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Ancient Syria - A Three Thousand Year History by Trevor Bryce
Category: History
Syria has long been one of the most trouble-prone and politically volatile regions of the Near and Middle Eastern world. This book looks back beyond the troubles of the present to tell the 3000-year story of what happened many centuries before. Trevor Bryce reveals the peoples, cities, andkingdoms that ...Show more
Ancient Syria: A Three Thousand Year History by Trevor Bryce
Category: Non-Fiction
Syria has long been one of the most trouble-prone and politically volatile regions of the Near and Middle Eastern world. This book looks back beyond the troubles of the present to tell the 3000-year story of what came before: the peoples, cities, and kingdoms that arose, flourished, declined, and disapp ...Show more
Babylonia: a Very Short Introduction by Trevor Bryce
Category: History | Series: Very Short Introductions Ser.
The history of Ancient Babylonia in ancient Mesopotamia is epic. After playing host to three great empires, the Hammurabic and Kassite empires, and the Neo-Babylonian Empire ruled by Nebuchadnezzar, it was conquered by the Persians. Entered triumphantly by Alexander the Great, it later provided the sett ...Show more
WARRIORS OF ANATOLIA: A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE HITTITES by Bryce, Trevor
Category: History
The Hittites in the Late Bronze Age became the mightiest military power in the Ancient Near East. Yet their empire was always vulnerable to destruction by enemy forces; their Anatolian homeland occupied a remote region, with no navigable rivers; and they were cut off from the sea. Perhaps most seriously ...Show more
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