02/25/19 AR2P25: Ancient Civilisations of the Middle East | University of Reading AR2P25: Ancient Civilisations of the Middle East View Online 272 items Module reading (4 items) These books will be constantly referred to throughout the module. If you want to buy one book for this module, buy the Liverani 2014 book. The ancient Near East: history, society and economy - Mario Liverani, Soraia Tabatabai, 2014 Book | Recommended for student purchase Cultural atlas of Mesopotamia and the ancient Near East - Michael Roaf, 1990 Book The human past: world prehistory & the development of human societies - Christopher Scarre, 2013 Book | Chapters 6 and 12 A history of the ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC - Marc Van de Mieroop, 2007 Book Basic Texts (19 items) These are books that will be of value throughout the module, including for assessments. They are all available in the library, some of them as electronic resources. The archaeology of Syria: from complex hunter-gatherers to early urban societies (c. 16,000-300 BC) - Peter M.M.G. Akkermans, Glenn M. Schwartz, 2002 Book The Routledge handbook of the peoples and places of ancient western Asia: from the early Bronze Age to the fall of the Persian Empire - Trevor Bryce, 2009 Book The ancient Near East: c. 3000-330 B.C. - Amâelie Kuhrt, 1995 Book The archaeology of society in the Holy Land - Thomas Evan Levy, 1998 Book The ancient Near East: history, society and economy - Mario Liverani, Soraia Tabatabai, 2014 Book The archaeology of Mesopotamia: theories and approaches - Roger Matthews, 2003 1/26
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Module reading (4 items)These books will be constantly referred to throughout the module. If you want to buy onebook for this module, buy the Liverani 2014 book.
The ancient Near East: history, society and economy - Mario Liverani, Soraia Tabatabai,2014
Book | Recommended for student purchase
Cultural atlas of Mesopotamia and the ancient Near East - Michael Roaf, 1990Book
The human past: world prehistory & the development of human societies - ChristopherScarre, 2013
Book | Chapters 6 and 12
A history of the ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC - Marc Van de Mieroop, 2007Book
Basic Texts (19 items)These are books that will be of value throughout the module, including for assessments.They are all available in the library, some of them as electronic resources.
The archaeology of Syria: from complex hunter-gatherers to early urban societies (c.16,000-300 BC) - Peter M.M.G. Akkermans, Glenn M. Schwartz, 2002
Book
The Routledge handbook of the peoples and places of ancient western Asia: from the earlyBronze Age to the fall of the Persian Empire - Trevor Bryce, 2009
Book
The ancient Near East: c. 3000-330 B.C. - Amâelie Kuhrt, 1995Book
The archaeology of society in the Holy Land - Thomas Evan Levy, 1998Book
The ancient Near East: history, society and economy - Mario Liverani, Soraia Tabatabai,2014
Book
The archaeology of Mesopotamia: theories and approaches - Roger Matthews, 2003
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HattuschaWebpage | excellent site focusing on Hattusa and the Hittites, with links to many other
relevant sites
Welcome to The Human Past - Student Study Guide WebsiteWebpage | try the quizzes to Chapters 6 and 12!
The Central Zagros Archaeological ProjectWebsite | Project website for Central Zagros Archaeological Project, Neolithic of Iran and
Iraq
AMAR: Archive of Mesopotamian Archaeological Site ReportsWebpage | Archive of Mesopotamian Archaeological Reports: (major resource of pdf files
of excavation reports relating to Mesopotamia, Iran, and neighbouring regions)
Lecture 1. (26 items)Introduction: course organization and objectivesGeography and social elements of the ancient Near EastEarly villages in the ‘fertile crescent’This lecture will provide a general introduction to the nature and structure of the course, asummary of the major archaeological and textual sources, an outline of the geography ofthe Near East, a brief history of archaeological exploration in the region, and a guide to theprincipal bibliographic resources relevant to the course.We will consider the processes whereby bands of hunter-gathering humans settled down inpermanent villages in parts of the Near East at the end of the last Ice Age and how theydeveloped over time into fully agricultural communities with domesticated plants andanimals.
Introduction (10 items)
*The ancient Near East: history, society and economy - Mario Liverani, Soraia Tabatabai,2014
Book | Essential | Chapters 1-2 and 33
*Cultural atlas of Mesopotamia and the ancient Near East - Michael Roaf, 1990Book | Essential | Pages 12-24
*A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Wilkinson, T. J. (2012) Introduction to geography, climate, topography,
and hydrology 3-26
*A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Wilkinson, T. J. (2012) Introduction to geography, climate, topography,
and hydrology 3-26
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Recommended | Chevalier, N. (2012) Early excavations (pre-1914) 48-69
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Recommended | Chevalier, N. (2012) Early excavations (pre-1914) 48-69
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A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Recommended | Magee, P. (2012) The foundations of antiquities departments
70-86.
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Recommended | Magee, P. (2012) The foundations of antiquities departments
70-86.
The human past: world prehistory & the development of human societies - ChristopherScarre, 2013
Book | Recommended | Matthews, R. (2009) The rise of civilization in southwest Asia432-471
The rise of civilization: from early farmers to urban society in the ancient Near East -Charles L. Redman, 1978
Book | Recommended | Pages 16-49
Early villages in the ‘fertile crescent’ (16 items)
*The Oxford handbook of the archaeology of the Levant: c. 8000-332 BCE - 2013Book | Essential | Finlayson, B. (2014) Introduction to the Levant during the Neolithic
period 23-133
*The ancient Near East: history, society and economy - Mario Liverani, Soraia Tabatabai,2014
Book | Essential | Chapter 3
*Cultural atlas of Mesopotamia and the ancient Near East - Michael Roaf, 1990Book | Essential | Pages 24-27
The human past: world prehistory & the development of human societies - ChristopherScarre, 2013
Book | Essential | Watkins, T. (2009) From foragers to complex societies in SouthwestAsia 200-233
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Recommended | Arbuckle, B. S. (2012) Animals in the ancient world 201-219
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Recommended | Arbuckle, B. S. (2012) Animals in the ancient world 201-219
Last hunters, first farmers: new perspectives on the prehistoric transition to agriculture -1995
Book | Recommended | Bar-Yosef, O. and R. H. Meadow (1995) The origins of agriculturein the Near East 39-94 Not in library stock.
