Ancient Near East: The Basics

Informationen zum Autor Daniel Snell is the L. J. Semrod Presidential Professor of History at the University of Oklahoma. Klappentext "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--Title page verso. Zusammenfassung Ancient Near East: The Basics surveys the history of the ancient Middle East from the invention of writing to Alexander the Great’s conquest. The book introduces both the physical and intellectual environment of those times, the struggles of state-building and empire construction, and the dissent from those efforts. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. What We Mean When We Talk About the Ancient Near East 2. The Early Millennia 3. The Second Millennium 4. The First Millennium 5. Legacies 6. The Rediscovery of the Ancient Near East 7. Limits of the Future

Product details

• Authors: Daniel C. Snell, Snell Daniel C.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.06.2013
• EAN: 9780415656979
• ISBN: 978-0-415-65697-9
• No. of pages: 162
• Series: The Basics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / Ancient / Egypt, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Religion: general, Christianity, General & world history, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Archaeology by period / region, General and world history, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Ancient Egypt, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, HISTORY / Middle East / Egypt, Middle & Near Eastern archaeology, Old Testaments