Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction Podany Amanda H. Professor and Chair of History California State Polytechnic University PomonaPaperback
Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction Podany Amanda H. Professor and Chair of History California State Polytechnic University PomonaPaperback The ancient Near East is known as the cradle of…
Specifikacia Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction Podany Amanda H. Professor and Chair of History California State Polytechnic University PomonaPaperback
Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction Podany Amanda H. Professor and Chair of History California State Polytechnic University PomonaPaperback
The ancient Near East is known as the cradle of civilization--and for good reason. Indeed, it was a time and place of earth-shaking changes for humankind: the beginnings of writing and law, kingship and bureaucracy, diplomacy and state-sponsored warfare, mathematics and literature.This Very Short Introduction offers a fascinating account of this momentous time in human history. Mesopotamia, Syria, and Anatolia were home to an extraordinarily rich and successful culture.
As historian Amanda Podany explores this era, she overturns the The three thousand years covered here--from around 3500 BCE, with the founding of the first Mesopotamian cities, to the conquest of the Near East by the Persian king Cyrus the Great in 539 BCE-represent a period of incredible innovation, from the invention of the wheel and the plow, to early achievements in astronomy, law, and diplomacy.