The agricultural revolution in prehistory: why did foragers become farmers? - GraemeBarker, 2006
Book | Recommended | Pages 1-41, 104-148
The Oxford handbook of archaeology - Barry W. Cunliffe, Chris Gosden, Rosemary A. Joyce,
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2009Book | Recommended | Barker, G. (2009) Early farming and domestication 445-483
The birth of the gods and the origins of agriculture: the revolution in symbols in theNeolithic - Jacques Cauvin, 2000
Book | Recommended
The origins and spread of agriculture and pastoralism in Eurasia - David R. Harris, 1996Book | Recommended | Pages 1-9
Last hunters, first farmers: new perspectives on the prehistoric transition to agriculture -1995
Book | Recommended | Price, D. T. and A. B. Gebauer (1995) New perspectives on thetransition to agriculture 3-20
The rise of civilization: from early farmers to urban society in the ancient Near East -Charles L. Redman, 1978
Book | Recommended | Pages 88-140
Beyond boundaries: nature, culture and a holistic approach to domestication in the Levant- M. Verhoeven, 2004
Article | Recommended
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Recommended | Willcox, G. (2012) The beginnings of cereal cultivation and
domestication in southwest Asia 163-180
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Recommended | Willcox, G. (2012) The beginnings of cereal cultivation and
domestication in southwest Asia 163-180
Lecture 2. Neolithic life in Anatolia. The Neolithic of Iran (23 items)We shall examine some of the major Neolithic settlements of Anatolia, including HallanÇemi, Göbekli Tepe, Aşıklı Höyük and, especially, Çatal Höyük, in a consideration of issuesof life and society in Neolithic Anatolia. Recent and current research into the Neolithic ofIran will also be reviewed.
Neolithic life in Anatolia (15 items)
*A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Baird, D. (2012) The Late Epipalaeolithic, Neolithic, and Chalcolithic of
the Anatolian plateau, 13,000-4000 BC 431-465
*A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Baird, D. (2012) The Late Epipalaeolithic, Neolithic, and Chalcolithic of
the Anatolian plateau, 13,000-4000 BC 431-465
*The Oxford handbook of ancient Anatolia, 10,000-323 B.C.E. - Sharon R. Steadman, JohnGregory McMahon, c2011
Book | Essential | Hodder, I. (2011) Çatalhöyük: a prehistoric settlement on the Konya
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plain 934-949
*The Oxford handbook of ancient Anatolia, 10,000-323 B.C.E. - Sharon R. Steadman, JohnGregory McMahon, 2011
Book | Essential | Hodder, I. (2011) Çatalhöyük: a prehistoric settlement on the Konyaplain 934-949
*Ancient Turkey - A.G. Sagona, Paul E. Zimansky, 2009Book | Essential
The prehistory of Asia Minor: from complex hunter-gatherers to early urban societies -Bleda S. Dèuring, 2011
Book | Recommended | Chapters 4-5
Neolithic in Turkey: the cradle of civilization : new discoveries - Nezih Başgelen, MehmetÖzdoğan, 1999
Book | Recommended | Esin, U. and S. Harmankaya (1999) Aşıklı 115-132
Neolithic in Turkey: the cradle of civilization : new discoveries - Nezih Başgelen, MehmetÖzdoğan, 1999
Book | Recommended | Hauptmann, H. (1999) The Urfa region 65-86
Catalhoyuk: the Leopard's tale : revealing the mysteries of turkey's ancient town - IanHodder, 2006
Book | Recommended
Ancient Anatolia: fifty years' work by the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara - RogerMatthews, British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, 1998
Book | Recommended | Hodder, I. and R. Matthews (1998) Çatalhöyük: the 1990’sseasons 43-51
Life in Neolithic farming communities: social organization, identity, and differentiation - IanKuijt, 2000
Book | Recommended | Rosenberg, M. and R. W. Redding (2000) Hallan Çemi and earlyvillage organization in eastern Anatolia 39-61
*The Oxford handbook of ancient Anatolia, 10,000-323 B.C.E. - Sharon R. Steadman, JohnGregory McMahon, c2011
Book | Recommended | Schmidt, K. (2011) Göbekli Tepe: a Neolithic site insoutheastern Anatolia,
*The Oxford handbook of ancient Anatolia, 10,000-323 B.C.E. - Sharon R. Steadman, JohnGregory McMahon, 2011
Book | Recommended | Schmidt, K. (2011) Göbekli Tepe: a Neolithic site insoutheastern Anatolia,
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Recommended | Schmidt, K. (2012) Anatolia, 144-160
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Recommended | Schmidt, K. (2012) Anatolia, 144-160
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The Neolithic of Iraq and Iran (8 items)
Neolithisation of Iran: the formation of new societies - 2013Book | Essential | Chapters 1 and 2
The Oxford handbook of ancient Iran - Daniel T. Potts, 2013Book | Essential | Weeks, L. (2013) The development and expansion of a Neolithic way
of life, 49-75
The early prehistory of Mesopotamia: 500,000 to 4,500 BC - Roger Matthews, 2000Book | Recommended
Investigating the Early Neolithic of western Iran: the Central Zagros Archaeological Project(CZAP) - R.J. Matthews, Y. Mohammadifar, W. Matthews, A. Motarjem
Webpage | Recommended
The earliest neolithic of Iran: 2008 excavations at Sheikh-e Abad and Jani : Central ZagrosArchaeological Project - Roger Matthews, Wendy Matthews, Yaghoub Mohammadifar, 2013
Book | Recommended
The Central Zagros Archaeological ProjectWebsite | Recommended
The Neolithic of the Near East - James Mellaart, 1975Book | Recommended | Chapters 2 and 5
The Neolithic Settlement of Highland SW Iran: New Evidence from the Mamasani District -Lloyd Weeks, Karim Alizadeh, Lily Niakan, Kourosh Alamdari, Mohsen Zeidi, AlirezaKhosrowzadeh and Bernadette McCall, 2006
Article | Recommended
Lecture 3. Neolithic and Chalcolithic societies in the Levant Villagesand chiefdoms in Mesopotamia (22 items)In the area now covered by Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Cyprus, earlyfarming villages grew rapidly into complex settlements, testifying to new developments in10social organization, art, and technology. In this lecture we look at current research on thistopic.Through the sixth and fifth millennia BC increasingly complex social and culturaldevelopments can be detected in the archaeological record of Mesopotamia, as humancommunities evolved from small villages to more sophisticated entities. Here we examinethe evidence for the Chalcolithic communities of the Halaf and Ubaid periods inMesopotamia.
