A History of the Ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC

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John Wiley & Sons, 03‏/08‏/2015 - 432 من الصفحات
Incorporating the latest scholarly research, the third edition of A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000–323 BC presents a comprehensive overview of the multicultural civilizations of the ancient Near East.

  • Integrates the most up-to-date research, and includes a richer selection of supplementary materials
  • Addresses the wide variety of political, social, and cultural developments in the ancient Near East
  • Updated features include new “Key Debate” boxes at the end of each chapter to engage students with various perspectives on a range of critical issues; a comprehensive timeline of events; and 46 new illustrations, including 12 color photos
  • Features a new chapter addressing governance and continuity in the region during the Persian Empire
  • Offers in-depth, accessible discussions of key texts and sources, including the Bible and the Epic of Gilgamesh
 

المحتوى

CityStates 19
21
The Early Dynastic Period
44
Political Centralization in the Late Third Millennium
67
The Near East in the Early Second Millennium
90
The Growth of Territorial States in the Early Second
113
Territorial States
135
The Western States of the Late Second Millennium
159
Kassites Assyrians and Elamites
182
Assyrias World Domination
265
southern marshes
271
The Medes and Babylonians
289
Persia
308
Persia
327
Epilogue
346
Guide to Further Reading
364
Bibliography
370

The Collapse of the Regional System and Its Aftermath
202
PartIII Empires
221
The Rise of Assyria
246
Comprehensive Time Line
385
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نبذة عن المؤلف (2015)

Marc Van De Mieroop is Professor of History at Columbia University. He is the author of many books on various aspects of the histories of the ancient Near East and Egypt, including The Ancient Mesopotamian City (1997, 1999), King Hammurabi of Babylon (Blackwell, 2004), The Eastern Mediterranean in the Age of Ramesses II (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009), and A History of Ancient Egypt (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010).

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