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Ahlstrom: Ancient Palestine: A Historical Introduction. Paperback

Ancient Palestine: A Historical Introduction. Paperback
by Costa Ahlstrom
90 pages. 2002

Akkermans: The Archaeology of Syria. From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies (c.16,000 - 300 BC). Paperback

Archaeology of Syria. From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies (c.16,000–300 BC). Paperback
by Peter M. M. G. Akkermans, Glenn M. Schwartz. 486 pages, 112 line diagrams, 79 half-tones, 13 maps. 2004. This is the first book to present a comprehensive review of the archaeology of Syria from the end of the Paleolithic period to 300 BC.

Aksan, Goffman: The Early Modern Ottomans. Remapping the Empire. Paperback

Early Modern Ottomans. Remapping the Empire. Paperback
Edited by Virginia H. Aksan, Daniel Goffman
376 pages. 2007. A groundbreaking reinterpretation of the middle years of the Ottoman Empire, from the conquest of Byzantium in 1453 to the establishment of the Tanzimat in 1839.

Algaze: Ancient Mesopotamia at the Dawn of Civilization. The Evolution of an Urban Landscape. Cloth

Ancient Mesopotamia at the Dawn of Civilization. The Evolution of an Urban Landscape. Cloth
Guillermo Algaze. 246 pages, 17 illustrations, 9 maps, 1 table. 2009. Algaze draws on the work of modern economic geographers to explore how the unique river-based ecology and geography of the Tigris-Euphrates alluvium impacted the development of urban civilization in southern Mesopotamia.

Algaze: The Uruk World System: The Dynamics of Expansion of Early Mesopotamian Civilization. Cloth

Uruk World System: The Dynamics of Expansion of Early Mesopotamian Civilization. Cloth. By Guillermo Algaze
169 pages, 25 halftones, 25 figures, 15 maps, references, index. 1993. Archaeologists and historians have long been keenly interested in the emergence of early cities and states in the ancient Near East, particularly in the growth of early Sumerian civilization in the lowlands of Mesopotamia during the second half of the fourth millennium B.C.

Allegro: The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth. Paperback

Dead Sea Scrolls and the Christian Myth. Paperback
by John Marco Allegro
xxvi, 252 pages. 1992

Aruz: Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C. Hardcover

Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C. Hardcover, 12.25x9.25 inches
edited by Aruz, Joan / Benzel, Kim / Evans, Jean M.
xxiii, 524 pages. 2008. This important volume describes the extraordinary art created in the second millennium B.C. for royal palaces, temples, and tombs from Mesopotamia, Syria, and Anatolia to Cyprus, Egypt, and the Aegean. Objects of the highest artistry reflect the development of a sophisticated trade network throughout the eastern Mediterranean region.

Ascalone: Mesopotamia: Assyrians, Sumerians, Babylonians. Paperback

Mesopotamia: Assyrians, Sumerians, Babylonians. Dictionary of Civilization. Paperback
Enrico Ascalone
368 pages, colour illustrations. 2007. This beautifully illustrated guide to the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia, the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, is the perfect companion for travelers and armchair travelers alike.

Aubet: The Phoenicians and the West. Politics, Colonies, and Trade. Second edition. Paperback

Phoenicians and the West: Politics, Colonies, and Trade. Second edition. Paperback
by Maria Eugenia Aubet
432 pages, 106 figures, 3 tables. 2001. Between the eighth and sixth centuries BC, the Phoenicians established the first trading system in the Mediterranean basin, from their homeland, in what is now Lebanon, to colonies in Cyprus, Tunisia, Sicily, Sardinia and southern Spain

Bagnall: Early Christian Books in Egypt. Hardcover

Early Christian Books in Egypt. Hardcover
by Roger S. Bagnall. xv, 110 pages, illustrations. 2009

Bagnall: Egypt in Late Antiquity. Paperback

Egypt in Late Antiquity. Paperback
by Roger S. Bagnall
370 pages, 11 illustrations, 1 map. 1996, 4th printing, with corrections. Focusing on Egypt from the accession of Diocletian in 284 to the middle of the fifth century, this book brings together information pertaining to the society, economy and culture of a province important to understanding the entire eastern part of the later Roman Empire