Neolithic and Chalcolithic societies in the Levant (12 items)
The Oxford handbook of the archaeology of the Levant: c. 8000-332 BCE - 2013Book | Essential | Akkermans, P. M. M. G. (2014) The northern Levant during the
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A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Banning, E. B. (2012) The southern Levant, 396-414; Bartl, K. (2012)
The northern Levant, 375-395. Also available as an ebook- see below.
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Banning, E. B. (2012) The southern Levant, 396-414; Bartl, K. (2012)
The northern Levant, 375-395.
The archaeology of society in the Holy Land - Thomas Evan Levy, 1998Book | Essential | Read: Bar-Yosef, O. (1995) ‘Earliest food producers - pre-pottery
Neolithic (8,000-5,500 B.C.E.)’, pp. 190-205.
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Read: Bartl, K. (2012) The northern Levant, pp. 375-395. Also
available as an ebook - see below.
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Read: Bartl, K. (2012) The northern Levant, pp. 375-395.
The Oxford handbook of the archaeology of the Levant: c. 8000-332 BCE - 2013Book | Essential | Read: Levy, T. E. (2014) Introduction to the Levant during the
Chalcolithic period: regional perspectives, pp. 203-211.
The birth of the gods and the origins of agriculture: the revolution in symbols in theNeolithic - Jacques Cauvin, 2000
Book | Recommended | Read the main conclusions and note illustrations.
The early prehistory of Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan: archaeological survey of WadisFaynan, Ghuwayr and al-Bustan and evaluation of the pre-pottery neolithic A site of WF16 -Bill Finlayson, Steven J. Mithen, Council for British Research in the Levant, 2007
Book | Recommended
Life in Neolithic farming communities: social organization, identity, and differentiation - IanKuijt, 2000
Book | Recommended | Read: Kuijt, I. (2000) Keeping the peace: ritual, skull cachingand community integration in the Levantine Neolithic, pp. 137-164.
The archaeology of society in the Holy Land - Thomas Evan Levy, 1998Book | Recommended | Read: Levy, T. (1995) Cult, metallurgy and rank societies:
Chalcolithic period, pp. 226-243; Rollefson, G. (2000) Ritual and social structure atNeolithic ‘Ain Ghazal, pp. 165-190.
The social origins of cooking and dining in early villages of southwest Asia - K. Wright,2000
Article | Recommended
Villages and chiefdoms in Mesopotamia (10 items)
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Read: Campbell, S. (2012) Northern Mesopotamia, pp. 415-430;
Oates, J. (2012) Southern Mesopotamia, pp. 466-484. Also available as an ebook - see
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A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Read: Campbell, S. (2012) Northern Mesopotamia, pp. 415-430;
Oates, J. (2012) Southern Mesopotamia, pp. 466-484.
Cultural atlas of Mesopotamia and the ancient Near East - Michael Roaf, 1990Book | Essential | Read: pp. 48-56.
Civilizations of ancient Iraq - Benjamin R. Foster, Karen Polinger Foster, 2009Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 1-14.
The Halaf period in Northern Mesopotamia - Ismail Hijjara, 1997Book | Recommended
The archaeology of Mesopotamia: from the Old Stone Age to the Persian conquest - SetonLloyd, 1984
Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 84-111.
The Neolithic of the Near East - James Mellaart, 1975Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 135-179.
From Mesopotamia to Iraq: a concise history - Hans J. Nissen, Peter Heine, c2009Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 7-20.
The rise of civilization: from early farmers to urban society in the ancient Near East -Charles L. Redman, 1978
Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 198-201.
Lecture 4. The ‘rise of civilization’ in Mesopotamia. The Sumerians andtheir contemporaries (32 items)Civilization can be defined as urban, literate, and artistic. All these elements had appearedin south Mesopotamia by the late fourth millennium BC. In this session we consider whyand how this dramatic process took place where and when it did, focusing on excavatedmaterial from the site of Uruk and elsewhere.We look also at the city-states of Mesopotamia during the third millennium BC, includingthe spectacular evidence from Ur for burial of elite members of society. Early written textsshed light on politics and culture at the dawn of history.
The ‘rise of civilization’ in Mesopotamia (16 items)
The ancient Near East: history, society and economy - Mario Liverani, Soraia Tabatabai,2014
Book | Essential | Read: Chapters 4-5.
Ancient Mesopotamia: the Eden that never was - Susan Pollock, 1999Book | Essential | Read: pp. 5-6, 93-116, 149-72.
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Cultural atlas of Mesopotamia and the ancient Near East - Michael Roaf, 1990Book | Essential | Read: pp. 59-73.
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Read: Ur, J. (2012) Southern Mesopotamia, pp. 533-555. Also
available as an ebook - see below.
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Read: Ur, J. (2012) Southern Mesopotamia, pp. 533-555.
Early Mesopotamia and Iran : contact and conflict, 3500-1600 BC / edited by John Curtis. -Lukonin, Vladimir Grigorʹevich.Curtis, John, 1946-, 1993
Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 23-30.
