Fritz Hommel (31 July1854, Ansbach-1936) was a German Orientalist. July 31 is the 212th day (213th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 153 days remaining. ... 1854 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... See Ansbach, Austria for the Austrian town of the same name. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Orientalism is the study of Near and Far Eastern societies and cultures, by Westerners. ...
Hommel studied in Leipzig and habilitated in 1877 in Munich, where he in 1885 became an extraordinary Professor for semitic languages. (help· info) [] (Sorbian/Lusatian: Lipsk) is the largest city in the Federal State (Bundesland) of Saxony in Germany. ... Munich (German: München, (pronounced listen) is the largest city and capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria. ... 14th century BC diplomatic letter in Akkadian, found in Tell Amarna. ...
As well as linguistic questions, he was also interested in the history of the Middle East, and its connection with culture and intellectual life, for example in Ancient Egypt. A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Ancient Egypt was an African civilization located along the upper Nile, reaching from the Nile Delta in the north to as far south as Jebel Barkal at the Fourth Cataract of the Nile at the time of its greatest extension (15th century BC). ...
Works
Die äthiopische Übersetzung des Physiologus (1877)
Die Namen der Säugetiere bei den südsemitischen Völkern (1879)
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