Ancient CivilizationsDrawing on many avenues of inquiry: archaeological excavations, surveys, laboratory work, highly specialized scientific investigations, and on both historical and ethnohistorical records; Ancient Civilizations, 3/e provides a comprehensive and straightforward account of the world’s first civilizations and a brief summary of the way in which they were discovered. |
Contents
PREFACE | |
CHAPTER 2 | |
THEORIES OF STATES | |
Summary | |
CHAPTER 3 | |
Urban Centers andRuralComplexity | |
CHAPTER 4 | |
CHAPTER 5 | |
GREAT POWERS IN THE NEAR EAST | |
The Rise of the Hittites 16501400 B C | |
The Hittites in the Levant 14001200 B C | |
CHAPTER 8 | |
The Archaeology of Empire | |
The Mountain Kingdom of Urartu c 830600 B C | |
The NeoBabylonian Empire 612539 B C | |
The Rise of the Persians 614490 B C | |
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