The Ancient East and Us.
Plural| N° d'inventaire | 14578 |
| Format | 11 x 18 |
| Détails | 256 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2011 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782818501153 |
From Sumer and Akkad comes writing, which, in the 4th millennium BC, on the soil of present-day Iraq, gave birth to deductive reasoning, opened new economic horizons, and made a universal religion possible. Elamites, Achaemenids, Jews, and Greeks forged unprecedented links between the here and the invisible world through the alphabet and language. The Greeks, partly inspired by Babylon, invented the world of politics and civic religion. Thus, Aramaic, Jewish, Persian, and Greek cultures have continually intersected over the centuries, including in Islam. The investigation conducted in this book by the three authors reveals the common heritage of the multiple currents emerging from the civilizations of the Tigris and Euphrates.
From Sumer and Akkad comes writing, which, in the 4th millennium BC, on the soil of present-day Iraq, gave birth to deductive reasoning, opened new economic horizons, and made a universal religion possible. Elamites, Achaemenids, Jews, and Greeks forged unprecedented links between the here and the invisible world through the alphabet and language. The Greeks, partly inspired by Babylon, invented the world of politics and civic religion. Thus, Aramaic, Jewish, Persian, and Greek cultures have continually intersected over the centuries, including in Islam. The investigation conducted in this book by the three authors reveals the common heritage of the multiple currents emerging from the civilizations of the Tigris and Euphrates.