A history of the ancient Near East: ca. 3000-323 BC

Introductory concerns -- Part I. City-states -- Origins : the Uruk phenomenon -- Competing city-states : the early dynastic period -- Political centralization in the late third millennium -- The Near East in the early second millennium -- The growth of territorial states in the early second millenni...

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Main Author: Van de Mieroop, Marc 1956- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester Wiley Blackwell 2016
Edition:Third edition
Series:Blackwell history of the ancient world
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Summary:Introductory concerns -- Part I. City-states -- Origins : the Uruk phenomenon -- Competing city-states : the early dynastic period -- Political centralization in the late third millennium -- The Near East in the early second millennium -- The growth of territorial states in the early second millennium -- Part II. Territorial states -- The club of the great powers -- The western states of the late second millennium -- Kassites, Assyrians, and Elamites -- The collapse of the regional system and its aftermath -- Part III. Empires -- The Near East at the start of the first millennium -- The rise of Assyria -- Assyria's world domination -- The Medes and Babylonians -- The creation of a world empire : Persia -- Governing a world empire : Persia -- Epilogue -- King lists -- Guide to further reading -- Comprehensive time line
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XX, 400 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781118718162

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