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Ancient Assyria: A Very Short Introduction Karen Radner (Professor of Ancient Near Eastern History, University College London)

Ancient Assyria: A Very Short Introduction By Karen Radner (Professor of Ancient Near Eastern History, University College London)

Ancient Assyria: A Very Short Introduction by Karen Radner (Professor of Ancient Near Eastern History, University College London)


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From city state to empire, in the early 2nd millennium BC to the end of the 7th century BC, Assyria was one of the most influential kingdoms of the Ancient Near East. Using archaeological discoveries from across the Middle East, Karen Radner demonstrates the vast, socially diverse, multicultural nature of Ancient Assyria and the Assyrian Empire.

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Ancient Assyria: A Very Short Introduction by Karen Radner (Professor of Ancient Near Eastern History, University College London)

Assyria was one of the most influential kingdoms of the Ancient Near East. In this Very Short Introduction, Karen Radner sketches the history of Assyria from city state to empire, from the early 2nd millennium BC to the end of the 7th century BC. Since the archaeological rediscovery of Assyria in the mid-19th century, its cities have been excavated extensively in Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Israel, with further sites in Iran, Lebanon, and Jordan providing important information. The Assyrian Empire was one of the most geographically vast, socially diverse, multicultural, and multi-ethnic states of the early first millennium BC.Using archaeological records, Radner provides insights into the lives of the inhabitants of the kingdom, highlighting the diversity of human experiences in the Assyrian Empire. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

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Introductory, readable, no footnotes. Excellent for the general reader seeking a starting point. * Ancient East & West *
The ideas and the analyses are combined in a highly readable way, making this "pocket-sized" book a perfect source for the non-professional reader who is interested in one subject or another and wants to become familiar quickly with a certain subject. * Journal of Ancient History and Archaeology, Horatiu Cocis *

About Karen Radner (Professor of Ancient Near Eastern History, University College London)

Karen Radner is Professor of Ancient Near Eastern History at University College London. Her research concentrates on the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Her books include State Correspondence in the Ancient World: From New Kingdom Egypt to the Roman Empire (OUP 2014) and, edited with E. Robson, The Oxford Handbook of Cuneiform Culture (OUP 2011).

Table of Contents

Introduction ; 1. Introducing Assyria ; 2. Assyrian places ; 3. Assyrians at home ; 4. Assyrians abroad ; 5. Foreigners in Assyria ; 6. Assyrian world domination ; Chronology ; Glossary ; References ; Further reading ; Index

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NGR9780198715900
9780198715900
0198715900
Ancient Assyria: A Very Short Introduction by Karen Radner (Professor of Ancient Near Eastern History, University College London)
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Oxford University Press
2015-03-26
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