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EMPIRES OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST (FOUR VOLUMES)

by H.W.F. Saggs; Alan Gardiner; J.M. Cook; O.R. Gurney

Published by Folio Society. 2006

Slightly better than very good condition. Four volume set. Pictorial cloth, gilt. Colour & b/w illustrations. The Babylonians by Saggs; The Egyptians by Gardiner; The Persians by Cook; The Hittites by Gurney.

Eleventh printing. The Persians has the contents bound in upside down. Other volumes correct. Contained in publisher's burgundy slipcase with gilt title to one side.

Stock no. 1814041

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Contents

  • THE BABYLONIANS
  • Introduction: The Writing of Ancient History
  • Forewords
  • Note on the Transliteration of Cuneiform
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 PREHISTORIC BACKGROUND
  • 2 SOUTH MESOPOTAMIA IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM
  • 3 THE COMING OF BABLYLON
  • 4 THE RISE OF IMPERIAL ASSYRIA
  • 5 ASSYRIAN SUPREMACY
  • 6 THE NEO-BABYLONIAN EMPIRE
  • 7 THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE BABYLONIAN WAY OF LIFE
  • 8 LAW AND STATECRAFT
  • 9 ADMINISTRATION AND GOVERNMENT
  • 10 TRADE AND COMMERCE
  • 11 MAGIC AND RELIGION
  • 12 THE RELIGIOUS ROLE OF THE KING
  • 13 LITERATURE
  • 14 MATHEMATICS, ASTRONOMY AND MEDICINE
  • 15 LEGACY AND SURVIVAL
  • Appendices
  • Further Reading
  • Index
  • THE EGYPTIANS
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • BOOK I
  • PRELIMINARY
  • 1 Egyptology Ancient and Modern
  • 2 The Egyptian Language and Writing
  • 3 The Land, Its Neighbours and Resources
  • 4 The Foundations and Nature of Egyptian History
  • BOOK II
  • FROM THE PYRAMID - BUILDERS TO ALEXANDER
  • 5 The Old Kingdom
  • 6 The Rise and Fall of the Middle Kingdom
  • 7 From Collapse to Recovery
  • 8 The Theban Supremacy
  • 9 The Religious Revolutions and After
  • 10 The Ramesside Period I: The Nineteenth Dynasty
  • 11 The Ramesside Period II: The Twentieth Dynasty
  • 12 Egypt under Foreign Rule
  • 13 The Last Assertions of Independence
  • BOOK III
  • BACK TO THE BEGINNING
  • 14 Prehistory
  • 15 Manetho's First Two Dynasties
  • Epilogue
  • THE PERSIAN EMPIRE
  • Maps
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations
  • 1 The Emergence of Medes and Persians
  • 2 The Sources
  • 3 The Deeds of Cyrus the Great
  • 4 Cyrus' Rule
  • 5 The Critical Decade
  • 6 Darius' Conquests
  • 7 The Character of Darius' Rule
  • 8 The Organisation of he Provinces
  • 9 Darius' Feud with the Athenians
  • 10 The Armed Forces and Communications
  • 11 Xerxes' Great Expedition
  • 12 Narrative of Middle Achaemenid History
  • 13 King and Court
  • 14 Old Persian Religion
  • 15 Palaces and Art
  • 16 Satraps, Hyparchs, and Fire-Holders
  • 17 The Extent of the Empire
  • 18 Narrative of Later Achaemenid History
  • Epilogue
  • THE HITTITES
  • Foreword to the First Edition
  • Note on the Spelling of Proper Names
  • 1 OUTLINE OF HISTORY
  • 2 HITTITE STATE AND SOCIETY
  • 3 LIFE AND ECONOMY
  • 4 LAW AND INSTITUTIONS
  • 5 WARFARE
  • 6 LANGUAGES AND RACES
  • 7 RELIGION
  • 8 LITERATURE
  • 9 ART
  • CONCLUSION

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