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A History of the Ancient Near East: ca. 3000-323 BC (Blackwell History of the Ancient World)
- A straightforward and concise narrative of the complex history of the ancient Near East.
- Addresses political, social, and cultural developments.
- Contains in-depth discussion of key texts and sources, including the Bible and the Epic of Gilgamesh.
- Includes a selection of Near Eastern texts in translation.
- Accompanied by plentiful maps and illustrations.
Customer Reviews:
A Masterpiece of Mesopotamia
By ed - November 10, 2004Marc Van De Mieroop, Professor in the Departments of History and Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University, New York guides you through a substantial era in the ancient Near East, 3000 to ca. 323 B.C. Van De Mieroop speaks in a grandfatherly tone--authoritative, familiar, stern--and yet with a twinkle in his eye and the precision of a surgeon's scalpel which keeps you leaning forward on the edge of your seat.
Granted, the book reads as a college textbook, and indeed is the compilation of xeroxed notes used for an introductory undergraduate class on the ancient history of Mesopotamia and Asia Minor. Nonetheless, Van De Mieroop is a spectacular lecturer. He presents the reader with textual and archaelogical data, and how these contribute to our understanding of the history, but he does NOT bore the reader to death with an analyis of every single shard found at every obscure excavation site. Still, Van De Mieroop doesn't rush things--he is an... read more
Practical and well-written
By Fausto Labruto - May 20, 2005This is a very good introduction to mesopotamian studies. I was impressed by the very good quality of the information given and the effectiveness of short and well-articulated chapters. The book does not assume that the reader is familiar with ancient history and explains step by step the history as well as the culture and social development of the ancient near east. I did not give five stars to this very good book because I thought it did not dwell enough on the linguistic aspects of the matter. Otherwise all is very well explained, without needless lengthy digressions. Pictures are kind of limited, but still enough to follow the descriptions. The inserts are particularly interesting featuring mainly translations of ancient text, as for example passages taken from the Amarna letters. The list of kings at the end of the book is particularly interesting. I recommend this book to all who are interested in having a basic knowledge of ancient near east history and even to those who are... read more
essential and useful, if often rather dull
By Robert J. Crawford - June 12, 2010This is a freshman-college level survey of a seminal period of history: with Bronze Age technologies and refined agriculture, the first empires arose to establish patterns of urban civilization and king-centered governance that would last more or less to the industrial revolution. It is absolutely essential stuff and very fun to know.
In the beginning, there were innumerable competing city states in Mesopotamia, who jockeyed for advantage and tiny slices of territory. Each city state had an urban elite with the beginnings of written records (in syllabic cuneiform) to cover both administrative arrangements and early narrative literature and poetry. Much was recorded on Steles, in the form of propaganda regarding some leader's exploits. In time, the organization extended to larger regions that thrived on trade and a specialized work force, enabling elaborate religions with temples to arise as well as monumental architecture, particularly with ziggurats in Babylon. The king... read more
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