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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460372203321

Autore

Van de Mieroop Marc

Titolo

A history of the ancient Near East ca. 3000-323 BC / / Marc Van De Mieroop

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Sussex, England : , : John Wiley & Sons Ltd, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-118-71817-8

1-118-71823-2

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (492 p.)

Collana

Blackwell History of the Ancient World

Disciplina

939/.4

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Middle East History To 622

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 index.

Nota di contenuto

""Series""; ""Title page""; ""Copyright""; ""List of Debates""; ""List of Boxes""; ""List of Documents""; ""Preface""; ""Author's Note""; ""1 Introductory Concerns""; ""1.1 What Is the Ancient Near East?""; ""1.2 The Sources""; ""1.3 Geography""; ""1.4 Prehistoric Developments""; ""Part I City-States""; ""2 Origins: The Uruk Phenomenon""; ""2.1 The Origins of Cities""; ""2.2 The Development of Writing and Administration""; ""2.3 The "Uruk Expansion"""; ""2.4 Uruk's Aftermath""; ""Note""; ""3 Competing City-States: The Early Dynastic Period""

""13.1 The Creation of an Imperial Structure""""13.2 The Defeat of the Great Rivals""; ""13.3 The Administration and Ideology of the Empire""; ""13.4 Assyrian Culture""; ""13.5 Assyria's Fall""; ""Notes""; ""14 The Medes and Babylonians""; ""14.1 The Medes and the Anatolian States""; ""14.2 The Neo-Babylonian Dynasty""; ""Notes""; ""15 The Creation of a World Empire: Persia""; ""15.1 The Sources and Their Challenges""; ""15.2 The Rise of Persia and Its Expansion""; ""15.3 Governance of the Subject States""; ""15.4 The Creation of an Imperial Structure""

""16 Governing a World Empire: Persia""