Format:
XX, 400 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Edition:
Third edition
ISBN:
9781118718162
Series Statement:
Blackwell history of the ancient world
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Naher Osten
;
Geschichte 3000 v.Chr.-323 v.Chr.
;
Alter Orient
;
Geschichte 3000 v. Chr.-323 v. Chr.
Author information:
Van de Mieroop, Marc 1956-
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