Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire - Brossura

Frahm, Eckart

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1526623838 ISBN 13: 9781526623836

Casa editrice: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Riassunto

The masterful first comprehensive non-fiction account of the rise and fall of what historians consider to be the world's very first empire: Assyria

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Informazioni sull?autore

Eckart Frahm is professor of Assyriology in the department of Near Eastern languages and civilisations at Yale. One of the world's foremost experts on the Assyrian Empire, he is the author or co-author of six books on ancient Mesopotamian history and culture. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

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The first comprehensive account of the rise and fall of what historians consider to be the world's very first empire: Assyria

'A work of remarkable synthesis. The range of its sources is truly extraordinary . . . Frahm punctures a fair share of myths too' Pratinav Anil, The Times

At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was the first empire the world had ever seen.

Here, historian Eckart Frahm tells the epic story of Assyria and its formative role in global history. Assyria's wide-ranging conquests have long been known from the Hebrew Bible and later Greek accounts. But nearly two centuries of research now permit a rich picture of the Assyrians and their empire beyond the battlefield: their vast libraries and monumental sculptures, their elaborate trade and information networks, and the crucial role played by royal women.

Although Assyria was crushed by rising powers in the late seventh century BCE, its legacy endured from the Babylonian and Persian empires to Rome and beyond. Assyria is a stunning and authoritative account of a civilisation essential to understanding the ancient world and our own.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1526623838
• ISBN 13: 9781526623836
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 528
• Contatto del produttore: EDITIONS GALLIMARD; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8.; Assago Milano; 20090; Italia