Bahrani: The Graven Image. Representation in Babylonia and Assyria. Hardcover

Graven Image. Representation in Babylonia and Assyria. Hardcover
by Zainab Bahrani
x, 242 pages, 26 illustrations. 2003. Instead of imitating the natural world, representation, was thought to participate in the world and to have an effect upon it in natural, magical, and supernatural ways. The Graven Image is the first book to explore this tradition, which developed prior to, and apart from, the Greek understanding of representation.

Bahrani: Women of Babylon: Gender and Representation in Mesopotamia. Cloth

Women of Babylon: Gender and Representation in Mesopotamia. Cloth
by Zainab Bahrani
212 pages, 44 plates, notes, references, bibliography, index. 2001. This historical study examines the concept of femininity in Assyro-Babylonian society. The author analyzes how the ancient culture of Mesopotamia defined gender and sexuality through visual representation

Ball: Rome in the East: The Transformation of an Empire. Paperback

Rome in the East: The Transformation of an Empire. Paperback
by W. Ball
524 pages, almost 300 photographs. 2000. This work provides an illustrated study of the influence of Near Eastern culture on the Roman world, which argues against received wisdom about Rome as the bastion of European culture.

Barnett: Tharros. A Catalogue of Material in the British Museum from Phoenician and other Tombs at Tharros, Sardinia. Cloth

Tharros: A Catalogue of Material in the British Museum from Phoenician and other Tombs at Tharros, Sardinia. Cloth. 22x29cm
edited by R.D. Barnett and C. Mendleson
270 pages, plus 154 plates, maps, index. 1987

Barta, Mayer-Maly: Lebend(ig)e Rechtsgeschichte. Beispiele antiker Rechtskulturen: Ägypten, Mesopotamien und Griechenland. Reihe: Recht und Kultur Band 1

Lebend(ig)e Rechtsgeschichte. Beispiele antiker Rechtskulturen: Ägypten, Mesopotamien und Griechenland. Reihe: Recht und Kultur Band 1
Heinz Barta, Theo Mayer-Maly, Fritz Raber (Hg.)
2005, 296 Seiten. Der erste Band will über das römische Recht hinaus auch das vernachlässigte griechische Recht einbeziehen und mit diesem das Recht des Vorderen und Alten Orients. Dazu soll die Rechtsentwicklung als Teil der Wissenschaftsgeschichte in Erinnerung gerufen werden. Interdisziplinarität soll dabei mehr sein, als ein Lippenbekenntnis.

Barton: The Biblical World. In 2 volumes. Paperback

Biblical World. In 2 volumes. Paperback
edited by John Barton
1152 pages, 65 photos and 16 line drawings. 2004. The Biblical World is a comprehensive guide to the contents, historical settings and social context of the Bible. It presents the fruits of years of specialist study in an accessible form, and is essential reading for anyone who reads the Bible and would like to know more about how and why it came to be.

Beckmann: Hittite Birth Rituals. Paperback

Hittite Birth Rituals. Paperback
Gary M. Beckmann
xvi, 333 Seiten, 2., überarbeitete Auflage 1983

Begrich: Gilgamesch: König und Vagant. Gebunden

Gilgamesch: König und Vagant. Gebunden. Das Epos Nacherzählt und kommentiert von Gerhard Begrich
93 Seiten. 2003

Bienkowski: Dictionary of the Ancient Near East. Hardcover

Dictionary of the Ancient Near East. Hardcover
edited by Piotr Bienkowski and Alan Millard
352 pages, 285 illustrations, 65 line drawings. 2000. More than 500 comprehensively indexed entries provide clear explanations and descriptions of the major ideas, sites, institutions, people and personalities that shaped the cradle of civilization. Architecture, literature, economics, labour, religion and society are all covered

