Nicholas Postgate è un assiriologo britannico specializzato nell'antico Vicino Oriente. Il suo lavoro approfondisce le complessità delle culture, delle lingue e dei siti archeologici mesopotamici. Attraverso la sua attività accademica, Postgate illumina gli aspetti fondamentali delle prime civiltà, offrendo ai lettori profonde intuizioni sulla loro storia e sulle loro strutture sociali.
The book explores the rich linguistic heritage of Iraq, detailing the various vernacular Iraqi Arabic dialects alongside insights into Iraqi Kurdish and Turkman languages. It offers a comprehensive account of the interplay between these languages throughout Iraq's five thousand years of history, highlighting the cultural and historical significance of this linguistic diversity.
The roots of our modern world lie in this early civilisation, which saw the first urban society and the invention of writing. Postgate uses both historical and archaeological data to reveal this society's social and technological innovations. číst celé
Focusing on the late 4th millennium in South Mesopotamia, this volume explores the Uruk Period, highlighted by significant archaeological findings at Uruk and beyond. It examines artefacts and settlements discovered across the Near East, including the Levant and Egypt, to better understand this complex society. The collection features eleven scholarly papers from a 1998 Manchester conference, contributed by prominent researchers who analyze key sites and artefactual evidence, shedding light on the broader implications of the Uruk phenomenon.
Analysing ten different archives of cuneiform tablets, this book describes the society and economy of the Middle Assyrian state.
A continuation of publishing the discoveries made at Nimrud by the British School of Archaeology in Iraq.