The Amorites: a political history of Mesopotamia in the early second millennium BCE
"This study of the political history of Mesopotamia - today's Iraq and Syria - in the Old Babylonian period (ca. 2000-1600 BCE) is the first comprehensive historical synthesis of this kind published in English after many decades. Based on numerous written sources in Sumerian and Akkadian -...
| Subtitles: | Political history of Mesopotamia in the early second millennium BCE |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
[2023]
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| In: |
Culture and history of the ancient Near East (volume 133)
Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Culture and history of the ancient Near East
volume 133 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Amurru (Mesopotamia)
/ History 2000 BC-1600 BC
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| Further subjects: | B
Syria
History To 333 B.C
B Amorites Politics and government B Iraq History To 634 |
| Summary: | "This study of the political history of Mesopotamia - today's Iraq and Syria - in the Old Babylonian period (ca. 2000-1600 BCE) is the first comprehensive historical synthesis of this kind published in English after many decades. Based on numerous written sources in Sumerian and Akkadian - royal inscriptions, letters, law collections, economic records, etc. - and on up-to-date research, it presents the region's political history in a meticulous geographic and chronological manner. This allows the interested academic and non-academic reader an in-depth view into the scene of ancient Mesopotamia ruled by competing dynasties of West Semitic (Amorite) origin, with a complex web of political and tribal connections between them"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | XVII, 570 Seiten, Illustrationen, Karten |
| ISBN: | 9004546588 |