The ancient civilizations of the Near East--Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, the Hittites, and Canaanites--constituted the first formalized international relations system in world history. Holy wars, peace treaties, border regulations, trade relations, and the extradition of refugees were problems for ancient ambassadors and diplomats as much as they are today.
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Mario Liverani is Professor of History and the Ancient Near East and Director of the Inter-University Research Centre for Saharan Archaeology at the University of Rome and of the Archaeological Mission in the Libyan Sahara.
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Lower Mesopotamia to quite small enclaves in the highlands, separated from one another by steppe or woodland or mountains inhabited by a sparse population - if any at all - of lower technological and organizational development. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
celebrative inscriptions, centralist ideology, redistributive pattern, centralized ideology, inner country, reciprocity pattern, king your lord, inner public, symmetrical view, inner audience, integrative patterns, small king, official challenge, upper sea, royal inscriptions, central country, universal control, responsible king, reciprocal pattern Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Late Bronze, Near East, Persian Gulf, Annals of Tuthmosis, Sea Peoples, New Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, Storm God, Sun Murshili, Synchronic History New!
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Lower Mesopotamia to quite small enclaves in the highlands, separated from one another by steppe or woodland or mountains inhabited by a sparse population - if any at all - of lower technological and organizational development. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
celebrative inscriptions, centralist ideology, redistributive pattern, centralized ideology, inner country, reciprocity pattern, king your lord, inner public, symmetrical view, inner audience, integrative patterns, small king, official challenge, upper sea, royal inscriptions, central country, universal control, responsible king, reciprocal pattern Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Late Bronze, Near East, Persian Gulf, Annals of Tuthmosis, Sea Peoples, New Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, Storm God, Sun Murshili, Synchronic History New!
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- The Curse of Agade (The Johns Hopkins Near Eastern Studies) by Professor Jerrold S. Cooper in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Perspectives on the Battle of Kadesh by Hans Goedicke in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Trade and Market in the Early Empires by Rosemary Arnold in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Aspects of Old Assyrian Trade and Its Terminology (Ancient Near East) by K. R. Veenhof in Back Matter
- Dictionary of Late Egyptian by Leonard H. Lesko in Back Matter
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