Oxford History of the Ancient Near East - Volume Ii: From End of Third Millennium Bc to Fall of Babylon

The Oxford History of Ancient Near East, Volume 2 covers broadly the first half of the second millennium BC or in archaeological terms, the Middle Bronze Age. Eleven chapters present the history of the Near East, from the First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom of Egypt to Hammurabi's Babylon.

List of contents

• Preface


• Abbreviations


• Time Chart


• The Contributors


• 11: Establishing an absolute chronology of the Middle Bronze Age (Felix Höflmayer)


• 12: Egypt in the First Intermediate Period (Juan Carlos Moreno García)


• 13: The kingdom of Ur (Steven J. Garfinkle)


• 14: The Middle East after the fall of Ur: Isin and Larsa (Klaus Wagensonner)


• 15: The Middle East after the fall of Ur: from Assur to the Levant (Ilya Arkhipov)


• 16: The Middle East after the Fall of Ur: from Ešnunna and the Zagros to Susa (Katrien De Graef)


• 17: Before the kingdom of the Hittites: Anatolia in the Middle Bronze Age (Gojko Barjamovic)


• 18: The kingdom of Babylon and the kingdom of the Sealand (Odette Boivin)


• 19: Egypt's Middle Kingdom: a view from within (Harco Willems)


• 20: Middle Kingdom Egypt and Africa (Kathryn A. Bard)


• 21: Middle Kingdom Egypt and the Eastern Mediterranean (Ezra S. Marcus)


• 22: Egypt's Middle Kingdom: perspectives on culture and society (Wolfram Grajetzki)


• Index

About the author

Karen Radner is Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitÿt Mÿnchen.

Nadine Moeller is Professor of Egyptian Archaeology at Yale University.

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.

Summary

The Oxford History of Ancient Near East, Volume 2 covers broadly the first half of the second millennium BC or in archaeological terms, the Middle Bronze Age. Eleven chapters present the history of the Near East, from the First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom of Egypt to Hammurabi's Babylon.

Additional text

My brief survey should show how systematic this narrative of ancient Near Eastern history is and how all the authors present the most up-to-date accounts possible. The editors' aim to replace the CAH seems within reach and serious students will benefit much from consulting these chapters. I look forward to reading the next volumes.

Product details

• Authors: Nadine Moeller, Nadine (Alexander Von Humboldt Professor Moeller, D. T. Potts, Karen Radner, Karen (Alexander Von Humboldt Professor of Radner, Karen (Professor of Ancient Near Eastern A Radner
• Assisted by: Nadine Moeller (Editor), Nadine (Professor of Egyptian Archaeology Moeller (Editor), Moeller Nadine (Editor), D. T. Potts (Editor), D. T. (Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology and History at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World Potts (Editor), Potts D. T. (Editor), Karen Radner (Editor), Karen (Alexander von Humboldt Professor of Ancient History of the Near and Middle East Radner (Editor), Radner Karen (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9780190687571
• ISBN: 978-0-19-068757-1
• No. of pages: 976
• Series: Oxford History of the Ancient Near East; Oxford History of the Ancient
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Middle East / General, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, RELIGION / Ancient, Middle East, Social and cultural history, Middle Eastern history, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Archaeology by period / region, Ancient Egyptian religion and mythology, Ancient Egyptian religion & mythology, Middle & Near Eastern archaeology