The Routledge handbook of the peoples and places of ancient western Asia : the Near East from the early Bronze Age to the fall of the Persian Empire / / Trevor Bryce ; in consultation with Heather D. Baker. [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455419503321
• Autore: Bryce Trevor <1940-, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2009
• ISBN: 1-136-72125-8; 1-299-28537-6; 1-134-15908-0; 1-282-31543-9; 1-78034-877-0; 9786612315435; 0-203-87550-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (944 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BakerHeather D
• Disciplina: 939/.4
• Soggetti: Excavations (Archaeology) - Middle East; Electronic books.; Middle East Civilization To 622; Middle East Antiquities
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; THE ROUTLEDGE HANDBOOK OF THE PEOPLES AND PLACES OF ANCIENT WESTERN ASIA:The Near East from the Early Bronze Age to the Fall of the Persian Empire; Copyright; CONTENTS; THE CONSULTANTS; LIST OF MAPS; LIST OF FIGURES; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; HISTORICAL OVERVIEW; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Appendix I: GENERAL CHRONOLOGY; Appendix II: THE MAJOR ROYAL DYNASTIES; Appendix III: A NOTE ON URARTIAN CHRONOLOGY; Appendix IV: GREEK AND ROMAN AUTHORS; GLOSSARY; GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX I: PEOPLES AND PLACES; INDEX II: PERSONS; INDEX III: DEITIES
• Sommario/riassunto: This 500,000 word reference work provides the most comprehensive ; general treatment available of the peoples and places of the regions commonly referred to as the ancient Near and Middle East - extending from the Aegean coast of Turkey in the west to the Indus river in the east. It contains some 1,500 entries on the kingdoms, countries, cities, and population groups of Anatolia, Cyprus, Syria-Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Iran and parts of Central Asia, from the Early Bronze Age to the end of the Persian empire. Five distinguished international scholars have collaborated with the author