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A history of the ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC
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ISBN: 063122551X 0631225528 9780631225522 Year: 2004 Volume: [1] Publisher: Malden (Mass.): Blackwell,

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This book presents a clear, concise history of the extraordinarily multicultural civilizations of the Ancient Near East. Beginning with the emergence of writing around 3000 BC, the narrative ranges from the origins of the first cities in Mesopotamia, through the growth of the Babylonian and Hittite kingdoms, to the Assyrian and Persian empires. It ends with the transformation of the Ancient Near East by the conquests of Alexander the Great. * A straightforward and concise narrative of the complex history of the ancient Near East. * Addresses political, social, and cultural developments. * Contains in-depth discussion of key texts and sources, including the Bible and the Epic of Gilgamesh. * Includes a selection of Near Eastern texts in translation. * Accompanied by plentiful maps and illustrations.


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The Oxford handbook of ancient Iran
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ISBN: 9780190668662 9780199733309 0199733309 Year: 2013 Publisher: New York : Oxford University press,

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Iran's heritage is as varied as it is complex, and the archaeological, philological, and linguisitc scholarship of the region has not been the focus of a a synoptic study for many decades. Thus, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Iran fills a longstanding gap in the literature of the ancient Near East, providing up-to-date, authoritative essays by leading specialists based both inside and outside of Iran on a wide range of topics extending from the earliest Paleolithic settlements in the Pleistocene era to the Islamic conquest in the 7th century AD. The volume is divided into sections covering prehstory, the Chalcolithic, the Bronze Age, the Iron Age, the Achaemenid period, the Seleucid and Arsacid periods, and the Sasanian period, concluding with the Arab conquest of Iran. In addition, more specialized chapters are included that treat numismatics (Elymaean, Arsacid, Persid and Sasanian), religion (the Avesta and Zoroastrianism), languages (proto-Elamite, Elamite, Akkadian, Old Persian, Greek, Aramaic, Parthian and Middle Persian), political ideology, calendrics, textiles, administrative seals and sealing, Sasanian silver and reliefs, and political relations with Rome and Byzantium. No other single volume covers as much of Iran's archaeology and history with the same degree of authority. This work will be of vast interest to a wide range of students and scholars, from archaeologists and art historians to philologists, Classicists, ancient historians, religious historians, and numismatists

Geschichte des Alten Orients bis zur Zeit Alexanders des Grossen.
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ISBN: 3525516851 9783525516850 352551686X 9783525516867 3666516858 Year: 2001 Publisher: Göttingen Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht

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Knapp, prazise und auf dem neuesten Wissensstand informiert diese Geschichte des Alten Orients Spezialisten wie Laien uber den Verlauf der Geschichte in Agypten, Mesopotamien, Kleinasien, Syrien und Palastina vom 3. Jahrtausend v.Chr. bis zum Ende des Groareichs der Achameniden (550-330 v.Chr.). Im Mittelpunkt steht die den schriftlichen Quellen entnommene politische Geschichte. Dank groaer Fortschritte auf archaologischem und epigrafischem Gebiet lassen sich aber auch okonomische, gesellschaftliche und religiose Entwicklungen aufzeigen. Das Buch zeichnet sich durch eine klare Gliederung der gewaltigen Stoffmenge aus. Die chronologisch angeordneten Kapitel sind nach Gebieten unterteilt. Eine kapitelweise Lekture informiert somit uber einzelne Epochen; folgt man den Kapiteluntergliederungen, erhalt man fortlaufende Geschichtsdarstellungen einzelner Lander. Zehn Zeittafeln vermitteln einen soliden Uberblick; wer sich umfassender mit der Materie beschaftigen will, wird die allgemeine Bibliografie und die nach Themen geordneten Literaturzusammenstellungen als wahre Fundgruben schatzen.Ubersetzung von De Wereld van de Bijbel, Bijbels Handboek Deel I, Kampen 2. Auflage 1986 (fur die deutsche Ausgabe uberarbeitet und aktualisiert).

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