Civilizations of ancient Iraq - Benjamin R. Foster, Karen Polinger Foster, 2009Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 15-34.
The archaeology of Mesopotamia: from the Old Stone Age to the Persian conquest - SetonLloyd, 1984
Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 48-62.
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Recommended | Read: Matney, T. (2012) Northern Mesopotamia, pp. 556-574.
Also available as an ebook - see below.
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Recommended | Read: Matney, T. (2012) Northern Mesopotamia, pp. 556-574
The human past: world prehistory & the development of human societies - ChristopherScarre, 2005
Book | Recommended | Read: Matthews, R. (2005) The rise of civilization in southwestAsia, 432-471.
The early history of the ancient Near East, 9000-2000 B.C. - Hans Jörg Nissen, ElizabethLutzeier, Kenneth J. Northcott, 1988
Book | Recommended
Archaic bookkeeping: early writing and techniques of economic administration in theancient Near East - Hans J. Nissen, Peter Damerow, Robert K. Englund, 1993
Book | Recommended
From Mesopotamia to Iraq: a concise history - Hans J. Nissen, Peter Heine, c2009Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 21-41.
Bureaucrats and managers, peasants and pastoralists, imperialists and traders: Researchon the Uruk and Jemdet Nasr periods in Mesopotamia - Susan Pollock, 1992-9
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The Sumerians and their contemporaries (16 items)
The ancient Near East: history, society and economy - Mario Liverani, Soraia Tabatabai,2014
Book | Essential | Read: Chapter 6.
Early Mesopotamia: society and economy at the dawn of history - J.N. Postgate, 1994Book | Essential | Read: pp. 25-40.
Cultural atlas of Mesopotamia and the ancient Near East - Michael Roaf, 1990Book | Essential | Read: pp. 78-93.
A history of the ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC - Marc Van de Mieroop, 2004Book | Essential | Read: pp. 39-58.
Art of the first cities : the third millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus /edited by Joan Aruz with Ronald Wallenfels. - Aruz, Joan.Wallenfels, Ronald.MetropolitanMuseum of Art (New York, N.Y.), 2003
Book | Recommended
Mesopotamia before history - Charvát, Petr., 2002Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 25-40.
Sumer and the Sumerians / Harriet Crawford. - Crawford, Harriet, 1937-, 1991Book | Recommended
The Sumerian world / edited by Harriet Crawford. - Crawford, Harriet, 1937-, 2012Book | Recommended
Civilizations of ancient Iraq - Benjamin R. Foster, Karen Polinger Foster, 2009Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 35-50.
The ancient Near East : c. 3000-330 B.C. - Amélie Kuhrt, 1995Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 27-44.
The archaeology of Mesopotamia: from the Old Stone Age to the Persian conquest - SetonLloyd, 1984
Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 88-110.
From Mesopotamia to Iraq: a concise history - Hans J. Nissen, Peter Heine, c2009Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 42-58.
Ancient Mesopotamia: the Eden that never was - Susan Pollock, 1999Book | Recommended | Read; pp. 205-217.
The rise of civilization: from early farmers to urban society in the ancient Near East -Charles L. Redman, 1978
Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 286-307.
Ur 'of the Chaldees' - Leonard Woolley, P.R.S. Moorey, 1982Book | Recommended
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Treasures from the royal tombs of Ur / edited by Richard L. Zettler and Lee Horne ; withessays by Richard L. Zettler, Donald P. Hansen, Holly Pittman ... [et al.]. - University ofPennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.Zettler, Richard L., 1949-Horne,Lee.Hansen, Donald P.Pittman, Holly., 1998
Book | Recommended
Lecture 5. Early empires and states. Bronze Age civilizations in theLevant. (28 items)The late third millennium BC saw the emergence of what have been called the firstempires. How did they operate, and how can we study them archaeologically? Here welook at the empires of Akkad and Ur III.Complex societies in the Levantine Bronze Age were different from those of bothMesopotamia and Anatolia. Why was this so? Some of the key reasons involved geography,trade and communication routes, and the Levant’s unique relationships with Egypt and theMediterranean. In this lecture we examine Canaanite civilization.
Early empires and states (13 items)
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Read: Heinz, M. (2012) The Ur III, Old Babylonian, and Kassite
empires, pp. 706-721 and McMahon, A. (2012) The Akkadian period: empire, environment,and imagination, pp.649-667. Also available as an ebook - see below.
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Read: Heinz, M. (2012) The Ur III, Old Babylonian, and Kassite
empires, pp. 706-721 and McMahon, A. (2012) The Akkadian period: empire, environment,and imagination, pp.649-667.
The ancient Near East : c. 3000-330 B.C. - Amélie Kuhrt, 1995Book | Essential | Read: pp. 44-73.
The ancient Near East: history, society and economy - Mario Liverani, Soraia Tabatabai,2014
Book | Essential | Read: Chapters 8-9.
The archaeology of Mesopotamia: theories and approaches - Roger Matthews, 2003Book | Essential | Read: pp. 127-154.
A history of the ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC - Marc Van de Mieroop, 2004Book | Essential | Read: pp. 59-79.
Civilizations of ancient Iraq - Benjamin R. Foster, Karen Polinger Foster, 2009Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 51-70.
Civilizations of the Ancient Near East - Jack M. Sasson, 2000Book | Recommended | Read: Franke, S. (1995) Kings of Akkad: Sargon and Naram-Sin,
pp. 831-841.
Akkad: the first world empire : structure, ideology, traditions - Mario Liverani, Akkad : ilprimo impero universale : strutture, ideologia, tradizioni" (Conference), 1993
Early Mesopotamia: society and economy at the dawn of history - J.N. Postgate, 1994Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 40-43.
Cultural atlas of Mesopotamia and the ancient Near East - Michael Roaf, 1990Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 96-105.
