The Amorites: a political history of Mesopotamia in the early second millennium BCE

"This study of the political history of Mesopotamia - today's Iraq and Syria - in the Old Babylonian period (ca. 2000-1600 BCE) is the first comprehensive historical synthesis of this kind published in English after many decades. Based on numerous written sources in Sumerian and Akkadian -...

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Main Authors: Ṿaserman, Natan 1962- (Author), Blokh, Yigʼal (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston Brill [2023]
Series:Culture and history of the ancient Near East volume 133
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"This study of the political history of Mesopotamia - today's Iraq and Syria - in the Old Babylonian period (ca. 2000-1600 BCE) is the first comprehensive historical synthesis of this kind published in English after many decades. Based on numerous written sources in Sumerian and Akkadian - royal inscriptions, letters, law collections, economic records, etc. - and on up-to-date research, it presents the region's political history in a meticulous geographic and chronological manner. This allows the interested academic and non-academic reader an in-depth view into the scene of ancient Mesopotamia ruled by competing dynasties of West Semitic (Amorite) origin, with a complex web of political and tribal connections between them"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XVII, 570 Seiten Illustrationen ; Karten
ISBN:9789004546585

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