History of the Middle East from the Early States to the Persian Conquest
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History of the Middle East from the Early States to the Persian Conquest
14.99 €
This book carefully compiles the entire history of the ancient Near East over two millennia. Briefly yet succinctly, without oversimplification, it consistently recounts the events that unfolded across Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the surrounding areas. The author recounts the emergence of the early states and dynasties of Sumer and Egypt, as well as events in Akkad, the Amorite kingdoms, Ashur, Syria, and Palestine.
The reader witnesses the rapid development of Babylon, its struggle with the Hurrian state of Mitanni, the Hittite Empire, and Egypt, and sees the movements of nomadic tribes—the Arameans, Chaldeans, and the "Sea Peoples"—the rise of some kingdoms and the fall of others.
Finally, he is present at the transformation of Assyria into a global empire, and then at its collapse—its disintegration and the incorporation of parts of its territory into the new hegemon, Media, which, in turn, fell to the Persians, who created the greatest empire in the Middle East, the Achaemenid Empire.
Julia Zablotska is a Polish historian and archaeologist, Assyriologist, and professor of ancient history at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
The reader witnesses the rapid development of Babylon, its struggle with the Hurrian state of Mitanni, the Hittite Empire, and Egypt, and sees the movements of nomadic tribes—the Arameans, Chaldeans, and the "Sea Peoples"—the rise of some kingdoms and the fall of others.
Finally, he is present at the transformation of Assyria into a global empire, and then at its collapse—its disintegration and the incorporation of parts of its territory into the new hegemon, Media, which, in turn, fell to the Persians, who created the greatest empire in the Middle East, the Achaemenid Empire.
Julia Zablotska is a Polish historian and archaeologist, Assyriologist, and professor of ancient history at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
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