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ARCH 0351 / AWAS 0800 Introduction to the Ancient Near East

Dive into the rich history and modern interpretations of Babylon, from the ancient Near East to contemporary colonialisms. Unveil the mysteries of Babylon through archaeological sites, mytho-poetic creatures, and cultural spectacles.

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ARCH 0351 / AWAS 0800 Introduction to the Ancient Near East

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  1. ARCH 0351 / AWAS 0800 Introduction to the Ancient Near East Department of Egyptology and Ancient Western Asian Studies Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World Brown University ~ Fall 2009

  2. Door to the Oriental Institute at Chicago, established in 1919 by James Henry Breasted "as a laboratory for the study of the rise and development of ancient civilization".

  3. The torch of civilization Tympanum over the entrance to the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago

  4. Hittite biscuits An Early Bronze age ritual standard, Alacahoyuk, Turkey Ankara: the contemporary ancient past

  5. Possessing the ancient past (contemporary colonialisms) in the Middle East

  6. Looting of the Iraq Museum, Baghdad

  7. Where is Babylon?

  8. Babylon, Ishtar Gate 6th c. BC Babylon, Tower of Babel 16th c. AD Pieter Brueghel, the Elder (1525-1569) Babylon, archaeological site, military base 21th c. AD Three Babylons

  9. Seven Wonders of the World (or... the medieval European imagination of antiquity) Hanging Gardens of Babylon idea of paradeisos: exotic royal garden in the ancient Near East?

  10. Situationist Utopian city “New Babylon” by Dutch artist Constant Nieuwenhuys Alejandro González Iñárritu (dir). 2006 Babylon:modern imaginations

  11. Babylonian map of the world (“mappa mundi”) on clay tablet Early-mid 1st millennium BC. Probably from Borsippa, Southern Iraq. Now in British Museum.

  12. Creatures of Marduk beyond the marrutu (river-ocean) the anzû-bird, the scorpion-man (girtablullû), sea-serpent (mušhuššu), gazelle (armu, sabītu), zebu, water-buffalo (apsasû), panther (nimru), bull-man (kusarikku), lion (nēšu), wolf (barbaru), red-deer (lulīmu), hyena (būsu), male/female monkey (pagû/pagītu), ibex (turāhu), ostrich (lurmu), cat (šurānu), chameleon (hurbabillu). The “known world” and its fictitious mytho-poetic margins.

  13. Babylon = Babili = TIN.TIRKI Image of the city in Babylonian “topographical texts” “Babylon, the bond of heaven and the underworld, Babylon, the city of festivals, rejoicing and dancing, Babylon, the city whose people continually celebrate festivals, Babylon, the sacred city, Babylon, which is granted full measure of wisdom, Babylon, which recites a spell for all creation, Babylon, house of reason and counsel”

  14. Phrygia Hattusha Lydia Urartu Karkamish Nineveh Medes Kalhu Pheonicians Assyria Babylon Nippur Jerusalem Chaldeans Uruk Persepolis Ur

  15. Sedimentation of history: the making of a powerful place Babylon: Ishtar Gate 6th c. BC Neo-Babylonian kingdom Babylon: Tower of Babel 16th c. AD Pieter Brueghel, the Elder (1525-1569) Babylon: archaeological site, military base 21th c. AD urban spectacle mytho-poetic imagination political conflict Three Babylons: three spectacles, three sites of historical representation

  16. Where is Babylon? Babylon transported: many babylons

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