The Cambridge Ancient HistoryStanley Arthur Cook, Martin Percival Charlesworth, John Bagnell Bury, John Bernard Bury Cambridge University Press, 1924 - History, Ancient |
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Contents
from the earliest times to | 1 |
The Stone Age in the Central Balkan Area | 75 |
The Eneolithic period in the Central Balkan Area | 136 |
Urartu | 314 |
IS Illyris Epirus and Macedonia in the Early Iron Age page 619 | 315 |
The NeoHittite states in Syria and Anatolia | 372 |
the Babylonian Empire in the West | 433 |
IO Israel and Judah until the revolt of Jehu 931841 B C | 442 |
The earliest alphabetic writing page | 794 |
background | 816 |
Linguistic problems of the Balkan area in the late prehistoric | 834 |
2od The Greek language and the historical dialects | 850 |
20e Balkan languages Illyrian Thracian and DacoMoesian | 866 |
| 901 | |
| 930 | |
с Egypt | 966 |
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according already Anatolia appears Ashurbanipal Assyrian Babylonian Balkan beginning belong Bronze Age building burials called campaign central centre century close complex continued culture decoration earlier early east eastern eighth century elements especially established Euphrates evidence example excavations existence fact finds further Geometric graves Greece Greek Hittite identified important indicate influence inscriptions Italy king kingdom known Lake land Late later least lines linked material mentioned Middle Neolithic northern objects origin particular perhaps period phase plain population position possible pottery present probably recent recorded reference region reign remains represented river royal seems settlement Shalmaneser shapes Shoshenq similar sources southern stela stone style suggests Tell temple tradition Urartian Urartu valley vessels western
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| Title | The Cambridge Ancient History |
| Editors | Stanley Arthur Cook, Martin Percival Charlesworth, John Bagnell Bury, John Bernard Bury |
| Contributors | Sir Frank Adcock, John Boardman |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1924 |
| ISBN | 0521224969, 9780521224963 |
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