Archaeology of Elam - Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State

Informationen zum Autor D. T. Potts is Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and History at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, New York University. He is the editor of The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Iran (2013) and the author of Nomadism in Iran: From Antiquity to the Modern Era (2014), as well as numerous other books and articles in scholarly journals. Klappentext This book examines the formation and transformation of Elam's many identities through both archaeological and written evidence. Zusammenfassung This book examines the formation and transformation of Elam's many identities through both archaeological and written evidence. It brings to life one of the most important regions of ancient Western Asia! re-evaluates its significance! and places it in the context of the most recent archaeological and historical scholarship. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Elam: what! when! where?; 2. Environment! climate! and resources; 3. The immediate precursors of Elam; 4. Elam and Awan; 5. The dynasty of Shimashki; 6. The grand regents of Elam and Susa; 7. The kingdom of Susa and Anshan; 8. The Neo-Elamite period; 9. Elam in the Achaemenid empire; 10. Elymais; 11. Elam under the Sasanians and beyond; 12. Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: D. T. Potts, Daniel T. Potts, Potts D. T.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.11.2015
• EAN: 9781107476639
• ISBN: 978-1-107-47663-9
• No. of pages: 488
• Series: Cambridge World Archaeology; Cambridge World Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Mesopotamia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Middle East, Archaeology by period / region, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Middle & Near Eastern archaeology