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Heidemarie Koch
19 books5 followersHeidemarie Koch studied mathematics as her major between 1963 and 1966. Subsequently, she worked was a teacher until 1972 in Hannover.
In 1972, she started Iranian Studies at the University of Gottingen and received her doctorate in 1976. The topic of her dissertation under Walther Hinz was Religious Conditions under Darius I with Reference to the Elamite Tablets of Persepolis. Koch took as her minor subjects Classical Archaeology, Byzantine Art History, and Christian Archaeology.
From 1977 to 1986 she was employed at the Department of Iranian Studies and Near Eastern Archaeology in University of Gottingen. In 1986, at the University of Marburg, she worked on the labor administration and the economy in the Persian heartland at the time of the Achaemenids. Then she taught as a lecturer. In 1990-91 Koch worked on research projects funded by German Research Foundation. Between 1993-94 she taught for two semesters as a substitute professor at the Goethe University in Frankfurt. Since 1995 she is a professor of Iranian Studies in the context of ancient history at the University of Marburg.
Her main subject areas are the Persian history and Persian languages of the pre-Islamic period. She puts special emphasis on the cultural and economic history, the management and the religion. She utilizes both written sources and the archaeological remains. A second research focus is the exploration of Elam and its neighboring regions, especially in terms of the influences that they exerted on the subsequent Persian Empire.
She is married to the Christian archaeologist Guntram Koch.
In 1972, she started Iranian Studies at the University of Gottingen and received her doctorate in 1976. The topic of her dissertation under Walther Hinz was Religious Conditions under Darius I with Reference to the Elamite Tablets of Persepolis. Koch took as her minor subjects Classical Archaeology, Byzantine Art History, and Christian Archaeology.
From 1977 to 1986 she was employed at the Department of Iranian Studies and Near Eastern Archaeology in University of Gottingen. In 1986, at the University of Marburg, she worked on the labor administration and the economy in the Persian heartland at the time of the Achaemenids. Then she taught as a lecturer. In 1990-91 Koch worked on research projects funded by German Research Foundation. Between 1993-94 she taught for two semesters as a substitute professor at the Goethe University in Frankfurt. Since 1995 she is a professor of Iranian Studies in the context of ancient history at the University of Marburg.
Her main subject areas are the Persian history and Persian languages of the pre-Islamic period. She puts special emphasis on the cultural and economic history, the management and the religion. She utilizes both written sources and the archaeological remains. A second research focus is the exploration of Elam and its neighboring regions, especially in terms of the influences that they exerted on the subsequent Persian Empire.
She is married to the Christian archaeologist Guntram Koch.
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January 26, 2023
I read the Persian translation of this book but for some reason can't find that version on this app🤷🏻♀️
Unlike what u'd read from most books on ancient Elam "written by men" -where u'd be confused with the time-line of the incidents, as these authors love to go back and forth, making the work incomprehensible for newbes- Heidemarie does a wonderful job going through the cultural side of Elam in a neat time-line.
U could be an absolute beginner in the history of this region and gain a lot of knowledge without confusion.
It also helps that Koch specifically focuses on what we know of the lives of women in ancient Elam. I saw some stuff here that I hadn't seen before in the two years I've been obsessed with the eastern part of ancient Mesopotamia.
Would love to read more books like this.
"زن و مار" به نگارش هایدماری کخ، بازگردانی شادی ابراهیمی
برخلاف بیشتر کتابهایی که درباره عیلام باستان نگاشته شدن و چنان ترتیببندی وقایعشان درهم است که مشخص است متخصصان این حیطه تنها مخاطب آنها هستند، این کتاب بیان بسیار شیوا و شرح تاریخ کاملا خطی و ترتیبی دارد که فهم آنرا حتی برای کسانی که پیشینهای از عیلامیان ندارند، آسان میکند.
علاوه بر آن، نوری که نویسنده بر یافتهها از ایزدبانوان و زندگی زنان در این سرزمین زن-محور میاندازد، کمتر در سایر کتابها به چشم میخورد.
Unlike what u'd read from most books on ancient Elam "written by men" -where u'd be confused with the time-line of the incidents, as these authors love to go back and forth, making the work incomprehensible for newbes- Heidemarie does a wonderful job going through the cultural side of Elam in a neat time-line.
U could be an absolute beginner in the history of this region and gain a lot of knowledge without confusion.
It also helps that Koch specifically focuses on what we know of the lives of women in ancient Elam. I saw some stuff here that I hadn't seen before in the two years I've been obsessed with the eastern part of ancient Mesopotamia.
Would love to read more books like this.
"زن و مار" به نگارش هایدماری کخ، بازگردانی شادی ابراهیمی
برخلاف بیشتر کتابهایی که درباره عیلام باستان نگاشته شدن و چنان ترتیببندی وقایعشان درهم است که مشخص است متخصصان این حیطه تنها مخاطب آنها هستند، این کتاب بیان بسیار شیوا و شرح تاریخ کاملا خطی و ترتیبی دارد که فهم آنرا حتی برای کسانی که پیشینهای از عیلامیان ندارند، آسان میکند.
علاوه بر آن، نوری که نویسنده بر یافتهها از ایزدبانوان و زندگی زنان در این سرزمین زن-محور میاندازد، کمتر در سایر کتابها به چشم میخورد.
September 9, 2025
Schöne Zusammenfassung und Übersicht zu einer wenig bekannten und auch etwas "untererforschten" Kultur. Dazu ist das Buch auch noch sehr schön bebildert. Hier und da hätte ich mir moch mehr Archaeologie gewūnscht. Vier Punkte dann allerdings nur, weil es keine Fussnoten gibt.
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