Black, Cunningham, Robson, Zolyomi: The Literature of Ancient Sumer. Paperback

Literature of Ancient Sumer. Paperback
edited by Black, Jeremy / Cunningham, Graham / Robson, Eleanor / Zolyomi, Gabor
lxiii, 372 pages, with 39 illustrations. 2006

Black: Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary. Paperback

Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary. Paperback
by Jeremy A. Black, Anthony Green, Tessa Rickards
192 pages, 159 illustrations, 1 map

Boardman: Persia and the West. Cloth

Persia and the West. Cloth
John Boardman
255 pages, with 295 illustrations and maps, notes, index. 2000. In the 6th century BC, the early kings of the Achaemenid Persian empire, Cyrus the Great and Darius, sought a new style of monumental architecture and sculpture with which to distinguish their capital cities.

Bohrer: Orientalism and Visual Culture: Imagining Mesopotamia in Nineteenth Centuy Europe. Hardback

Orientalism and Visual Culture: Imagining Mesopotamia in Nineteenth Century Europe. Hardcover
by Frederick N. Bohrer
384 pages. 2003. He surveys the full range of visual culture of the time, from museum display, painting and sculpture, to fairs, jewelry, and illustrated magazines, among other media. This study analyzes the visual logic of Imperialism, the boundaries of aesthetic evaluation, and the mediation of imagery within the complex forces at play in nineteenth-century Europe

Bolman: Monastic Visions: Wall Paintings in the Monastery of St. Anthony at the Red Sea. Cloth

Monastic Visions: Wall Paintings in the Monastery of St. Anthony at the Red Sea. Cloth. Ca.31x26cm
edited by Elizabeth S. Bolman
xxvii, 307 pages, 210 colour plates, 85 bw illustrations. An ancient church in the Coptic Monastery of St Antony at the Red Sea contains a unique cycle of 13th-century wall paintings. Reproducing the cleaned paintings, this volume describes and analyzes their amalgam of Coptic, Byzantine and Arab styles, and the religious culture to which they belong

Booth, Colomb, Williams: The Craft of Research. 3rd edition. Paperback

Craft of Research. Paperback.
Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams
xvii, 317 pages. 3rd edition 2008

Borger: Handbuch der Keilschriftliteratur. 3 Bände. Gebunden

Handbuch der Keilschriftliteratur. 3 Bände. Gebunden
Rykle Borger. Band I: Repertorium der Sumerischen und Akkadischen Texte. 684 Seiten. Band II: Supplement zu Band I. Anhang: Zur Kuyunjik Sammlung. 427 Seiten. Band III: Inhaltliche Ordnung der Sumerischen und Akkadischen Texte. Anhang: Sekundärliteratur in Auswahl. 176 Seiten. Zusammen 1287 Seiten. Berlin 1975

Bottéro: Ancestor of the West: Writing, Reasoning, and Religion in Mesopotamia, Elam, and Greece. Cloth

Ancestor of the West: Writing, Reasoning, and Religion in Mesopotamia, Elam, and Greece. Cloth
Jean Bottéro, Clarisse Herrenschmidt, Jean-Pierre Vernant. Foreword François Zabbal
208 pages, bibliography, index, 12 halftones. 2000. With Ancestor of the West, three distinguished French historians reveal the story of the birth of writing and reason, demonstrating how the logical religious structures of Near Eastern and Mesopotamian cultures served as precursors to those of the West

Bottéro: Ancestor of the West: Writing, Reasoning, and Religion in Mesopotamia, Elam, and Greece. Paperback

Ancestor of the West: Writing, Reasoning, and Religion in Mesopotamia, Elam, and Greece. Paperback
Jean Bottéro, Clarisse Herrenschmidt, Jean-Pierre Vernant. Foreword François Zabbal
208 pages, bibliography, index, 12 halftones. 2000. With Ancestor of the West, three distinguished French historians reveal the story of the birth of writing and reason, demonstrating how the logical religious structures of Near Eastern and Mesopotamian cultures served as precursors to those of the West

Bottéro: Mesopotamia: Writing, Reasoning, and the Gods. Paperback

Mesopotamia: Writing, Reasoning, and the Gods. Paperback
Jean Bottéro. Translated by Zainab Bahrani and Marc Van De Mieroop
326 pages, illustrations, map, chronology, index, glossary. 1995. Our ancestors, the Mesopotamians, invented writing and with it a new way of looking at the world. In this collection of essays, the French scholar Jean Bottero attempts to go back to the moment which marks the very beginning of history.

