Age of Empires
«The book covers a period of profound interest ... There is an enormous amount of material here that many people are now becoming aware of, but lack the specialist knowledge to know how to handle or what to make of ! It is a model of clarity, with excellent citations of texts. -- Professor Amelie Kuhrt, University College London Francis Joannes has produced an excellent work ... His experience gained over many years has enabled him to write this authoritative and informative synthesis of Assyrian and Babylonian history and culture of the first millennium BC. -- Professor Allan Millard, University of Liverpool The book covers a period of profound interest ... There is an enormous amount of material here that many people are now becoming aware of, but lack the specialist knowledge to know how to handle or what to make of ! It is a model of clarity, with excellent citations of texts. Francis Joannes has produced an excellent work ... His experience gained over many years has enabled him to write this authoritative and informative synthesis of Assyrian and Babylonian history and culture of the first millennium BC.»
This is a concise introduction to the history of the ancient Near East during the last millennium bc: Phoenicia, Palestine, the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian empires, the Persian Achaemenid empire, the empire of Alexander, and the vast Persian Seleucid empire founded by Seleucus around 300 bc and defeated by Pompey for Rome in 64 bc. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Edinburgh University Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780748617562
- Utgivelsesår
- 2004
- Format
- 23 x 16 cm
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«The book covers a period of profound interest ... There is an enormous amount of material here that many people are now becoming aware of, but lack the specialist knowledge to know how to handle or what to make of ! It is a model of clarity, with excellent citations of texts. -- Professor Amelie Kuhrt, University College London Francis Joannes has produced an excellent work ... His experience gained over many years has enabled him to write this authoritative and informative synthesis of Assyrian and Babylonian history and culture of the first millennium BC. -- Professor Allan Millard, University of Liverpool The book covers a period of profound interest ... There is an enormous amount of material here that many people are now becoming aware of, but lack the specialist knowledge to know how to handle or what to make of ! It is a model of clarity, with excellent citations of texts. Francis Joannes has produced an excellent work ... His experience gained over many years has enabled him to write this authoritative and informative synthesis of Assyrian and Babylonian history and culture of the first millennium BC.»
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