The Ancient Near East: History, Society and Economy

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Routledge, 4 dec 2013 - 648 pagina's

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 history of the Ancient Near East. The rich and varied illustrations for each historical period, augmented by new images for this edition, provide insights into the material and textual sources for the Ancient Near East. Many highlight the ingenuity and technological prowess of the peoples in the Ancient East. Never before available in English, The Ancient Near East represents one of the greatest books ever written on the subject and is a must read for students who will not have had the chance to explore the depth of Liverani’s scholarship.

 

Inhoudsopgave

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
The Middle Assyrian kingdom
Kassite Babylonia
PART V
Crisis and reorganisation
Israel
The Phoenicians
The Arameans in Syria and Mesopotamia
The NeoHittite states

The crisis of the second urbanisation
The Intermediate period of Isin and Larsa
The Old Assyrian period
Hammurabi of Babylon
Anatolia in the Old Hittite period
PART IV
technologies and ideologies
The rise of Mitanni
The Hittite empire
Syria and the Levant in the Late Bronze
Assyria Babylonia and Elam in the twelfth to ninth centuries
PART VI
The rise of the NeoAssyrian empire
The structure of the NeoAssyrian empire
The periphery of the NeoAssyrian empire
The fall of the empire and the rise of the Chaldeans
The Medes and the rise of the Persians
Conclusion
Annotated bibliography
Copyright

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The Ancient Near East: History, Society and Economy
Mario Liverani
Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2013

Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen

administrative agricultural Akkad Akkadian Amorite Anatolia ancient Aramean archaeological Ashur Assyrian Assyrian king attested Babylon became Bronze Age Carchemish centre century BC characterised cities communities complex conquered crisis cultivation culture deity Despite dynasty Early Dynastic East Ebla Eblaite economic Egypt Egyptian Elam Elamite empire Eshnunna Euphrates evidence Figure functionaries groups Hatti Hattusa Hittite Hurrian ideology inscriptions interventions Kassite Khabur kingdom kingship Kish Lagash land Larsa Late Bronze Age latter Levant linked located Lower Mesopotamia mainly managed Mari Mesopotamia Middle Euphrates military millennium BC Mitanni Moreover mountains namely Naram-Sin Neo-Hittite Neolithic Nippur nomadic Old Babylonian organisation palace period Persian phase Phoenician political population pottery production reconstruction region reign remained role royal rulers Sargon seal settlements Shamshi-Adad specialised structure Sumerian Susa Syria temple territories texts Tigris trade Ugarit Upper Mesopotamia Urartu urban urbanisation Uruk Uruk period villages Yamhad Zagros

Over de auteur (2013)

Mario Liverani is Professor of Ancient Near East History at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Bibliografische gegevens

TitelThe Ancient Near East: History, Society and Economy
AuteurMario Liverani
vertaald doorSoraia Tabatabai
Editiegeïllustreerd, geannoteerd
UitgeverRoutledge, 2013
ISBN1134750919, 9781134750917
Lengte648 pagina's
  
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