EMPIRES OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST (FOUR VOLUMES)
Written by H.W.F. Saggs, Alan Gardiner, J.M. Cook, O.R. Gurney
Published by Folio Society
in 1999
- Categorised in:
- FOLIO SOCIETY
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- HISTORY (EGYPTIAN)
- PERSIA
- MIDDLE EAST
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Front cover
Contents
- THE BABYLONIANS
- Introduction: The Writing of Ancient History
- Forewords
- Note on the Transliteration of Cuneiform
- Abbreviations
- 1 PREHISTORIC BACKGROUND
- 2 SOUTH MESOPOTAMIA IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM
- 3 THE COMING OF BABLYLON
- 4 THE RISE OF IMPERIAL ASSYRIA
- 5 ASSYRIAN SUPREMACY
- 6 THE NEO-BABYLONIAN EMPIRE
- 7 THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE BABYLONIAN WAY OF LIFE
- 8 LAW AND STATECRAFT
- 9 ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNMENT
- 10 TRADE AND COMMERCE
- 11 MAGIC AND RELIGION
- 12 THE RELIGIOUS ROLE OF THE KING
- 13 LITERATURE
- 14 MATHEMATICS, ASTRONOMY AND MEDICINE
- 15 LEGACY AND SURVIVAL
- Appendices
- Further Reading
- Index
- THE EGYPTIANS
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- BOOK I
- PRELIMINARY
- 1 Egyptology Ancient and Modern
- 2 The Egyptian Language and Writing
- 3 The Land, Its Neighbours and Resources
- 4 The Foundations and Nature of Egyptian History
- BOOK II
- FROM THE PYRAMID - BUILDERS TO ALEXANDER
- 5 The Old Kingdom
- 6 The Rise and Fall of the Middle Kingdom
- 7 From Collapse to Recovery
- 8 The Theban Supremacy
- 9 The Religious Revolutions and After
- 10 The Ramesside Period I: The Nineteenth Dynasty
- 11 The Ramesside Period II: The Twentieth Dynasty
- 12 Egypt under Foreign Rule
- 13 The Last Assertions of Independence
- BOOK III
- BACK TO THE BEGINNING
- 14 Prehistory
- 15 Manetho's First Two Dynasties
- Epilogue
- THE PERSIAN EMPIRE
- Maps
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 The Emergence of Medes and Persians
- 2 The Sources
- 3 The Deeds of Cyrus the Great
- 4 Cyrus' Rule
- 5 The Critical Decade
- 6 Darius' Conquests
- 7 The Character of Darius' Rule
- 8 The Organisation of he Provinces
- 9 Darius' Feud with the Athenians
- 10 The Armed Forces and Communications
- 11 Xerxes' Great Expedition
- 12 Narrative of Middle Achaemenid History
- 13 King and Court
- 14 Old Persian Religion
- 15 Palaces and Art
- 16 Satraps, Hyparchs, and Fire-Holders
- 17 The Extent of the Empire
- 18 Narrative of Later Achaemenid History
- Epilogue
- THE HITTITES
- Foreword to the First Edition
- Note on the Spelling of Proper Names
- 1 OUTLINE OF HISTORY
- 2 HITTITE STATE AND SOCIETY
- 3 LIFE AND ECONOMY
- 4 LAW AND INSTITUTIONS
- 5 WARFARE
- 6 LANGUAGES AND RACES
- 7 RELIGION
- 8 LITERATURE
- 9 ART
- CONCLUSION