Bronze Age civilizations in the Levant (15 items)
The Oxford handbook of the archaeology of the Levant: c. 8000-332 BCE - 2013Book | Essential | Read: Burke, A. A. (2014) Introduction to the Levant during the Middle
Bronze Age, pp. 403-413; Greenberg, R. (2014) Introduction to the Levant during the EarlyBronze Age, pp. 269-277 and Sherratt, E. S. (2014) Introduction to the Levant during theLate Bronze Age, pp.497-508.
The ancient Near East: history, society and economy - Mario Liverani, Soraia Tabatabai,2014
Book | Essential | Read: Chapters 7 and 19.
Syria’s royal tombs uncovered - P. Pfälzner, 2006Article | Essential
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Read: Pfälzner, P. (2012) Levantine kingdoms of the Late Bronze Age,
pp. 770-796. Also available as an ebook - see below.
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Read: Pfälzner, P. (2012) Levantine kingdoms of the Late Bronze Age,
pp. 770-796.
Ugarit (Ras Shamra) - Adrian Curtis, 1985Book | Recommended
Archaeological Sources for the History of Palestine: The Middle Bronze Age: The Zenith ofthe Urban Canaanite Era - William G. Dever, 1987
Article | Recommended
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Recommended | Read: Genz, H. (2012) The northern Levant, pp. 607-678 and
Harrison, T. P. (2012) The southern Levant, pp. 629-646. Also available as an ebook - seebelow.
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Recommended | Read: Genz, H. (2012) The northern Levant, pp. 607-678 and
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Harrison, T. P. (2012) The southern Levant, pp. 629-646.
Bronze Age Mediterranean Island Cultures and the Ancient Near East (Part 1) - A. BernardKnapp, 1992
Article | Recommended
Bronze Age Mediterranean Island Cultures and the Ancient Near East (Part 2) - A. BernardKnapp, 1992
Article | Recommended
The archaeology of society in the Holy Land - Thomas Evan Levy, 1998Book | Recommended | Read: Articles by Gophna (esp. last 2 pages – on Egypt); Ilan
(pp. 297-319); and Bunimovitz (pp. 320-331).
Civilizations of the Ancient Near East - Jack M. Sasson, 2000Book | Recommended | Read: Articles by Milano, Vol. II: 1219-1230, Soldt, Vol. II:
1255-1266.
Near Eastern Archaeology (Special issue on Ugarit) - Brian Schmidt Marguerite Yon Marguerite Yon Pierre Bordreuil Marguerite Yon Sylvie Lackenbacher Florence Malbran-Labat Anne-Sophie Dalix Pierre Bordreuil Béatrice André-Salvini and Mirjo Salvini Daniel Arnaud Marguerite Yon
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Olivier Callot Jean-Claude Margueron Sophie Marchegay Yves Calvet Carole Roche Annie Caubet Valérie Matoïan Claude Chanut and Ella Dardaillon André Caquot Simon B. Parker Dennis Pardee Jacqueline Gachet Brian Schmidt Review by: Daniel Miller, 2000
Journal | Recommended
Qatna - The Italian Archaeological MissionWebsite | Recommended | Website of Italian-Syrian expedition to Qatna.
Lecture 6. The Middle and Late Bronze Age in Mesopotamia andbeyond. (11 items)Through the second millennium BC a rich range of archaeological and textual sources
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allows us to view many aspects of life in Mesopotamia, and its interactions with the rest ofthe Near East. Here we look at urban settlements, international relations, trade, andwarfare in this International Age.
The ancient Near East : c. 3000-330 B.C. - Amélie Kuhrt, 1995Book | Essential | Read: pp. 74-117 and 332-248.
The ancient Near East: history, society and economy - Mario Liverani, Soraia Tabatabai,2014
Book | Essential | Read: Chapters 10-14, 16-17, 20-21.
Cultural atlas of Mesopotamia and the ancient Near East - Michael Roaf, 1990Book | Essential | Read: pp. 108-123 and 132-142.
Ancient Turkey - A.G. Sagona, Paul E. Zimansky, 2009Book | Essential | Read: pp. 225-252.
A history of the ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC - Marc Van de Mieroop, 2004Book | Essential | Read: pp. 80-112, 161-178.
Civilizations of ancient Iraq - Benjamin R. Foster, Karen Polinger Foster, 2009Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 71-104.
The archaeology of Mesopotamia: from the Old Stone Age to the Persian conquest - SetonLloyd, 1984
Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 157-178.
Civilizations of the Ancient Near East - Jack M. Sasson, 2000Book | Recommended | Read: Margueron, J.-C. (1995) Mari: a portrait in art of a
Mesopotamian city-state, pp. 885-899; Sasson, J. M. (1995) King Hammurabi of Babylon,pp. 901-915 and Veenhof, K. R. (1995) Kanesh: an Assyrian colony in Anatolia, pp.859-871.
From Mesopotamia to Iraq: a concise history - Hans J. Nissen, Peter Heine, c2009Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 77-89.
Babylon - Joan Oates, 1979Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 83-104.
Lecture 7. The Hittites of Anatolia. (21 items)We will discuss the nature and archaeology of Hittite civilization in the Late Bronze Age ofAnatolia, with special reference to the Hittite’s capital city, Hattusa, in central Turkey.
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Read: Bryce, T. (2012) The Hittite empire, pp. 722-739. Also available
as an ebook - see below.
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012
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Book | Essential | Read: Bryce, T. (2012) The Hittite empire, pp. 722-739.
The ancient Near East: history, society and economy - Mario Liverani, Soraia Tabatabai,2014
Book | Essential | Read: Chapters 15 and 18.
The Oxford handbook of ancient Anatolia, 10,000-323 B.C.E. - Sharon R. Steadman, JohnGregory McMahon, 2011
Book | Recommended | Read: Mielke, D. P. (2011) Key sites of the Hittite empire, pp.1031-1054; Seeher, J. (2011). The Plateau: the Hittites, pp. 376-392. Also available as anebook - see below.
The Oxford handbook of ancient Anatolia, 10,000-323 B.C.E. - Sharon R. Steadman, JohnGregory McMahon, 2011
Book | Essential | Read: Mielke, D. P. (2011) Key sites of the Hittite empire, pp.1031-1054; Seeher, J. (2011). The Plateau: the Hittites, pp. 376-392.
