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Empires of the Ancient Near East. Complete 4 volume set of large format,
lavishly illustrated hard covers in AS NEW condition.
The Hittites – The Egyptians – The Persians – The Babylonians
Empires of the Ancient Near East is a lavishly illustrated chronicle of the
four major civilizations to emerge after the Stone Age and the advent of
Hellenistic Greece. It encompasses the invention of the wheel to the rise of
Persia as the first great superpower and chronicles the art and
architecture, laws and language, as well as the bloody conflicts. This
beautifully bound set offers an absorbing insight into the ancient cultures
of the Near East.
The Empires of the Ancient Near East contains...
The Hittites
The emergence of the Hittites from Old Testament lore is the greatest
archaeological discovery of the 20th century. From the 15th to the 13th
centuries BC the Hittites were a major force in the near east. At its height
their empire stretched across Anatolia and most of Syria, and their
influence was felt far beyond these territorial boundaries. Through close
analysis of cuneiform and hieroglyphic texts, O. R. Gurney is able to give
us a detailed picture of their lifestyle, laws and customs as well as their
military achievements.
The Persians
Persia was the first superpower of the ancient world. Her history is one of
ceaseless campaigning, conquest, subjugation and revolt, dominated by the
warrior–kings – Cyrus the Great, Cambyses, Darius and Xerxes. When Cambyses
conquered Egypt in 525 BC, the empire was more vast and formidable than any
seen before, stretching from the Nile to Afghanistan. J. M. Cook's
authoritative history reveals the military strategies by which Persia
reached her position of unprecedented greatness and the infrastructure by
which she maintained it, until Darius III was finally defeated by Alexander
the Great in 330 BC.
The Egyptians
Ever since Herodotus, ‘the father of history’, described the wonders of
Egypt as numbering more than those of any other land, the ancient Egyptians
have been held in awe by the rest of the world. Their monuments are of such
staggering scale, power and beauty – the Valley of the Kings, the Tomb of
Tutankhamen, the Pyramids – that their very existence dumbfounds us; their
society so sophisticated that it defies belief. Tracing the history of the
land of the Pharaohs from the Old Kingdom, through the Ramesside period to
eventual surrender to Persian Rule in 525 BC, Sir Alan Gardiner's account of
this advanced culture is both erudite and engaging.
The Babylonians
The Hanging Gardens and the Tower of Babel have immortalized the city-state
of Babylon. H. W. F. Saggs takes us beyond the legends to trace the
emergence of Sumer, Agade and the Assyrian empire, describing laws and
learning – including the earliest systems of astronomy, astrology and
mathematics – and providing a privileged insight into one of antiquity's
most celebrated civilizations.
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