An Excellent Survey of Ancient Mesopotamian History

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	• A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000 - 323 BC (Blackwell History of the Ancient World) Marc Van De Mieroop Wiley-Blackwell, 2006 - 368 pages average customer review:based on 3 reviews view larger image
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An Excellent Survey of Ancient Mesopotamian History

This volume is a good introduction to the history of the Ancient Near East. The author surveys the history of Sumeria, Babylonia, Assyria, Persia and the Hittite Empire in a highly readable style. Quotes from numerous important texts are included in each chapter and the author does a good job of not only telling us what happened, but also why it happened.

The book is well illustrated with black and white photos and numerous, highly useful, maps. At the end of the book is an excellent bibliography that will point the interested reader to other good articles and books on the topic.

This book was published in 2004 and incorporates the latest scholarship in the field. The author has done a great job of making ancient history come alive!

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A History of the Ancient Near East

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Excellent Introduction

This text is a brief summary of the history of the Mesopotamia from 3000 BCE to 300 BCE. It is clear and concise. Van De Mieroop offers a very engaging introduction to this topic. It is an excellent text for those who want to survey the period. He also includes bibliographies for those who would like to go deeper.

This book presents a clear, concise history of the extraordinary multicultural civilizations of the ancient Near East.

Bestselling narrative of the complex history of the ancient Near East.
Addresses political, social, and cultural developments.
Contains in-depth discussion of key texts and sources, including the Bible and the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Includes numerous maps, illustrations, and a selection of Near Eastern texts in translation.
Integrates new research, and greatly expands the guides to further reading for this second edition.

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