| Description |
1 online resource (522 pages) |
| Series |
Cambridge world archaeology |
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Cambridge world archaeology.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PLATES; TABLES; PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; NOTE ON TRANSLITERATION AND DATING SYSTEMS; 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; REFERENCES; INDEX |
| Summary |
Few major peoples of the ancient Near East have been as little studied as the Elamites, despite their impact from c. 2600 BC to the first centuries AD. This first synthesis in English of Elamite archaeology in over fifteen years will be a major resource for scholars and students |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-480) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Antiquities
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Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle East.
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History & Archaeology.
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Middle East.
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| SUBJECT |
Elam -- Antiquities
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Elam -- History
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| Subject |
Middle East -- Elam
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Yoffee, Norman
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| ISBN |
9780511053559 |
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051105355X |
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0511152078 |
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9780511152078 |
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