02533nam 2200553 450 991079594690332120200520144314.097811187181791118718178(MiAaPQ)EBC7103983(CKB)24989717600041(MiAaPQ)EBC2065776(MiAaPQ)EBC4038057(Au-PeEL)EBL2065776(CaPaEBR)ebr11072222(CaONFJC)MIL809597(OCoLC)904507201(JP-MeL)3000110361(Au-PeEL)EBL7103983(OCoLC)1347029720(EXLCZ)992498971760004120150714h20162016 uy 0engur|||||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierA history of the ancient Near East ca. 3000-323 BC /Marc Van De Mieroop3rd edWest Sussex, England :John Wiley & Sons Ltd,2016.20161 online resource (437 pages) illustrations (some color)Blackwell History of the Ancient WorldPrevious ed.: 2007Includes bibliographical references (p. [370]-384) and indexIncludes bibliographical references and index.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.Blackwell history of the ancient world.Middle EastHistoryTo 622939/.4227njb/09939/.4njb/09Van de Mieroop Marc604556MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910795946903321History of the ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC1118999UNINA