Ancient Syria : a three thousand year history /

Syria has long been one of the most trouble-prone and politically volatile regions of the Near and Middle Eastern world. This book looks back beyond the troubles of the present to tell the 3000-year story of what came before: the peoples, cities, and kingdoms that arose, flourished, declined, and di...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Bryce, Trevor, 1940- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Corby : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Oxford : 2014.
Edición:First edition.
Temas:
333 B.C.-634 A.D
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Antiquities.
Syria > Antiquities.
Syria > History > 333 B.C.-634 A.D.
Syrie > Antiquités.
Syrie > Histoire > 333 av. J.-C.-634.
Syria.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I The bronze ages
  • 1. The First Kingdoms
  • 2. The International Intruders
  • 3. The Amorite Warrior-Chiefs
  • 4. The Empires Collide
  • 5. The End of an Era
  • pt. II From the Iron Age to the Macedonian conquest
  • 6. The Age of Iron
  • 7. The Wolf upon the Fold: The Neo--Assyrian Invasions
  • 8. From Nebuchadnezzar to Alexander
  • pt. III Syria under Seleucid rule
  • 9. The Rise of the Seleucid Empire
  • 10. The Seleucid Empire in its Prime
  • 11. The Maccabean Rebellion
  • 12. The Decline and Fall of the Seleucids
  • pt. IV Syria under Roman rule
  • 13. The Coming of the Romans
  • 14. Nabataean Excursus
  • 15. The Syrian Emperors
  • 16. The Crisis Years
  • pt. V The rise and fall of Palmyra
  • 17. From Desert Oasis to Royal Capital: The Story of Palmyra
  • 18. Syria's 'King of Kings': The Life and Death of Odenathus
  • 19. Zenobia, Queen of the East.

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