Screen LibraryThe Oxford history of the ancient Near East. Volume II, From the end of the Third Millennium BC to the fall of Babylon /
"The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East offers a comprehensive and fully illustrated survey of the history of Egypt and Western Asia (Levant, Anatolia, Mesopotamia and Iran) in five volumes, from the emergence of complex states to the conquest of Alexander of Great. The authors represent a...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2022] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East offers a comprehensive and fully illustrated survey of the history of Egypt and Western Asia (Levant, Anatolia, Mesopotamia and Iran) in five volumes, from the emergence of complex states to the conquest of Alexander of Great. The authors represent a highly international mix of leading academics whose expertise brings alive the people, places and times of the remote past. The emphasis lies firmly on the political and social histories of the states and communities under investigation. The individual chapters present the key textual and material sources underpinning the historical reconstruction, giving special attention to the most recent archaeological finds and how they have impacted our interpretation. The first volume covers the long period from the mid-tenth millennium to the late third millennium BC and presents the history of the Near East in ten chapters "From the Beginnings to Old Kingdom Egypt and the Dynasty of Akkad". Key topics include the domestication of animals and plants, the first permanent settlements, the subjugation and appropriation of the natural environment, the emergence of complex states and belief systems, the invention of the earliest writing systems and the wide-ranging trade networks that linked diverse population groups across deserts, mountains and oceans"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xx, 952 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780190687571 0190687576 9780190687854 0190687851 9780190687601 0190687606 |
| Index Number: | DT60 |
| CLC: | K411.03 |
| Call Number: | K411.03/O984/v.2 |
| Contents: |
From the beginnings to Old Kingdom Egypt and the dynasty of Akkad. Prehistoric Western Asia / Prehistoric Egypt / The Uruk phonomenon / Early dyanastic Egypt / Egypt's Old Kingdom: a view from within / Egypt's Old Kingdom in contact with the world / Egypt's Old Kingdom: perspectives on culture and society / The Early Daynastic Near East / The kingdom of Akkad: a view from within / The kingdom of Akkad in contact with the world / From the End of the Third Millennium BC to the Fall of Babylon. Establishing an absolute chronology of the Middle Bronze Age / Egypt in the First Intermediate Period / The kingdom of Ur / The Middle East after the fall of Ur: Isin and Larsa / The Middle East after the fall of Ur: from Assur to the Levant / The Middle East after the Fall of Ur: from Ešnunna and the Zagros to Susa / Before the kingdom of the Hittites: Anatolia in the Middle Bronze Age / The kingdom of Babylon and the kingdom of the Sealand / Egypt's Middle Kingdom: a view from within / Middle Kingdom Egypt and Africa / Middle Kingdom Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean / Egypt's Middle Kingdom: perspectives on culture and society / From the Hyksos to the Late Second Millennium BC. The Hyksos State / Upper Egypt before the New Kingdom / Early Kush: the Kingdom of Kerma / The New Kingdom of Egypt under the 18th Dynasty / The New Kingdom of Egypt under the Ramesside |