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Triumph and Betrayal : Assyria's Path to Empire, 935-2013;745 BC

While the study of Assyria as 'the world's first empire' has never been more popular, the events of the foundational early Neo-Assyrian period (935-745 BC) remain only poorly understood and explained. This book re-examines the historical question of Assyria's expansion, presentin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Edmonds, Alexander Johannes
Format: eBook
Language:Undetermined
Published: De Gruyter 2025
Subjects:
Assyrien.
Expansionspolitik.
Neuassyrisch.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Avant-Propos
  • Contents
  • List of tables and figures
  • On kings, conventions, and dates
  • Chapter 1 The rise of Assyria as an historical problem
  • Chapter 2 Approaching the early Neo-Assyrian period
  • Chapter 3 A political history of the early Neo-Assyrian period
  • Chapter 4 Regional studies in the Neo-Assyrian expansion
  • Chapter 5 Triumph and betrayal. The early Neo-Assyrian path to empire
  • Bibliography
  • Index