Ancient Near East: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East, Including Regions Such as Mesopotamia, Ancient Iran, Egypt, Anatolia, and the Levant

by Captivating History

Overview

Where did the first signs of civilization appear in the ancient world? When did people start to transition from the nomadic life of hunters and gatherers to living in the first urbanized settlements?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781647489762
Publisher:	Captivating History
Publication date:	10/31/2020
Pages:	134
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.44(d)

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1 - MESOPOTAMIA: THE BIRTH OF THE FIRST CIVILIZATION

SARGON: THE EMPEROR AMONG KINGS

THE RISE OF AN EMPIRE AND THE BATTLING CITIES OF SUMER

THE CHILDREN OF SARGON THE GREAT AND THE FALL OF THE AKKADIAN EMPIRE

CULTURE, GOVERNMENT, AND MILITARY OF THE AKKADIAN EMPIRE

CHAPTER 2 -EGYPT: THE UNIFICATION OF UPPER AND LOWER EGYPT AND THE BIRTH OF THE PHARAOHS

NARMER: THE FOUNDER OF THE FIRST DYNASTY AND THE PHARAOH OF A UNITED EGYPT

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE FIRST DYNASTY IN EGYPT

CHAPTER 3 - ANCIENT IRAN: FROM EARLY URBAN SETTLEMENTS TO THE RISE OF THE ELAMITES

THE EMERGING ELAMITE CULTURE

THE THREE RULING DYNASTIES OF THE OLD ELAMITE PERIOD

CULTURE, GOVERNMENT, AND MILITARY OF ELAM

CHAPTER 4 - ANATOLIA: THE BRIDGE BETWEEN ASIA AND EUROPE AND THE RISE OF THE HITTITE OLD KINGDOM

THE RISE OF THE HITTITES IN ANCIENT ANATOLIA

CHAPTER 5 - THE LEVANT: THE KINGDOM OF EBLA AND THE CULTURES OF THE ANCIENT LEVANT

THE RISE AND FALL OF EBLA AND OTHER ANCIENT SYRIAN KINGDOMS

CULTURE, MILITARY, AND GOVERNMENT OF EBLA

CHAPTER 6 - THE RISE OF THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE AND BABYLON FROM THE ASHES OF AKKAD

THE THIRD DYNASTY OF UR

THE RISE OF BABYLON AND THE FIRST AMORITE DYNASTY

CULTURE, GOVERNMENT, AND MILITARY OF THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE

CULTURE, GOVERNMENT, AND MILITARY IN HAMMURABI'S BABYLON

CHAPTER 7 - THE OLD AND NEW KINGDOM OF EGYPT: DYNASTIC EGYPT AND THE RISE OF POWER IN THE BANKS OF NILE

THE RISE OF THE EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY AND THE NEW KINGDOM OF EGYPT: THE EGYPTIAN EMPIRE

MONOTHEISM IN EGYPT WITH PHARAOH AKHENATEN AND QUEEN NEFERTITI

THE RULE OF TUTANKHAMUN AND THE END OF AMARNA

THE PEAK AND END OF THE NEW KINGDOM - THE WARRIOR KINGS

CULTURE, GOVERNMENT, AND MILITARY OF EGYPT

CHAPTER 8 - THE MIDDLE AND NEW KINGDOMS OF THE HITTITE: THE DARK AGES AND THE GLORY OF THE HITTITE EMPIRE

THE LEGACY OF TUDHALIYA I: THE NEW KINGDOM AND THE RISE OF THE HITTITE EMPIRE

HATTUSILI III THE WAR KING AND THE DEMISE OF THE HITTITE EMPIRE

CULTURE, MILITARY, AND GOVERNMENT OF THE HITTITE KINGDOM

CHAPTER 9 -BEYOND THE WARS AND THRONES: THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF COMMON PEOPLE IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST

EVERYDAY LIFE IN MESOPOTAMIA

EVERYDAY LIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT

EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE HITTITE KINGDOM

EVERYDAY LIFE IN HAMMURABI'S BABYLON

CHAPTER 10 - THE BIRTH OF RELIGIONS IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST: THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION AND THE GODS

RELIGIONS IN MESOPOTAMIA

RELIGIONS IN ANCIENT IRAN

RELIGIONS IN ANATOLIA

RELIGIONS IN THE LEVANT

RELIGIONS OF EGYPT

CHAPTER 11 - POLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE FERTILE CRESCENT

CONCLUSION

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