Title:
The ancient Near East
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Publication Date:
2005
Publication Information:
New York : Benchmark Books, c2005.
Physical Description:
48 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 26 cm.
ISBN:
9780761416395
Abstract:
Text plus historical and contemporary maps provide a look at the history of the Ancient Near East.
Contents:
Mesopotamia: Empires and invasions. Beginnings. The rise of city-states. Sumer and Akkad. Babylonia and Assyria. The Persian conquest -- Anatolia: Cultures of the crossroads. Where three worlds meet. Early Anatolian states. Trade and war. The Hittite empire. Phrygia and Lydia -- Egypt: Land of the river. Before the pharaohs. The old kingdom. The middle kingdom. The new kingdom. Foreign rulers.
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Language:
English
