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The Ancient near East C3000-330 BC: Vol II

By Amelie Kuhrt

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1997
ISBN
0415167647, 9780415167642
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
44 MB (45754966 bytes)
Series
The Routledge History of the Ancient World
Edition
1
Pages
782\424
Time added
2022-11-18 06:04:43

Description

The ancient Near East embraces a vast geographical area, from the borders of Iran and Afghanistan in the east to the Levant and Anatolia, and from the Black Sea in the north to Egypt in the south. In this authoritative study, Amelie Kuhrt examines its history from the earliest written documents to the conquest of Alexander the Great, c. 3000-330 B. C. It provides a lucid, up-to-date narrative which takes into account the latest archaeological and textual discoveries and deals with the complex problems of interpretation and methodology. List of figures, List of maps, List of tables, Abbreviations, Part III Political transformation and the great empires (c. 1200-330), 8. The Levant c. 1200 - c. 720, 9. The Neo-Assyrian Empire (934-610), 10. Anatolia c. 900 - c. 550, 11. Babylonia c. 900-539, 12. Egypt c. 1000-525, 13. The Achaemenid Empire (c. 550-330), Notes, Bibliography, Index.

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