A HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST, CA. 3000

This book presents a comprehensive overview of the extraordinary multicultural civilizations of the ancient Near East. Presenting th e regions complex history in a concise and accessible manner, chapters begin with the emergence of writing around 3000 BC, and proc eed with the origins of the first cities in Mesopotamia and growth of the Babylonian and Hittite kingdoms up to the rise of the Assy rian and Persian empires. Concluding chapters address the transformation of the ancient Near East by the conquests of Alexander the Greatwith ...[Read more]