Ancient Near East Books

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   Ctesias' 'History of Persia': Tales of the Orient

   By LLoyd Llewellyn-Jones, James Robson

   Towards the end of the fifth century BC Ctesias of Cnidus wrote his 23 book History of Persia. Ctesias is a remarkable figure: he lived and worked in the Persian court and, as a doctor, tended to the world’s most powerful kings and queens. His position gave him special insight into the workings of...

   November 2009 | 978-0-415-36411-9 | Hardback (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

   By Trevor Bryce

   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...

   July 2009 | 978-0-415-39485-7 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. Jewish Education and History: Continuity, crisis and change

   By Moshe Aberbach

   Moshe Aberbach (1924-2007) was a leading educator and scholar in Jewish studies, specialising in the field of Jewish education in the talmudic period. This book draws on a representative selection of his writings over a fifty year period, and includes essays on Saadia Gaon and Maimonides, coverage...

   May 2009 | 978-0-415-48996-6 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   The Routledge Introduction to Literary Ottoman

   By Korkut Bugday

   This represents the first modern introduction to literary Ottoman available in English. The author has devised this textbook to provide a course of lessons, readings and exercises to take the student from beginner to intermediate level. The book features numerous readings taken from historiography,...

   April 2009 | 978-0-415-49438-0 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   The Babylonian World

   Edited by Gwendolyn Leick

   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...

   2008 | 978-0-415-49783-1 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   An Introduction to the Ancient World, 2nd Edition

   By Lukas De Blois, R.J. van der Spek

   Integrating the results of scholarly work from the past decade, the authors of An Introduction to the Ancient World, Lukas de Blois and R.J. van der Spek, have fully-updated and revised all sixteen chapters of this best-selling introductory textbook. Covering the history and culture of the ancient...

   2008 | 978-0-415-45827-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   The Persian Empire: A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period

   By Amelie Kuhrt

   This lavish set of books contains the most complete collection of raw material for reconstructing the history of the Achaemenid Persian Empire to date. Studying Achaemenid history has been difficult in the past because original sources include texts from hugely disparate origins, many different...

   2007 | 978-0-415-43628-1 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Damascus: A History

   By Ross Burns

   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...

   2007 | 978-0-415-41317-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Magic and the Supernatural in Fourth Century Syria

   By Silke Trzcionka

   Magic and the Supernatural in Fourth Century Syria presents an in-depth investigation of a variety of ‘magical’ practices with a focused study in the late antique Syria and Palestine. Offering new research using both archaeological and literary sources, and blending Classical, Jewish, and...

   2006 | 978-0-415-39242-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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    The Persians

    By Maria Brosius

    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...

    2006 | 978-0-415-32090-0 | Paperback (Routledge)