The city besieged : siege and its manifestations in the ancient Near East / Israel Ephʻal
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TextLanguage: English Series: Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; 36Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : E. J. Brill, 2009Description: xvii, 113 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 97890041741089004174109
- UG444 .E6413 2009
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Ch 1 Introduction -- What is siege warfare -- Purpose of the book and method of discussion -- Ch 2 Sources -- Literary sources -- Non-literary documents -- Artistic representations of siege warfare -- Archaeological evidence -- Ch 3 Military aspects -- Blockade -- Breakthrough -- Ch 4 Legal and economic aspects -- Introduction -- Babylonian siege documents -- Documents of siege and hardship from Emar -- Legal significance of the hardship formulae -- "Charitable deeds" -- Ch 5 Social aspects -- Between man and God -- Public life.
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