{"product_id":"a-history-of-the-ancient-near-east-ca-3000-323-bc-paperback-softback-9781394210220","title":"A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000 - 323 BC (Paperback \/ softback) 9781394210220","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000 - 323 BC\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMarc Van De Mieroop (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781394210220, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 7 October 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e400 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.2 x 17.5 x 2.3 cm, 0.567 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This marvelous book is a classic, and deservedly so. In his clear and fascinating narrative, Van De Mieroop lays out the political history of the ancient Near East, while also including extensive quotes from ancient sources, overviews of important scholarly debates, and well-chosen illustrations, charts, tables, and maps. This new edition brings the history up to date with revelations from newly published cuneiform tablets and recent archaeological excavations. My students always find much to discuss in the pages of this book, and it also receives high praise from general readers interested in the deep and influential past of the Middle East.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eAmanda H. Podany, Professor of History, Cal Poly Pomona\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An outstanding resource for studying the history of the ANE... It is remarkable to find a volume with this subject matter that is as clear and as engaging as what Van De Mieroop has offered here.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cb\u003eKurtis Peters, RBECS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eBLACKWELL HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT WORLD\u003c\/small\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A History of the Ancient Near East  \u003cbr\u003eca. 3000–323 \u003csmall\u003eBC\u003c\/small\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fourth Edition \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“This marvelous book is a classic, and deservedly so. This new edition brings the history up to date with revelations from newly published cuneiform tablets and recent archaeological excavations.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eAmanda H. Podany, Professor of History, Cal Poly Pomona\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“An outstanding resource for studying the history of the ANE... It is remarkable to find a volume with this subject matter that is as clear and as engaging as what Van De Mieroop has offered here.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eKurtis Peters, \u003ci\u003eRBECS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNow in its fourth edition, \u003ci\u003eA History of the Ancient Near East\u003c\/i\u003e remains one of the most accessible introductions to the rich and complex history of the region available. Integrating original sources, up-to-date scholarship, and extensive supplementary materials, this popular textbook provides student-friendly coverage of the origins of the first cities in Mesopotamia, the growth of the Babylonian and Hittite kingdoms, and the rise of the Assyrian and Persian empires. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith an easy-to-understand narrative style, noted historian and lecturer Marc Van De Mieroop guides students through the extraordinary multicultural civilizations of the ancient Near Eastern world. Clear and straightforward chapters describe a wide variety of political, social, and cultural developments, beginning from the invention of writing circa 3000 BC and ending with the conquests of Alexander the Great. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis new edition is fully revised to reflect the latest developments in the field, including entirely new sections on recent archaeological discoveries and textual findings. Streamlined and improved chapters are complemented with detailed maps, historical timelines, images and illustrations, and an extensive and up-to-date bibliography. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000–323 \u003csmall\u003eBC\u003c\/small\u003e, Fourth Edition,\u003c\/i\u003e is an ideal textbook for undergraduate and introductory graduate courses on archaeology or ancient Near Eastern history, as well as a valuable resource for general readers with an interest in the ancient world and the Bible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Charts xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Maps xiv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Debates xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Boxes xvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Documents xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor’s Note xxii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introductory Concerns 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 What Is the Ancient Near East? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 The Sources 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Geography 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Prehistoric Developments 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I City-States 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Origins: The Uruk Phenomenon 21\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 The Origins of Cities 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 The Development of Writing and Administration 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 The “Uruk Expansion” 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Uruk’s Aftermath 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Competing City-States: The Early Dynastic Period 41\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 The Written Sources and Their Historical Uses 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Political Developments in Southern Mesopotamia 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Warfare and Political Centralization 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 The Wider Near East 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5 Early Dynastic Society 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6 Scribal Culture 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Political Centralization in the Late Third Millennium 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 The Kings of Akkad 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 The Third Dynasty of Ur 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The Near East in the Early Second Millennium 85\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 Nomads and Sedentary People 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 Babylonia 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Assyria and the East 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 Mari and the West 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 The Growth of Territorial States in the Early Second Millennium 106\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Shamshi-Adad and the Kingdom of Upper Mesopotamia 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 Hammurabi’s Babylon 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 The Old Hittite Kingdom 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 The “Dark Age” 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Territorial States 127\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 The Club of the Great Powers 129\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 The Political System 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Political Interactions: Diplomacy and Trade 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Regional Competition: Warfare 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Shared Ideologies and Social Organizations 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 The Western States of the Late Second Millennium 149\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Mittani 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 The Hittite New Kingdom 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Syria-Palestine 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Kassites, Assyrians, and Elamites 171\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 Babylonia 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Assyria 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 The Middle Elamite Kingdom 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 The Collapse of the Regional System and Its Aftermath 189\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 The Events 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Interpretation 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 The Aftermath 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Empires 207\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 The Near East at the Start of the First Millennium 209\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 The Eastern States 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 The West 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 The Rise of Assyria 230\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Patterns of Assyrian Imperialism 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 The Historical Record 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Ninth-Century Expansion 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Internal Assyrian Decline 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Assyria’s World Domination 248\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 The Creation of an Imperial Structure 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 The Defeat of the Great Rivals 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 The Administration and Ideology of the Empire 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.4 Assyrian Culture 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.5 Assyria’s Fall 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 The Medes and Babylonians 270\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 The Medes and the Anatolian States 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 The Neo-Babylonian Dynasty 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 The Creation of a World Empire: Persia 288\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.1 The Sources and Their Challenges 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15.2 The Rise of Persia and Its Expansion 290\u003c\/p\u003e 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