Ancient Turkey - A.G. Sagona, Paul E. Zimansky, 2009Book | Essential | Read: pp. 253-290.
A history of the ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC - Marc Van de Mieroop, 2004Book | Essential | Read: pp. 112-18, 121-40, 145-60.
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Recommended | Read: Bachhuber, C. (2012) The Anatolian plateau, pp. 575-595.
Also available as an ebook - see below.
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Recommended | Read: Bachhuber, C. (2012) The Anatolian plateau, pp. 575-595.
The Oxford handbook of ancient Anatolia, 10,000-323 B.C.E. - Sharon R. Steadman, JohnGregory McMahon, 2011
Book | Recommended | Read: Beal, R. H. (2011) Hittite Anatolia: a political history, pp.579-603; Glatz, C. (2011) The Hittite state from archaeological evidence, pp. 877-899 andVan den Hout, T. (2011) The Hittite empire from textual evidence, pp. 900-913. Alsoavailable as an ebook - see below.
The Oxford handbook of ancient Anatolia, 10,000-323 B.C.E. - Sharon R. Steadman, JohnGregory McMahon, 2011
Book | Recommended | Read: Beal, R. H. (2011) Hittite Anatolia: a political history, pp.579-603; Glatz, C. (2011) The Hittite state from archaeological evidence, pp. 877-899 andVan den Hout, T. (2011) The Hittite empire from textual evidence, pp. 900-913.
Hattusha: the capital of the Hittites - Kurt Bittel, 1970Book | Recommended
The kingdom of the Hittites - Trevor Bryce, 1998Book | Recommended
Life and society in the Hittite world - Trevor Bryce, 2002Book | Recommended
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The Hittites and their world - Billie Jean Collins, Society of Biblical Literature, 2007Book | Recommended
Environment, Archaeology, and History in Hittite Anatolia - Ronald L. Gorny, 1989Article | Recommended
Hittite Imperialism and Anti-Imperial Resistance As Viewed from Alișar Höyük - Ronald L.Gorny, 1995
Article | Recommended
The Hittites and their contemporaries in Asia Minor - J.G Macqueen, 1986Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 22-35.
Cultural atlas of Mesopotamia and the ancient Near East - Michael Roaf, 1990Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 137-139; 144-148.
Forty years in the capital of the Hittites - Jürgen Seeher, 01/06/1995 Volume: 58 Issue: 2 Page: 63-67
Article | Recommended
Recent developments in Hittite archaeology and history: papers in memory of Hans G.Gèuterbock - Hans G. Gèuterbock, K. Aslihan Yener, Harry A. Hoffner, Simrit Dhesi, 2002
Book | Recommended | Read: Yener, K. A. (2002) Excavations in Hittite heartlands:recent investigations in Late Bronze Age Anatolia, pp. 1-9.
Lecture 8. The end of the Bronze Age in the Near East. Current fieldprojects in the Near East. (17 items)We begin by examining some of the great powers of the Late Bronze Age, includingMittani, Ugarit and Qatna. Civilizations of the Bronze Age experienced an episode of severestress around 1200 BC, in some cases leading to total collapse. What might havehappened, and how can archaeology approach this important series of connected events?Some of the most exciting and innovative archaeology is being conducted on field projectsin the Near East. In this session we look at several of these projects and evaluate theirstrategies, methodologies, and results.
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The end of the Bronze Age in the Near East (14 items)
The kingdom of the Hittites - Trevor Bryce, 1998Book | Essential | Read: pp. 361-381.
Civilizations of the Ancient Near East - Jack M. Sasson, 2000Book | Essential | Read: Dothan, T. (1995) The ‘Sea Peoples’ and the Philistines of
ancient Palestine, pp. 1267-1279.
The Oxford handbook of the archaeology of the Levant: c. 8000-332 BCE - 2013Book | Essential | Read: Killebrew, A. E. (2014) Introduction to the Levant during the
Transitional Late Bronze Age/Iron Age I and Iron Age I periods, pp. 595-606.
The ancient Near East : c. 3000-330 B.C. - Amélie Kuhrt, 1995Book | Essential | Read: pp. 385-401.
The ancient Near East: history, society and economy - Mario Liverani, Soraia Tabatabai,2014
Book | Essential | Read: Chapter 22.
A history of the ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC - Marc Van de Mieroop, 2004Book | Essential | Read: pp. 179-194.
1177 B.C.: the year civilization collapsed - Eric H. Cline, 2014Book | Recommended | Also available as an ebook - see below.
1177 B.C.: the year civilization collapsed - Eric H. Cline, 2014Book | Recommended
Centuries of darkness: a challenge to the conventional chronology of Old Worldarchaeology - Peter James, I.J. Thorpe, Robert Morkot, Nikos Kokkinos, John Frankish, ColinRenfrew, 1992
Book | Recommended
Centre and periphery in the ancient world - Michael Rowlands, Mogens Larsen, KristianKristiansen, 1987
Book | Recommended | Read: Liverani, M. (1987) The collapse of the Near Easternregional system at the end of the Bronze Age: the case of Syria, pp. 66-73.
Zebu: harbingers of doom in Bronze Age western Asia? - Roger Matthews, 01/06/2002 Volume: 76 Issue: 292
Civilizations of the Ancient Near East - Jack M. Sasson, 2000Book | Recommended | Read: Wilhelm, G. (1995) The kingdom of Mitanni in
second-millennium Upper Mesopotamia, pp. 1243-1254.
Current or recent field projects in the Near East (3 items)
Çatalhöyük (Turkey) Research ProjectWebsite
At Empires’ Edge. Project Paphlagonia Regional Survey in North-Central Turkey - R.Matthews, C. Glatz, 2009
Webpage
The Central Zagros Archaeological ProjectWebsite | Investigating the Neolithic of Iran and Iraq
Lecture 9. Assyria 1 – the early empire. Assyria 2 – the mature empire.(12 items)This lecture covers the rise and supremacy of Assyria after the disruption at the end of theBronze Age, and the development of a ‘mature’ empire in the eighth century. The time ismarked by the establishment of major capital cities, embellished with outstandingnarrative relief sculptures displayed in grand palaces. What archaeological traces has thismighty empire, and its people, left for us to recover and study?
