A Companion to Assyria
- ISBN-10
- 1118325230
- ISBN-13
- 9781118325230
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 648
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017-03-24
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Author
- Eckart Frahm
Description
A Companion to Assyria is a collection of original essays on ancient Assyria written by key international scholars. These new scholarly contributions have substantially reshaped contemporary understanding of society and life in this ancient civilization. The only detailed up-to-date introduction providing a scholarly overview of ancient Assyria in English within the last fifty years Original essays written and edited by a team of respected Assyriology scholars from around the world An in-depth exploration of Assyrian society and life, including the latest thought on cities, art, religion, literature, economy, and technology, and political and military history
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