1st Edition
The Age of Agade Inventing Empire in Ancient Mesopotamia
Introduction 1. The Rise and Fall of the Akkadian Empire 2. The Land and People of Akkad 3. Akkadian Centers and Settlements 4. Works and Days 5. Industries and Crafts 6. Religion 7. Statecraft and the Military 8. Trade, Business, and the Economy 9. Arts, Letters, and Numeracy 10. Akkadian Human Values 11. The Akkadian Period in Retrospect 12. The Akkadian Period in Modern Historiography Appendix I: Akkadian Royal Inscriptions Appendix II: The Works Attributed to Enheduanna Appendix III: Two Sumerian Poems about the Akkadian Period Bibliography
Biography
Benjamin Foster is Professor of Assyriology at Yale University, USA.
"Foster offers rich references and well-documented endnotes for graduate students and specialists who desire to dive into Assyriology, provides a comprehensive and updated bibliography, and draws ample evidence from Mesopotamian sources (inscriptions, tablets of administrative records, artifacts, literature) and modern scholarship. Summing Up: Highly recommended"
- H. Chang, Elon University, USA, in CHOICE
"Needless to say, Benjamin R. Foster’s comprehensive overview of the Akkadian Empire, The Age of Agade, is indispensable. Beyond important summaries of Soviet historians in the book, Foster’s wealth of knowledge as a leading scholar in Assyriology marks The Age of Agade as a must-read, especially for beginning scholars or those beginning to research the period ... I highly recommend this work to scholars working in the field of Assyriology or Mesopotamian history and to non-specialists looking for an comprehensive understanding of the Akkadian era."
- William Brown on The Biblical Review (thebiblicalreview.wordpress.com), 2016
