The Ancient Near East, C. 3000-330 BC, Volume 1The 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. |
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THE LEVANT c 1200c 720 385 | 1 |
The environment | 6 |
BABYLONIA c 900539 573 | 9 |
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Abydos Agade Akhenaten Akkadian Alalah Amarna Amenophis Amorite Amurru Anatolia ANET archives Arzawa Ashur Assyrian Babylon Babylonian brother campaigns Carchemish centre chapter chariot chronology court cult cultural dates daughter divine documents dynasty XVIII earlier Early Dynastic east Egyptian king Elam Elamite empire enemy Euphrates evidence excavations father frontier gods Hammurabi Hatti Hattusa Hattusili Hittite Hittite king Hurrian Hyksos important inscriptions Isin Kanesh kārum Kassite king's kingship Kurunta Lagash land Larsa later Levant Lichtheim lord Lower Egypt majesty Mari material Mesopotamia Middle Kingdom military Mitanni Mitannian Mursili Muwatalli Naram-Sin Nippur nome north Syria Nubia officials Old Assyrian Old Kingdom palace period political probably problems Ramesses Ramesses II region reign royal rule rulers Sargon scholars Shamshi-Adad Shaushga stele Sumerian Suppiluliuma tablet Tarhuntassa Telepinu temple territory texts Theban Thebes throne tombs trade treaty Tudhaliya Tuthmosis Tuthmosis III Ugarit Ur III Uruk