Ancient empires
from Mesopotamia to the rise of Islam
by Eric H. Cline
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"Ancient Empires is a relatively brief yet comprehensive and even-handed overview of the ancient Near East, the Mediterranean, and Europe, including the Greco-Roman world, Late Antiquity, and the early Muslin period. The book emphasizes the central, if problematic, connection between political and ideological power in both empire-formation and resistance. By defining the ancient world as a period strectching from the Bronze Age into the early Muslim world, it is broader in scope than competing books; yet at the same time its tight thematic concentration keeps the narrative engagingly focused"--
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Ancient empires: from Mesopotamia to the rise of Islam
2011, Cambridge University Press, Brand: Cambridge University Press
in English
0521889111 9780521889117
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-355) and index.
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