Van De Mieroop The Eastern Mediterranean in the Age of Ramesses II

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-76649-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 312 Seiten, E-Book

The Eastern Mediterranean in the Age of Ramesses II offers atransnational perspective on the age of King Ramesses II of Egyptduring the centuries of 1500 to 1200 BC.
* Shows how powerful states - stretching from western Iran toGreece and from Turkey to Sudan - jointly shaped the history,society, and culture of this region through both peaceful andmilitary means
* Offers a straightforward narrative, current research, and richillustrations
* Utilizes historical data from ancient Egyptians, Babylonians,Hittites, Mycenaeans, Canaanites, and others
* Considers all members of these ancient societies, fromcommoners to royalty - exploring everything from people'seating habits to royal negotiations over diplomatic marriages

Autoren/Hrsg.

Van De Mieroop, Marc

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Note to the reader.
1 The World in 1279 BC.
2 The Primary Actors: States.
3 The Other Actors: On the Fringes of the States.
4 Political Organization and Social Structure.
5 Diplomacy and War.
6 Food and Drink.
7 Aspects of the economy: textiles, metals, and trade.
8 Cultures in Contact.
9 A Mediterranean system.
10 End of an Era.
Appendix: King Lists.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Marc Van De Mieroop is Professor of Ancient Near Eastern History at Columbia University, New York. He has also taught at Yale University and at the University of Oxford. He has written numerous books and articles including, most recently, King Hammurabi of Babylon: A Biography (Blackwell, 2004) and A History of the Ancient Near East, ca. 3000-323 BC: Second Edition (Blackwell, 2007).