The ancient Near East : c. 3000-330 B.C. - Amélie Kuhrt, 1995Book | Essential | Read: pp. 473-546.
The ancient Near East: history, society and economy - Mario Liverani, Soraia Tabatabai,2014
Book | Essential | Read: Chapters 27-31.
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Read: Parker, B. J. (2012) The Assyrians abroad, pp. 867-876 and
Pedde, F. (2012) The Assyrian heartland, 851-866. Also available as an ebook - see below.
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A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Read: Parker, B. J. (2012) The Assyrians abroad, pp. 867-876 and
Pedde, F. (2012) The Assyrian heartland, 851-866.
Cultural atlas of Mesopotamia and the ancient Near East - Michael Roaf, 1990Book | Essential | Read: pp. 158-198.
A history of the ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC - Marc Van de Mieroop, 2004Book | Essential | Read: pp. 169-74, 197-205, 216-52.
Art and empire: treasures from Assyria in the British Museum - John Curtis, Julian Reade,Dominique Collon, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Kimbell Art Museum, 1995
Book | Recommended
Civilizations of ancient Iraq - Benjamin R. Foster, Karen Polinger Foster, 2009Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 105-128.
The archaeology of Mesopotamia: from the Old Stone Age to the Persian conquest - SetonLloyd, 1984
Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 187-221.
Nimrud: an Assyrian imperial city revealed - Joan Oates, David Oates, 2001Book | Recommended
Lecture 10: Anatolia and the Levant in the Iron Age Iron Age. Iran andbeyond – the Achaemenid empire. (52 items)Several states and rival empires arose in the highlands and plateaus of Anatolia in the firstmillennium BC, contemporary with Assyria. Here we look at the evidence for some of thesestates, including the Neo-Hittites, Urartu, Phrygia, and Lydia.After the breakdowns of Late Bronze Age political structures, small kingdoms based oncity-states emerged in the Levant. Philistia, Phoenicia, Aram, Ammon, Moab, Israel, andJudah enjoyed brief periods of independence before facing imperial expansion fromneighbouring ‘superpowers’ – especially Assyria. In this lecture we explore questions aboutethnicity, politics, the emergence of new caravan and seafaring trade networks, and theeffects of imperialism.The Achaemenid empire was the first world empire, uniting lands from Egypt toAfghanistan and west Turkey to India. Such a vast area demanded sophisticatedcommunications and administration.
Anatolia in the Iron Age (29 items)
Neo-Hittites (9 items)
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012
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Book | Essential | Read: Gunter, A. C. (2012) Neo-Hittite and Phrygian kingdoms of northSyria and Anatolia, pp. 797-815. Also available as an ebook - see below.
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Read: Gunter, A. C. (2012) Neo-Hittite and Phrygian kingdoms of north
Syria and Anatolia, pp. 797-815.
The ancient Near East : c. 3000-330 B.C. - Amélie Kuhrt, 1995Book | Essential | Read: pp. 410-417.
The ancient Near East: history, society and economy - Mario Liverani, Soraia Tabatabai,2014
Book | Essential | Read: Chapter 26.
Ancient Turkey - A.G. Sagona, Paul E. Zimansky, 2009Book | Essential | Read: pp. 291-315.
The world of the Neo-Hittite kingdoms: a political and military history - Trevor Bryce, 2012Book | Recommended
Some Historical Problems of the Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions - J. D. Hawkins, 1979Article | Recommended
The Cambridge ancient history - John Boardman, 1982Book | Recommended | Read: Hawkins, J. D. (1982) The Neo-Hittite States in Syria and
Anatolia 'Chapter 9'.
Anatolian Civilization Following the Disintegration of the Hittite Empire: An ArchaeologicalAppraisal - Jak Yakar, 1993-03
Article | Recommended
Urartu (8 items)
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Book | Essential | Read: Çilingiroğlu, A. (2011) Ayanis: an Iron Age site in the east,pp.1055-1068 and Zimansky, P. (2011) Urartu and the Urartians, pp. 548-559. Alsoavailable as an ebook - see below.
The Oxford handbook of ancient Anatolia, 10,000-323 B.C.E. - Sharon R. Steadman, JohnGregory McMahon, 2011
Book | Essential | Read: Çilingiroğlu, A. (2011) Ayanis: an Iron Age site in the east,pp.1055-1068 and Zimansky, P. (2011) Urartu and the Urartians, pp. 548-559.
The ancient Near East : c. 3000-330 B.C. - Amélie Kuhrt, 1995Book | Essential | Read: 547-562.
Ancient Turkey - A.G. Sagona, Paul E. Zimansky, 2009Book | Essential | Read: pp. 316-447.
Civilizations of the Ancient Near East - Jack M. Sasson, 2000
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Book | Essential | Read: Zimansky, P. (1995) The kingdom of Urartu in eastern Anatolia,pp. 1135-1146.
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Recommended | Read: Ayvazian, A. (2012) The Urartian empire, pp. 877-895.
Ancient Anatolia: fifty years' work by the British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara - RogerMatthews, British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, 1998
Book | Recommended | Read: Burney, C. A. (1998) The kingdom of Urartu (Van):investigations into the archaeology of the early first millennium BC within eastern Anatolia(1956-1965), pp. 143-162.
Ecology and empire--the structure of the Urartian state - Paul E. Zimansky, 1985Book | Recommended
Phrygia (6 items)
The ancient Near East : c. 3000-330 B.C. - Amélie Kuhrt, 1995Book | Essential | Read: pp. 562-567.
Ancient Turkey - A.G. Sagona, Paul E. Zimansky, 2009Book | Essential | Read: pp.348-372.
