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T1 Before and after Babel: writing as resistance in ancient Near Eastern empires
T2 Oxford scholarship online
A1 Van de Mieroop, Marc 1956-
LA English
PP New York, NY
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2022
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1877899607
AB The ancient Near East is not only where the world's earliest writing system, Babylonian cuneiform, was invented some 5000 years ago, but also where nearly 2000 years later numerous other scripts developed each to write a specific language. As a framework for the rich intellectual history of this region's ancient past, this book investigates how this 'confusion of tongues' came about, how writings in the multiple languages and scripts interacted with each other, and what the consequences were.
NO Also issued in print: 2023. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 16, 2022)
CN 492.11
SN 978-0-19-763469-1
SN 978-0-19-763468-4
K1 Cuneiform writing : History
K1 Writing : History : To 1500 : Middle East
K1 Language
K1 Language teaching & learning
DO 10.1093/oso/9780197634660.001.0001