This volume publishes in full for the first time all known cuneiform manuscripts of an Akkadian calendar treatise that is unified by the theme of Babylonia's invasion. It was composed in the milieu of ... Read more
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Tells the history of Assyria from city state to empire, from the early 2nd millennium BC to the end of the 7th century BC
Develops a nuanced picture of Assyrian culture and society by using a mos ... Read more
Arabs and Empires before Islam illuminates the history of the Arabs before the emergence of Islam, collating nearly 250 translated extracts from an extensive array of ancient sources. Drawn from a bro ... Read more
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Since its publication in 1982, the Archaeological Gazetteer of Afghanistan has become the main reference work for the archaeology of Afghanistan, and the standard sites and monuments record for the re ... Read more
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Offers a concise introduction to the history and civilization of Babylonia
Explores how the Babylonians lived and thought, and how their fears, frustrations, hopes, and achievements are communica ... Read more
In Between Empires Greg Fisher tackles the problem of pre-Islamic Arab identity by examining the relationship between the Roman Empire and the Empire of Sasanian Iran, and a selection of their Arab al ... Read more
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Kings and Usurpers in the Seleukid Empire: The Men who would be King focuses on ideas of kingship and power in the Seleukid empire, the largest of the successor states of Alexander the Great. Explorin ... Read more
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Lucian's Alexander Or The False Prophet is a satiric biography of the religious entrepreneur and career fraudster Alexander of Abonouteichos. It recounts how, during the reign of Antoninus Pius (AD 13 ... Read more
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The last and longest war of classical antiquity was fought in the early seventh century. It was ideologically charged and fought along the full length of the Persian-Roman frontier, drawing in all the ... Read more
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Identifies and locates one of the Ancient World Wonders
New description of a very early garden and the technology behind its water supply
Identifies the early occurrence of the "Water-raising S ... Read more
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