Ancient Near East and Egypt
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Ancient Near East: The Basics
Series: The Basics
Ancient Near East: The Basics surveys the history of the ancient Middle East from the invention of writing to Alexander the Great’s conquest. The book introduces both the physical and intellectual environment of those times, the struggles of state-building and empire construction, and the dissent...
To Be Published August 15th 2013 by Routledge
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The Sumerian World
Series: Routledge Worlds
The Sumerian World explores the archaeology, history and art of southern Mesopotamia and its relationships with its neighbours from c.3,000 - 2,000BC. Including material hitherto unpublished from recent excavations, the articles are organised thematically using evidence from archaeology, texts and...
Published November 28th 2012 by Routledge
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Ancient Turkey
Series: Routledge World Archaeology
Students of antiquity often see ancient Turkey as a bewildering array of cultural complexes. Ancient Turkey brings together in a coherent account the diverse and often fragmented evidence, both archaeological and textual, that forms the basis of our knowledge of the development of Anatolia from the...
Published March 9th 2009 by Routledge
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The Ancient Near East
History, Society and Economy
The Ancient Near East reveals three millennia of history (3500-500 BC) in a single work. Using the latest research from the most recent archaeological finds, and thanks to his personal odyssey of over twenty-five years, Liverani has succeeded in retracing the history of the peoples of the...
To Be Published October 30th 2013 by Routledge
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Damascus
A History
Series: Cities of the Ancient World
Lavishly illustrated with beautiful photographs and original plans, Damascus provides for the first time in English a compelling and unique exploration of a fascinating city. Damascus traces the story of this colourful, significant and complex city through its physical development, from its...
Published February 14th 2007 by Routledge
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The Babylonian World
Series: Routledge Worlds
The Babylonian World presents an extensive, up-to-date and lavishly illustrated history of the ancient state Babylonia and its 'holy city', Babylon. Historicized by the New Testament as a centre of decadence and corruption, Babylon and its surrounding region was in fact a rich and...
Published December 31st 2008 by Routledge
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God's Wife, God's Servant
The God's Wife of Amun (ca.740–525 BC)
Mariam F. Ayad explores how five women were elevated to a position of supreme religious authority. Drawing on a variety of textual, iconographic, and archaeological evidence, and containing fifty-one black and white and colour illustrations, the volume discusses this often neglected subject,...
Published June 7th 2009 by Routledge
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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
This 500,000 word reference work provides the most comprehensive general treatment 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...
Published October 2nd 2011 by Routledge
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Ancient Egypt
Anatomy of a Civilisation, 2nd Edition
Completely revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field, this second edition of Barry J. Kemp's popular text presents a compelling reassessment of what gave ancient Egypt its distinctive and enduring characteristics. Ranging across Ancient Egyptian material culture,...
Published November 2nd 2005 by Routledge
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The Egyptian World
Series: Routledge Worlds
Authoritative and up-to-date, this key single-volume work is a thematic exploration of ancient Egyptian civilization and culture as it was expressed down the centuries. Including topics rarely covered elsewhere as well as new perspectives, this work comprises thirty-two original chapters written by...
Published August 10th 2009 by Routledge
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Karnak
Evolution of a Temple
The first publication in English, this book fills a gap in the market and presents an in-depth examination of the significant temple site at Karnak. It is visited by thousands of tourists each year and is one of the most famous ancient temples in the world. Up until now there has been no single...
Published September 28th 2006 by Routledge
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Early Urbanism on the Syrian Euphrates
Studying archaeological evidence from sites covering over 200 kilometres of the banks of the Euphrates River, Lisa Cooper's excellent monograph explores the growth and development of human settlement in the Euphrates River Valley of Northern Syria during the Early and Middle Bronze Ages from circa...
Published May 21st 2006 by Routledge
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Early Mesopotamia
Society and Economy at the Dawn of History
The roots of our modern world lie in the civilization of Mesopotamia, which saw the development of the first urban society and the invention of writing. The cuneiform texts reveal the technological and social innovations of Sumer and Babylonia as surprisingly modern, and the influence of this...
Published May 25th 1994 by Routledge
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Mesopotamia Before History
Mesopotamia was one of the earliest regions to produce writing, literature and the fine arts, as well as being one of the first areas to construct states. This comprehensive and detailed survey of the region's prehistory and protohistory shows how these fascinating developments were possible.Petr...
Published September 12th 2008 by Routledge
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The Archaeology of Mesopotamia
Theories and Approaches
Series: Approaching the Ancient World
The only critical guide to the theory and method of Mesopotamian archaeology, this innovative volume evaluates the theories, methods, approaches and history of Mesopotamian archaeology from its origins in the nineteenth century up to the present day. Ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), was the...
Published January 15th 2003 by Routledge
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Science in the Study of Ancient Egypt
There is a notable lack of archaeological science used in Egyptology and Egyptian archaeology today. The reasons behind this are twofold: one, the discipline started with the early translation of Hieroglyphs which, combined with the large amount of written and pictorial material available, has long...
To Be Published August 31st 2013 by Routledge
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Embodied Lives:
Figuring Ancient Maya and Egyptian Experience
Examining a wide range of archaeological data, and using it to explore issues such as the sexual body, mind/body dualism, body modification, and magical practices, Lynn Meskell and Rosemary Joyce offer a new approach to the Ancient Egyptian and Mayan understanding of embodiment. Drawing on...
Published August 13th 2003 by Routledge
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The Egyptians
An Introduction
Series: Peoples of the Ancient World
A widely published author on the subject, Robert Morkot presents a clear introduction to the origins, history and culture of Ancient Egyptian civilization. This excellent addition to the popular family of books on ancient peoples offers a broad coverage of Egyptian life. Morkot also addresses...
Published February 2nd 2005 by Routledge
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The Babylonians
An Introduction
Series: Peoples of the Ancient World
Gwendolyn Leick's approachable survey introduces the Babylonians, the people, the culture and the reality behind the popular myth of Babylon. Spanning some 1800 years in the history of the Babylonians, from the time of Hammurabi, famous for his Law-Code, to the time when Alexander's heirs...
Published September 11th 2002 by Routledge
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The Persians
Series: Peoples of the Ancient World
The only book of its kind to cover both the Achaemenid period and the thousand years following Alexander's conquest, The Persians explores the period from the seventh century BC, to the seventh century AD, and presents a comprehensive introduction to ancient Persia. Incorporating recent research,...
Published March 22nd 2006 by Routledge