Research Catalog

Title

Ancient empires : from Mesopotamia to the rise of Islam / Eric H. Cline, Mark W. Graham.

Author

Cline, Eric H.

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Graham, Mark W., 1970-

Description

xviii, 368 p. : ill., maps, photogr.; 27 cm.

Summary

"Ancient Empires is a relatively brief yet comprehensive and even-handed overview of the ancient Near East, the Mediterranean, and Europe, including the Greco-Roman world, Late Antiquity, and the early Muslim period. The book emphasizes the central, if problematic, connection between political and ideological power in both empire-formation and resistance. By defining the ancient world as a period strectching from the Bronze Age into the early Muslim world, it is broader in scope than competing books; yet at the same time its tight thematic concentration keeps the narrative engagingly focused"--

Subject

• Civilization, Ancient
• Civilization, Classical
• HISTORY / Ancient / General
• Imperialism
• Islamic civilization

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-355) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9780521889117 (hardback)
• 0521889111 (hardback)
• 9780521717809 (paperback)
• 0521717809 (paperback)

LCCN

^^2010048092

OCLC

688559404

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library