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Vincent Martenet has been invited by the College of France’s assembly at the recommendation of Professor Samantha Besson. Vincent …
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Abstract The writing of history is by definition conditioned by the sources available. The history of Upper Mesopotamia is no exception to this rule. The various political groupings that developed there are documented by sources whose nature varies …
17:00 to 17:30
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Abstract When the Émar site was discovered in 1972, specialists hoped to discover the city mentioned in the Mari sources in the Amorite period, and thus document a new major Middle Bronze urban center on the Euphrates. However, after six excavation …
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Abstract The political geography of Southwest Asia was transformed by non-state actors during the second quarter of the second millennium BC. These were often mercenaries or militias engaged beyond the borders of established territorial states, who rarely …
15:30 to 16:00
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Abstract In the 1990s, Mirjo Salvini published the Labarna letter and the Ḫabiru prism, providing the first glimpse into the 'Dark Age', a period in the mid-second millennium characterized by significant gaps in the historical record. Both cuneiform texts …
15:00 to 15:30
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Abstract Several sources provide us with information on the early reign of Samsī-Addu before the capture of Mari, such as the eponymous Chronicles of Mari , the Assyrian King List ( AKL ) or a few rare documents from Aššur, Tell Leilan (the ancient …
14:30 to 15:00
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Abstract Excavated from 1977 onwards by the Italian mission of the Centro Ricerche Archeologiche e Scavi of Turin as part of the salvage operations in the Hamrin basin, Tell Yelkhi has proved to be one of the major sites in the region. For the …
12:30 to 13:00
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Abstract In the spirit of the PCEHM project, which articulates the notions of power and written culture by studying the reciprocal influences of these two phenomena in Upper Mesopotamia of the XVIII th century BC, it seemed interesting to consider the …
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Abstract During the 1935-1936 excavation campaign at the Mari-Tell Hariri site in Syria, thirty-two models of livers bearing oracular statements were discovered in room 108 of the Grand Palais Royal. Epigraphic and linguistic analysis of these …
11:30 to 12:00
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Al-Khudayri Street in Cairo (détail), Alberto Pasini, 1860. Public domain. Presentation Paul Casanova, professor of Arabic language and literature at the Collège de France and a specialist in Egypt, died in Cairo in 1926. Born in Algeria in 1861, he had …
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Abstract Fragment ARM 25 725, recently re-edited by M. Guichard, contains accusations of theft against Mukannišum, the omnipresent steward of the palace of Mari during the Zimri-Lim period. This exceptional text has never been the subject of specialized …
10:30 to 11:00
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Abstract The alliance between the Aleppo king Yarim-Lim and his Mari counterpart Zimri-Lim was a key element in the international politics of their time. Yet the number of texts directly documenting this alliance is relatively limited. In 1972, Maurice …
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Age of the ocean floor (detail), 1996 …
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Gilles Bransbourg
The Plague and the End of the Ancient World: It’s Not That Simple. A view from Egypt
Gilles Bransbourg
The Plague and the End of the Ancient World: It’s Not That Simple. A view from Egypt
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Left: P.Oxy. LXXXIV 5458. Account of Grain Received, dating from the mid-6th century CE. © Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri. CC Attribution 3.0 License. Right: Fresco depicting the Isis Geminiana being loaded, from columbarium 31 of the necropolis at …
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Patrick Boucheron
Concluding debate
Patrick Boucheron
Concluding debate
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Session 4: European history put to the test of the world …
16:15 to 16:45
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Abstract This paper provides an overview of Sumhu-rabi's correspondence, comprising some fifty letters, most of which have been previously unpublished. A former servant of Yasmah-Addu who rallied to Zimrî-Lîm, Sumhu-rabi was appointed governor (šâpiṭum ) …
15:00 to 15:30
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Session 4: The history of Europe put to the test of the world Moderation by: Patrick Boucheron (Collège de France) …
14:30 to 16:00
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Session 4: European history put to the test of the world …
14:00 to 14:30
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Rakaia Overview This conference will bring together researchers specializing in functional ecology, landscape ecology and genetics, and sustainability sciences to discuss the latest findings on the mechanisms linking landscape structure, biodiversity, and …
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Session 3: The social uses of the world history of nations Moderated by: Nicolas Delalande (Sciences Po Paris) …
11:30 to 12:45
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Session 3: The social uses of the world history of nations …
11:00 to 11:30
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Abstract Animals constitute a reservoir of images frequently mobilized in Mesopotamian literature. Sumerian proverbs, many of which feature a vast bestiary, attribute various behaviors to species that function as metaphors for human behavior, revealing a …
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