| Description |
1 online resource (xxiv, 619 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
The ancient Near East as a historical problem -- The geography of the ancient Near East -- The Neolithic and Chalcolithic periods -- The urban revolution -- The rise and fall of the first urbanisation -- Mesopotamia in the early dynastic period -- The rise of Ebla -- The Akkadian empire -- The third dynasty of Ur -- The crisis of the second urbanisation -- The "intermediate period" of Isin and Larsa -- The old Assyrian period -- The Mari age -- Hammurabi of Babylon -- Anatolia in the old Hittite period -- The late Bronze Age : technologies and ideologies -- The rise of Mitanni -- The Hittite empire -- Syria and the Levant in the late Bronze Age -- The middle Assyrian kingdom -- Kassite Babylonia -- Crisis and reorganization -- Israel -- The Phoenicians -- The Arameans in Syria and Mesopotamia -- The neo-Hittite states -- Assyria, Babylonia, and Elam in the 12th to 9th century BC -- The rise of the neo-Assyrian empire -- The structure of the neo-Assyrian empire -- The periphery of the neo-Assyrian empire -- The fall of the empire and the rise of the Chaldeans -- The Medes and the rise of the Persians |
| Summary |
The Ancient Near East reveals three millennia of history (c. 3500-500 bc) in a single work. Liverani draws upon over 25 years' worth of experience and this personal odyssey has enabled him to retrace the history of the peoples of the Ancient Near East. The history of the Sumerians, Hittites, Assyrians, Babylonians and more is meticulously detailed by one of the leading scholars of Assyriology. Utilizing research derived from the most recent archaeological finds, the text has been fully revised for this English edition and explores Liverani's current thinking on the hi |
| Notes |
"Originally published in Italian as Antico Oriente ©1988, 2011, Gius. Laterza & Figli." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
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| SUBJECT |
Middle East -- History -- To 622.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090507
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| Subject |
Middle East.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Tabatabai, Soraia, translator.
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| ISBN |
9781134750917 |
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1134750919 |
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9781315879895 |
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1315879891 |
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1134750846 |
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9781134750849 |
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9781306185820 |
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1306185823 |
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