife and Thought in the Ancient Near East\u003c\/i\u003e presents brief, fascinating explorations of key aspects of the civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Palestine, Asia Minor, and Iran. With vignettes on agriculture, architecture, crafts and industries, literature, religion, topography, and history, Orlin has created something refreshingly unique: a modern guidebook to an ancient world. The book also reaches out to students of the Ancient Near Eastern World with essays on decipherments, comparative cultural developments between Egypt and Mesopotamia, and language and literature.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In addition to general readers, the book will be useful in the classroom as a text supplementing a more conventional introduction to Near Eastern Studies.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Well-written and accessible, \u003ci\u003eLife and Thought in the Ancient Near East\u003c\/i\u003e deftly connects the past with present experience by drawing out the differences between, for instance, modern churches and ancient temples, and frequently employing biblical references. This simplicity together with connecting contemporary to ancient experience makes the text ideal for freshmen and general readers.\"\u003cbr\u003e ---Marc Cooper, Professor of History, Missouri State University\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Now Professor Emeritus, Louis L. Orlin taught in the department of Ancient Near Eastern History and Literature at the University of Michigan for more than thirty years. He is the author and editor of several books, including \u003ci\u003eAssyrian Colonies in Cappadocia\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAncient Near Eastern Literature: A Bibliography of One Thousand Items on the Cuneiform Literatures of the Ancient World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081028059376,"sku":"9780472025893","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780472025893_p0.jpg?v=1765233030","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780472025893","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}