The Oxford handbook of ancient Anatolia, 10,000-323 B.C.E. - Sharon R. Steadman, JohnGregory McMahon, 2011
Book | Essential | Read: Voigt, M. M. (2011) Gordion: the changing political andeconomic roles of a first millennium B.C.E. city, pp. 1069-1094. Also available as an ebook- see below.
The Iron Age Background to the Formation of the Phrygian State - Oscar White Muscarella,1995
Article | Recommended
Civilizations of the Ancient Near East - Jack M. Sasson, 2000Book | Recommended | Read: Sams, K. G. (1995) Midas of Gordion and the Anatolian
kingdom of Phrygia, pp. 1147-1159.
The Oxford encyclopedia of archaeology in the Near East - Eric M. Meyers, AmericanSchools of Oriental Research, 1997
Book | Recommended | Read: Voigt, M. M. (1997) Gordion, pp. 426-431, in Volume 2.
Lydia (6 items)
The ancient Near East : c. 3000-330 B.C. - Amélie Kuhrt, 1995Book | Essential | Read: pp. 567-572.
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Read: Roosevelt, C. H. (2012) Iron Age western Anatolia: the Lydian
empire and dynastic Lycia, pp. 896-913. Also available as an ebook - see below.
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A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Read: Roosevelt, C. H. (2012) Iron Age western Anatolia: the Lydian
empire and dynastic Lycia, pp. 896-913.
Civilizations of the Ancient Near East - Jack M. Sasson, 2000Book | Recommended | Read: Greenewalt, C. H. Jr. (1995) Croesus of Sardis and the
Lydian Kingdom of Anatolia, pp. 1173-1183.
The Oxford handbook of ancient Anatolia, 10,000-323 B.C.E. - Sharon R. Steadman, JohnGregory McMahon, 2011
Book | Recommended | Read: Greenewalt, C. H. Jr. (2011) Sardis: a first millenniumB.C.E. capital in western Anatolia, pp. 112-1130. Also available as an ebook - see below.
The archaeology of Lydia, from Gyges to Alexander - Christopher H. Roosevelt, 2009Book | Recommended
The Levant in the Iron Age (13 items)
Philistia and Phoenicia (6 items)
The ancient Near East: history, society and economy - Mario Liverani, Soraia Tabatabai,2014
Book | Essential | Read: Chapter 24.
The archaeology of society in the Holy Land - Thomas Evan Levy, 1998Book | Essential | Read: Stager, L. (1995) The impact of the Sea Peoples in Canaan, pp.
332-348.
The Oxford handbook of the archaeology of the Levant: c. 8000-332 BCE - 2013Book | Essential | Read: Steiner, M. L. (2014) Introduction to the Levant during the Iron
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Book | Recommended | Read: Dion, P. E. (1995) Aramaean tribes and nations offirst-millennium western Asia, Volume II pp. 1281-1294.
Israel and Judah (5 items)
The archaeology of society in the Holy Land - Thomas Evan Levy, 1998Book | Essential | Read: Holladay, J. S. 1995. The kingdoms of Israel and Judah, pp.
368-398.
The ancient Near East: history, society and economy - Mario Liverani, Soraia Tabatabai,2014
Book | Essential | Read: Chapter 23.
Megiddo - Graham I. Davies, 1986Book | Recommended | Read: Chapter 5, ‘Israelite Megiddo’.
Ceramics, Ethnicity, and the Question of Israel's Origins - William G. Dever, 1995Article | Recommended
A history of the ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC - Marc Van de Mieroop, 2004Book | Essential | Read: pp. 267-280.
Iron Age Iran and beyond – the Achaemenid empire (10 items)
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Read: Boucharlat, R. (2013) Southwestern Iran in the Achaemenid
period, pp. 503-527; Henkelman, W. F. M. (2012) The Achaemenid heartland: anarchaeological-historical perspective, pp. 931-962 and Khatchadourian, L. (2012) TheAchaemenid provinces in archaeological perspective, pp. 963-983. Also available as anebook - see below.
A companion to the archaeology of the ancient Near East - Daniel T. Potts, 2012Book | Essential | Read: Boucharlat, R. (2013) Southwestern Iran in the Achaemenid
period, pp. 503-527; Henkelman, W. F. M. (2012) The Achaemenid heartland: anarchaeological-historical perspective, pp. 931-962 and Khatchadourian, L. (2012) TheAchaemenid provinces in archaeological perspective, pp. 963-983.
The ancient Near East: history, society and economy - Mario Liverani, Soraia Tabatabai,2014
Book | Essential | Read: Chapter 23.
Cultural atlas of Mesopotamia and the ancient Near East - Michael Roaf, 1990Book | Essential | Read: pp. 204-221.
Ancient Persia - John Curtis, British Museum. Trustees, 2000Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 32-50.
The world of Achaemenid Persia: history, art and society in Iran and the ancient Near East: proceedings of a conference at the British Museum 29th September-1st October 2005 -
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John Curtis, St John Simpson, British Museum, 2010Book | Recommended
Forgotten empire: the world of ancient Persia - John Curtis, Nigel Tallis, BéatriceAndré-Salvini, 2005
Book | Recommended
The royal city of Susa: ancient Near Eastern treasures in the Louvre - Prudence OliverHarper, Joan Aruz, Franðcoise Tallon, Musâee du Louvre, Metropolitan Museum of Art (NewYork, N.Y.), Ã1992
Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 215-252.
The ancient Near East : c. 3000-330 B.C. - Amélie Kuhrt, 1995Book | Recommended | Read: pp. 647-701.
Later Mesopotamia and Iran: tribes and empires, 1600-539 BC : proceedings of a seminarin memory of Vladimir G. Lukonin - John Curtis, Vladimir Grigor§evich Lukonin, BritishMuseum. Trustees, 1995
Book | Recommended | Read: Roaf, M. (1995) Media and Mesopotamia: history andarchitecture, pp. 54-66.
