{"product_id":"chroniques-mesopotamiennes","title":"Mesopotamian Chronicles.","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMesopotamian Chronicles\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eare fragments of a tumultuous history, that of the founding and fall of conquering kingdoms, a history punctuated by battles, usurpations, shifting alliances, and violent deaths. In addition to a reflection on the royal institution, they also mention more varied facts: the slow mental decline of a Babylonian sovereign, pandemics, meteorological indications. They also inform us about how scholars viewed their work.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWithin them, two works stand out: the\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChronicle of the Monarchy\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, a political charter supported by a staging of history, and the\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChronicle of the Ésagil\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, a lesson in ethics and history addressed by a king to one of his peers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMesopotamian Chronicles\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, published in 1993, have enjoyed remarkable success, including an English translation in 2004. Since then, their corpus has grown significantly: it now includes 75 documents, the study of which has benefited greatly from their comparison with other types of sources. A new edition was therefore necessary, enhanced by an almost entirely renewed commentary. The sources are distributed between the 22nd\u003c\/span\u003e \u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eand\u003c\/sup\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2nd\u003c\/span\u003e \u003csup data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ecenturies\u003c\/sup\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBC. They trace the history of Mesopotamia from the beginnings, when the gods created royalty, to the end of the Seleucid Empire and the arrival of the Parthians.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Antinoë","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39835248918712,"sku":"1309","price":29.9,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/4043\/6408\/files\/8386.1683616912.jpg?v=1690561456","url":"https:\/\/anttopinoe.com\/en-en\/products\/chroniques-mesopotamiennes","provider":"Antinoë","version":"1.0","type":"link"}