| Description |
1 online resource (lvi, 887 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; THE CONSULTANTS; LIST OF MAPS; LIST OF FIGURES; ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; HISTORICAL OVERVIEW; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; Appendix I: GENERAL CHRONOLOGY; Appendix II: THE MAJOR ROYAL DYNASTIES; Appendix III: A NOTE ON URARTIAN CHRONOLOGY; Appendix IV: GREEK AND ROMAN AUTHORS; GLOSSARY; GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX I: PEOPLES AND PLACES; INDEX II: PERSONS; INDEX III: DEITIES |
| Summary |
This 500,000 word reference work provides the most comprehensive general treatment yet available of the peoples and places of the regions commonly referred to as the ancient Near and Middle East - extending from the Aegean coast of Turkey in the west to the Indus river in the east. It contains some 1,500 entries on the kingdoms, countries, cities, and population groups of Anatolia, Cyprus, Syria-Palestine, Mesopotamia, and Iran and parts of Central Asia, from the Early Bronze Age to the end of the Persian empire. Five distinguished international scholars have collaborated with the author on th |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Excavations (Archaeology) -- Middle East
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HISTORY -- General.
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Antiquities
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Civilization
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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| SUBJECT |
Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090503
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Middle East -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90004414
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| Subject |
Middle East
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| Genre/Form |
handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203875506 |
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0203875508 |
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9780415394857 |
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0415394856 |
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1136721258 |
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9781136721250 |
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1299285376 |
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9781299285378 |
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1134159080 |
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9781134159086 |
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1282315439 |
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9781282315433 |
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1780348770 |
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9781780348773 |
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9786612315435 |
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6612315431 |
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