The Pre-Islamic Middle East
Author:   Martin Sicker
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN:  

9780275968908


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   30 April 2000
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Martin Sicker
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.524kg
ISBN:  

9780275968908


ISBN 10:   0275968901
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   30 April 2000
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction The Middle East in Early Antiquity Egypt and Asia The Rise and Decline of Assyria The Rise and Fall of Media The Empire of the Achaemenids The Persian-Greek Wars The Macedonian Conquest The Dissolution of Alexander's Empire Reconfiguration of the Middle East Rome Enters the Middle East The Roman-Parthian Conflict The Struggle over the Euphrates Frontier The Roman-Persian Stalemate The Era of Shapur II The Struggle for Persia's Frontiers End of the Sassanid Empire Afterword Bibliography

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?The book will make a good text book for a swift survey course of the ancient Middle East, as well as a useful resource for undergraduate libraries. The general reader too will find it informative.?-Choice


"?The book will make a good text book for a swift survey course of the ancient Middle East, as well as a useful resource for undergraduate libraries. The general reader too will find it informative.?-Choice ""The book will make a good text book for a swift survey course of the ancient Middle East, as well as a useful resource for undergraduate libraries. The general reader too will find it informative.""-Choice"


?The book will make a good text book for a swift survey course of the ancient Middle East, as well as a useful resource for undergraduate libraries. The general reader too will find it informative.?-Choice The book will make a good text book for a swift survey course of the ancient Middle East, as well as a useful resource for undergraduate libraries. The general reader too will find it informative. -Choice


Author Information

MARTIN SICKER is an independent consultant who has served as a senior executive in the United States government and has taught political science at American University and George Washington University. He has written widely in the fields of political science and international affairs and is the author of numerous books on Middle East history and politics. His latest publications are Reshaping Palestine: From Muhammad Ali to the British Mandate, 1831-1922 (Praeger, 1999) and Pangs of the Messiah: The Troubled Birth of the Jewish State (Praeger, forthcoming 2000).

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