The Ancient Near East, C. 3000-330 BC

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Taylor & Francis US, 1995 - History - 782 pages
"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. It was a region of enormous cultural, political and linguistic diversity. In this authoritative new study, Amélie Kuhrt examines its history from the earliest written documents to the conquest of Alexander the Great, c.3000-330 BC. This work dispels many of the misapprehensions which have surrounded the study of the region. 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. The Ancient Near East is an essential text for all students of history of this region and a valuable introduction for students and scholars working in related subjects, --Cover".
 

Contents

List of figures ix
375
Political transformation and the great empires c 1200330
383
8b The Aramaeans
393
8c The survival of Late Bronze Age centres
401
the formation of a small Levantine state c 1200900
417
8e The states of the Levant and the Assyrian empire in the ninth
458
THE NEOASSYRIAN EMPIRE 934610
473
9c Imperial expansion and consolidation 744c 630
493
705627
582
11d The NeoBabylonian dynasty 626539
589
11e The NeoBabylonian empire
603
11f The cities of Babylonia in the Late Babylonian period
610
EGYPT c 1000525
623
664525
636
THE ACHAEMENID EMPIRE c 550330
647
13c The formation of the empire
656

9d The structure of the Assyrian empire
501
9e The fall of Assyria
540
ANATOLIA c 900c 550
547
10b Phrygia and Lydia
562
BABYLONIA c 900539
573
13d Achaemenid history and its problems
667
13e The structure of the Achaemenid empire
676
Bibliography
703
Index
763
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