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Women At The Dawn Of History, Agnete Wisti Lassen, Klaus Wagensonner
Women At The Dawn Of History, Agnete Wisti Lassen, Klaus Wagensonner
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This lavishly illustrated volume gives a voice to women who lived millennia ago in Mesopotamia, present-day Iraq, Syria and Turkey, and explores their roles, representations and contributions to society.
Tens of thousands of cuneiform texts, monumental sculptures, and images on terracotta reliefs and cylinder seals cast light on the fates of women at the dawn of history, from queens to female slaves. In the patriarchal world of ancient Mesopotamia, women were often represented in their relation to men—as mothers, daughters, or wives—giving the impression that a woman’s place was in the home. But, as we explore in this volume, they …
Mara Bojic, Marija Maracic, Josipa Karaca
Nevenka Vazgec, Marija Maracic, Josipa Karaca
Janja Majstorovic, Marija Maracic, Josipa Karaca