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5.0 out of 5 stars
Rare comprehensive and readable history of Ancient Near East,
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This review is from: Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture (Paperback)
This has been the textbook in my "History of the Ancient Near East" course and I find it to be remarkably effective in keeping a broad perspective and good continuity over time and space in the several topics it covers. Stiebings is a very good distiller of factual content and fairly presents conflicting theories. My professor pointed out a few flaws, though nothing too significant except when Stiebing's used and misconstrued his very work (primarily on the Indo-European migration and The Sea Peoples). It would have also been nice to have more diagrammed maps given the density of the text at times.
There is just so much misinformation in this field of study and little effort to tie together "The Near East" into a single narrative core - a need which Stiebing's book fills marvelously. This one will stay on my bookshelf for years to come. |
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Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture by William H. Stiebing (Paperback - November 18, 2002)
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