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The Cambridge Ancient History

The Cambridge Ancient History

The Cambridge Ancient History

Volume 3: Part 2
2nd Edition
John Boardman
I. E. S. Edwards
E. Sollberger
N. G. L. Hammond
January 1992
3
2. The Assyrian and Babylonian Empires and Other States of the Near East, from the Eighth to the Sixth Centuries BC
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    During this period the dominant powers in the East were Assyria and then Babylonia. Each established an extensive empire that was based on Mesopotamia, and each in turn fell largely through internal strife.

    • This is the MISSING LINK - the long-awaited volume chronologically parallel to Vol. III.3
    • Covers the Near East, Judaea, Thrace, and Egypt
    • Period includes the Exile of the Jews in Babylon

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    "The answer to the question whether the ancient world is worth studying is 'yes', and the Cambridge Ancient History proves it....CAH III/2 is an impressive achievement." John Ray, Times Literary Supplement

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    Product details

    January 1992
    Hardback
    9780521227179
    962 pages
    300 × 175 × 46 mm
    1.66kg
    51 b/w illus. 16 maps 3 tables
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    Table of Contents

    • Part I. Assyria and Babylonia:
    • 21. Babylonia in the shadow of Assyria (747–626 BC) J. A. Brinkman
    • 22. Assyria: Tiglath-Pileser III to Sargon II (744–705 BC) A. K. Grayson
    • 23. Assyria: Sennacherib and Esarhaddon (704–669 BC) A. K. Grayson
    • 24. Assyria (668–635 BC): the reign of Ashurbanipal A. K. Grayson
    • 25. The fall of Assyria (635–609 BC) Joan Oates
    • 26. Assyrian civilisation A. K. Grayson
    • 27. Babylonia (605–539 BC) D. J. Wiseman
    • 28a. Neo-Babylonian society and economy M. A. Dandamaev
    • 28b. Babylonian mathematics, astrology and astronomy Asger Aaboe
    • 28c. First-millennium Babylonian literature Erica Reiner
    • Part II. The Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea:
    • 29. Israel and Judah from the coming of Assyrian domination until the fall of Samaria, and the struggle for independence in Judah (c.750–700 BC) T. C. Mitchell
    • 30. Judah until the fall of Jerusalem (c.700–586 BC) T. C. Mitchell
    • 31. The Babylonian exile and the restoration of the Jews in Palestine (586–c.500 BC) T. C. Mitchell
    • 32. Phoenicia and Phoenician colonisation W. Culican
    • 33a. The Scythians T. Sulimirski and T. Taylor
    • 33b. Thrace before the Persian entry into Europe G. Mihailov
    • 34a. The native kingdoms of Anatolia M. Mellink
    • 34b. Anatolian languages O. Masson
    • 35. Egypt: the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth dynasties T. G. H. James
    • Chronological tables
    • Bibliography
    • Index.
      Contributors
    • J. A. Brinkman, A. K. Grayson, Joan Oates, D. J. Wiseman, M. A. Dandamaev, Asger Aaboe, Erica Reiner, T. C. Mitchell, W. Culican, T. Sulimirski, T. Taylor, G. Mihailov, A. M. Mellink, O. Masson, T. G. H. James

    • Editors
    • John Boardman
    • I. E. S. Edwards
    • E. Sollberger
    • N. G. L. Hammond