A History of Ancient Near Eastern Law (2 Vols): Volumes 1 and 2 (Handbook of Oriental Studies: Section 1; The Near and Middle East)

The first comprehensive survey of the world's oldest known legal systems, this collaborative work of twenty-two scholars covers over 3,000 years of legal history of the Ancient Near East. Each of the book's chapters represents a review of the law of a particular period and region, e.g. the Egyptian Old Kingdom, by a specialist in that area. Within each chapter, the material is organized under standardized legal categories (e.g. constitutional law, family law) that make for easy cross-referencing. The chapters are arranged chronologically by millennium and within each millennium by the three major politico-cultural spheres of the region: Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Anatolia and the Levant. An introduction by the editor discusses the general character of Ancient Near Eastern Law. Contents of Volume One Preface Contributors Bibliographical Abbreviations Note on Transliteration Chronological Chart INTRODUCTION The Character of Ancient Near Eastern Law PART ONE: THIRD MILLENNIUM EGYPT Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period MESOPOTAMIA Early Dynastic and Sargonic Periods Neo-Sumerian Period (Ur III) ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT EBLA INTERNATIONAL LAW International Law in the Third Millennium PART TWO: SECOND MILLENNIUM EGYPT Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period New Kingdom MESOPOTAMIA Old Babylonian Period Old Assyrian Period Middle Babylonian Period Middle Assyrian Period Nuzi ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT The Hittite Kingdom Emar and Vicinity Alalakh Ugarit Canaan INTERNATIONAL LAW International Law in the Second Millennium: Middle Bronze Age International Law in the Second Millennium: Late Bronze Age PART THREE: FIRST MILLENNIUM EGYPT Third Intermediate Period Demotic Law Elephantine MESOPOTAMIA Neo-Assyrian Period Neo-Babylonian Period ANATOLIA AND THE LEVANT Israel INTERNATIONAL LAW International Law in the First Millennium Indices Subject Index A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Index of Ancient Terms Akkadian Aramaic Demotic Eblaite Egyptian Greek Hebrew Hittite Hurrian Old Persian Sumerian Ugaritic Index of Texts Cited Biblical Cuneiform Egyptian Elephantine Israelite (Epigraphical)