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Author:   Harriet Crawford (Honorary Visiting Professor, Institute of Archaeology, University College London; Research Fellow McDonald Institute, Cambridge)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Volume:   136
Dimensions:   Width: 19.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 25.30cm
Weight:   0.845kg
ISBN:  

9780197263907

ISBN 10:   0197263909
Pages:   220
Publication Date:   12 April 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Harriet Crawford: Steady States: Introduction and acknowledgements Part I: Mesopotamia and Iran 2: Richard Zettler: Dynastic change and institutional administration in Southern Mesopotamia in the latter 3rd millennium BCE: Evidence from seals and sealing practices 3: Kathryn E. Slanski: The Mesopotamian 'Rod and Ring': Icon of Righteous Kingship and Balance of Power between Palace and Temple 4: Tonia Sharlach: Social Change and the Transition from the Third Dynasty of Ur to the Old Babylonian Kingdoms c.2112-1595 BCE 5: Michael Jursa: The Transition of Babylonia from the Neo-Babylonian Empire to Achaemenid Rule 6: Erica Ehrenberg: Persian conquerors, Babylonian captivators 7: Sheila Canby: The Royal Hunt in Islamic Art: a symbol of power or the power of a symbol? Part II: Egypt 8: Stephen Quirke: The Hyksos in Egypt 1600 BCE: New Rulers without an Administration 9: Robert Morkot: Tradition, innovation and researching the past in Libyan, Kushite, and Saite Egypt 10: Alan Bowman: Egypt and the Graeco-Roman world: from Ptolemaic Kingdom to Roman Province 11: Petra Sijpesteijn: New Rule over Old Structures: Egypt after the Muslim Conquest Afterword 12: Peter Sluglett: Regime Change in Iraq from the Mongols to the Present: An Essay in haute vulgarisation

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