1. Assyrian scholarship: science or superstition?

What do we mean by 'science'?

Should we be judging ancient cultures by modern standards, or trying to understand them on their own terms?

Case study: coloured glass

Case study: time

There are no clearly demarcated boundaries between Assyrian 'science' and 'not-science'. In order to understand their intellectual world we need to put aside our own assumptions about disciplinary boundaries and study a wide range of writings, objects and contexts.

Further reading

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