R J Van Der Spek
Biographic Data
| ID | 699654 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R J Van Der Spek |
| GIVEN NAMES | R J |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Der Spek |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DER SPEK R J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Challenge of the Astronomical Diaries from Babylon
The Astronomical Diaries are a unique corpus of documents from Babylon containing daily observations of celestial and terrestrial phenomena in the last half millennium before the Common Era. They provide direct information on how Babylonian scholars conducted scientific research and viewed political, economic, and religious events of their time-in other words, how they experienced their era. The book under review is a good introduction to this co…
Latest on Seleucid Empire Building in the East
Sonja Plischke's Die Seleukiden und Iran is an attempt to study Seleucid empire building in Iran. In view of the fact that indigenous written sources from Iran are practically absent, Plischke decided to include Babylonia in this work, since the written cuneiform evidence from that region is fairly abundant. She detects some general tendencies-such as religious policy and the general wish to connect the different parts of the empire-supported by …
An Introduction to the Ancient World
An Introduction to the Ancient World offers a thorough survey of the history of the ancient Near East, Greece and Rome. Covering the social, political, economic and cultural processes that have influenced later western and Near Eastern civilisations, this volume considers subjects such as the administrative structures, economies and religions of the ancient Near East, Athenian democracy, the development of classical Greek literature, the interact…
Money, Currency and Crisis
An Introduction to the Ancient World
Integrating the results of scholarly work from the past decade, the authors of An Introduction to the Ancient World, Lukas de Blois and R.J. van der Spek, have fully-updated and revised all sixteen chapters of this best-selling introductory textbook. Covering the history and culture of the ancient Near East, Greece and Rome within the framework of a short narrative history of events, this book offers an easily readable, integrated overview for st…
Latest on Seleucid Empire Building in the East
Sonja Plischke's Die Seleukiden und Iran is an attempt to study Seleucid empire building in Iran. In view of the fact that indigenous written sources from Iran are practically absent, Plischke decided to include Babylonia in this work, since the written cuneiform evidence from that region is fairly abundant. She detects some general tendencies-such as religious policy and the general wish to connect the different parts of the empire-supported by …
An Introduction to the Ancient World
An Introduction to the Ancient World offers a thorough survey of the history of the ancient Near East, Greece and Rome. Covering the social, political, economic and cultural processes that have influenced later western and Near Eastern civilisations, this volume considers subjects such as the administrative structures, economies and religions of the ancient Near East, Athenian democracy, the development of classical Greek literature, the interact…
An Introduction to the Ancient World
Integrating the results of scholarly work from the past decade, the authors of An Introduction to the Ancient World, Lukas de Blois and R.J. van der Spek, have fully-updated and revised all sixteen chapters of this best-selling introductory textbook. Covering the history and culture of the ancient Near East, Greece and Rome within the framework of a short narrative history of events, this book offers an easily readable, integrated overview for st…
An Introduction to the Ancient World
Integrating the results of scholarly work from the past decade, the authors of An Introduction to the Ancient World, Lukas de Blois and R.J. van der Spek, have fully-updated and revised all sixteen chapters of this best-selling introductory textbook. Covering the history and culture of the ancient Near East, Greece and Rome within the framework of a short narrative history of events, this book offers an easily readable, integrated overview for st…
Money, Currency and Crisis
An Introduction to the Ancient World
An Introduction to the Ancient World offers a thorough survey of the history of the ancient Near East, Greece and Rome. Covering the social, political, economic and cultural processes that have influenced later western and Near Eastern civilisations, this volume considers subjects such as the administrative structures, economies and religions of the ancient Near East, Athenian democracy, the development of classical Greek literature, the interact…
Latest on Seleucid Empire Building in the East
Sonja Plischke's Die Seleukiden und Iran is an attempt to study Seleucid empire building in Iran. In view of the fact that indigenous written sources from Iran are practically absent, Plischke decided to include Babylonia in this work, since the written cuneiform evidence from that region is fairly abundant. She detects some general tendencies-such as religious policy and the general wish to connect the different parts of the empire-supported by …
Challenge of the Astronomical Diaries from Babylon
The Astronomical Diaries are a unique corpus of documents from Babylon containing daily observations of celestial and terrestrial phenomena in the last half millennium before the Common Era. They provide direct information on how Babylonian scholars conducted scientific research and viewed political, economic, and religious events of their time-in other words, how they experienced their era. The book under review is a good introduction to this co…
History (5 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · ancient (2 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (2 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Ancient Near East History (2 works) · civilization (2 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (2 works)