The Routledge handbook of the peoples and places of ancient western Asia the Near East from the early Bronze Age to the fall of the Persian Empire /

• Main Author: Bryce, Trevor, 1940-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
• Subjects: Excavations (Archaeology) > Middle East.; HISTORY > General.; Middle East > Civilization > To 622.; Middle East > Antiquities.; Electronic books.
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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...

Table of 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.