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The Near East: A Cultural History
Arthur Cotterell
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Description for The Near East: A Cultural History
Hardback. A sweeping, erudite, and accessible cultural history of the lands of the Near East, from the Sumerians to beyond the end of World War II. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 512.
This ambitious and wide-ranging popular history is the first narrative account of the entire Near East (Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States), from the genesis of civilisation in the fourth millennium BCE until modern times. It provides an historical outline of the civilisations and cultures that dominated the region, one that has had an immense impact on the development of humankind, ever since the ancient Sumerians invented urban living and writing around 3200 BCE. Later, the Babylonians and the Assyrians built upon the Sumerian legacy. They were the world's earliest great powers, whose actions ... Read more
This ambitious and wide-ranging popular history is the first narrative account of the entire Near East (Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States), from the genesis of civilisation in the fourth millennium BCE until modern times. It provides an historical outline of the civilisations and cultures that dominated the region, one that has had an immense impact on the development of humankind, ever since the ancient Sumerians invented urban living and writing around 3200 BCE. Later, the Babylonians and the Assyrians built upon the Sumerian legacy. They were the world's earliest great powers, whose actions ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
388
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849047968
SKU
V9781849047968
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About Arthur Cotterell
Arthur Cotterell is a prolific historian and author. His previous books include the Penguin Encyclopedia of Ancient Civilizations, the Penguin Encyclopedia of Classical Civilizations and Chariot: The Astounding Rise and Fall of the World's First War Machine.
Reviews for The Near East: A Cultural History
'What distinguishes Arthur Cotterell's 'The Near East: A Cultural History' is its sweep. [...] Cotterell has given us, in this beautifully illustrated and handsomely produced book, an impressive introduction to the history of the near east.'
The National 'As the Near East edges ever nearer, we in the Middle West need to know it better. Arthur Cotterell's cultural history ... Read more
The National 'As the Near East edges ever nearer, we in the Middle West need to know it better. Arthur Cotterell's cultural history ... Read more