Bourke: The Middle East: The Cradle of Civilization Revealed. Hardback

Middle East: The Cradle of Civilization Revealed. Hardback, 30x23cm
Edited by Stephen Bourke
368 pages, 500 illustrations, 450 in colour. 2008. Here is an authoritative, detailed and accessible view of the history and peoples' of the ancient Middle East. The text is illustrated with detailed maps and photographs, enabling readers to visualize the ancient places and peoples described

Brock: Holy Women of the Syrian Orient. New edition. Paperback

Holy Women of the Syrian Orient. Paperback
translated with an introduction by Sebastian P. Brock & Susan Ashbrook Harvey
xix, 198 pages, 1 illustration, 1 map, bibliography, index. 1998. The 15 hagiographies of holy women of the Syrian Orient collected here include stories of martyrs' passions and saints' lives, pious romances and personal reminiscences. Dating from the 4th to 7th centuries AD, they are translated from Syriac into accessible prose

Brooklyn Museum: Late Egyptian and Coptic Art. Hardcover

Late Egyptian and Coptic Art. An Introduction to the Collection in the Brooklyn Museum. Hardcover, ca. 20 x 28 cm
Brooklyn Museum, with an introduction by John D. Cooney
24 pages with text, 54 plates with photographs. 1943, reprint 1974

Brosius: The Persians. Paperback

Persians. Paperback
Maria Brosius
240 pages. 2006. The only book of its kind to cover both the Achaemenid period and the thousand years following Alexander's conquest, Persians explores the period from the seventh century BC, to the seventh century AD, and presents a comprehensive introduction to ancient Persia.

Bryce: Letters of the Great Kings of the Ancient Near East. The Royal Correspondence of the Late Bronze Age. New edition. Hardcover

Letters of the Great Kings of the Ancient Near East. The Royal Correspondence of the Late Bronze Age. New edition. Hardcover
Trevor Bryce
272 pages, 3 maps, 4 figures. From the 17th to the 12th centuries BCE, the five Great Kings of Egypt, Babylon, Hatti (the kingdom of the Hittites), Mitanni and Assyria ruled over vast, complex territories. One of the secrets to their control was frequent communication by letter.

Bryce: Life and Society in the Hittite World. Paperback

Life and Society in the Hittite World. Paperback
by Trevor Bryce
328 pages, 2 maps, 14 figures. 2004. The Hittites were an ancient people of Asia Minor and Syria, who flourished from 1600 to 1200 BC. Trevor Bryce uses contemporary scholarship and archaeological discoveries to examine their society and civilization

Bryce: The Kingdom of the Hittites. New edition. Paperback

Kingdom of the Hittites. New edition. Paperback.
by Trevor Bryce
xix, 554 pages, 5 maps, 8 figures. 2005. This text presents a history of the kingdom of the Hittites, and its role in the context of the ancient Near Eastern world. It begins with an account of the Hittites predecessors, then traces the development of the Hittite kingdom to end with the events which followed after the kingdoms collapse

Bryce: Trojans and Their Neighbours. New edition. Paperback

Trojans and Their Neighbours. New edition. Paperback
Trevor R. Bryce
240 pages, 18 halftones, 11 line figures. 2005. Beginning with an account of Troy's involvement in "The Iliad" and the question of the historicity of the Trojan War, this title reveals how the Hittite texts illuminate this question, which has fascinated scholars and travellers since the Renaissance.

