Description |
xviii, 313 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. |
Series |
Blackwell history of the ancient world
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Blackwell history of the ancient world.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-302) and index. |
Contents |
Introductory concerns -- Part 1: City-states -- Chapter 2: Origins: the uruk phenomenon -- Chapter 3: Competing city-states: the early dynastic period -- Chapter 4: Political centralization in the late third millennium -- Chapter 5: The near east in the early second millennium -- Chapter 6: The growth of territorial states in the early second millennium -- Part 2: Territorial states -- Chapter 7: The club of the great powers -- Chapter 8: The western states of the late second millennium -- Chapter 9: Kassites, assyrians, and elamites -- Chapter 10: The collapse of the regional system and its aftermath -- Part 3: Empires -- Chapter 11: The near east at the start of the first millennium -- Chapter 12: The rise of Assyria -- Chapter 13: Assyria's world domination -- Chapter 14: The Medes and Babylonians -- Chapter 15: The Persian empire. |
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Introductory concerns -- City-states -- Chapter: Origins, the uruk phenomenon; Competing city-states, the early dynastic period; Political centralization in the late third millennium; Near east in the early second millennium; Growth of territorial states in the early second millennium -- Territorial states: Club of the great powers; Western states of the late second millennium; Kassites, assyrians, and elamites; Collapse of the regional system and its aftermath -- Empires: Near East at the start of the first millennium; Rise of Assyria; Assyria's world domination; Medes and Babylonians; Persian empire -- King lists. |
Subject |
Middle East -- History -- To 622.
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Middle East. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
To 622 |
ISBN |
0631225528 paperback alkaline paper |
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063122551X alkaline paper |
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