Buck, Mout, Musterd, Talsma: Zoeken en schrijven. Handleiding bij het maken van een historisch werkstuk. 10e druk. Gebonden

Zoeken en schrijven. Handleiding bij het maken van een historisch werkstuk. 10e druk. Gebonden
P. de Buck, M. Mout, C. Musterd en J. Talsma. 150 pagina's. 2002

Bugh: The Cambridge Companion to the Hellenistic World. Paperback

Cambridge Companion to the Hellenistic World. Paperback.
Edited by Glenn R. Bugh
402 pages. 2006. This Companion volume offers fifteen original essays on the Hellenistic world and is intended to complement and supplement general histories of the period from Alexander the Great to Kleopatra VII of Egypt.

Burke: History and Social Theory. 2nd edition. Paperback

History and Social Theory. 2nd edition. Paperback
by Peter Burke. 198 pages, bibliography, index. 2005. Offers a reappraisal of the relations between history and the social sciences.

Burkert: Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis: Eastern Contexts of Greek Culture. Hardcover

Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis: Eastern Contexts of Greek Culture. Hardcover
by Walter Burkert
178 pages. 2004

Burkert: Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis: Eastern Contexts of Greek Culture. Paperback

Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis: Eastern Contexts of Greek Culture. Paperback
by Walter Burkert
178 pages. 2008

Cambridge Ancient History: Plates to Volumes 1 and 2. 2nd Edition. Hardback

Cambridge Ancient History: Plates to Volumes 1 and 2. 2nd Edition. Hardback
Edited by I. E. S. Edwards, C. J. Gadd, N. G. L. Hammond, E. Sollberger
223 pages. 1977, 1989, 1995. A new Plates Volume to accompany the four Parts of The Cambridge Ancient History, Volumes I and II.

Canby: The Ur-Nammu Stela. Hardcover

Ur-Nammu Stela. Hardcover
by Jeanny Vorys Canby
144 (various pagings), 126 illustrations. 2001. Ur-Nammu was king of Ur in ancient Mesopotamia (southern Iraq) around 2000 BC. In 1925 a joint expedition from the University of Pennsylvania Museum and The British Museum discovered dozens of fragments of a monument in honor of Ur-Nammu. This book includes the justification of the reconstructions, description of the scenes and speculation on the ancient fate of the stela.

Carroll: Earthly Paradises: Ancient Gardens in History and Archaeology. Hardbound

Earthly Paradises: Ancient Gardens in History and Archaeology. Hardbound
by Maureen Carroll
144 pages, 72 colour and 30 black-white illustrations. This title which brings together archaeological and literary evidence surrounding ancient gardens, also examines the tasks and role of gardeners, and assesses the evidence for various types of plants and trees, and for ancient horticultural practices.

Casson: Libraries in the Ancient World. Paperback

Libraries in the Ancient World. Paperback
by Lionel Casson
177 pages, with many illustrations. 2002. The story of Ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when "books" were clay tablets and writing was a new phenomenon. Lionel Casson explores the royal libraries of the Ancient Near East, the private and public libraries of Greece and Rome, and the first Christian monastic libraries

Chamoun-Nicolas: Negotiate Like a Phoenician: Discover TraDEAbLes. Paperback

Negotiate Like a Phoenician: Discover TraDEAbLes. Paperback
by Habib Chamoun-Nicolas. 233 pages. 2007

Charvat: Mesopotamia Before History. Hardback

Mesopotamia Before History. Hardback
Petr Charvát
304 pages, 72 line drawings, 44 photos. 2002. This comprehensive and detailed survey of the region's prehistory and protohistory shows how these fascinating developments were possible. Petr Charvát explores the economic, social and spiritual spheres in Mesopotamia from the Palaeolithic to the time of the early states, c. 100,000 BC to 2334 BC.

Charvat: Mesopotamia Before History. Paperback

Mesopotamia Before History. Paperback
Petr Charvát
304 pages, 72 line drawings and 44 photos. 2008. This comprehensive and detailed survey of the region's prehistory and protohistory shows how these fascinating developments were possible. Petr Charvát explores the economic, social and spiritual spheres in Mesopotamia from the Palaeolithic to the time of the early states, c. 100,000 BC to 2334 BC.