Assyria
The Rise and Fall of the World's First Empire
1st Edition
Published on 20. July 2023
384 pages
978-1-5266-2370-6 (ISBN)
Description
The first comprehensive account of the rise and fall of what historians consider to be the world's very first empire: Assyria
'A work of remarkable synthesis. The range of its sources is truly extraordinary . . . Frahm punctures a fair share of myths too' Pratinav Anil, The Times
At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was the first empire the world had ever seen.
Here, historian Eckart Frahm tells the epic story of Assyria and its formative role in global history. Assyria's wide-ranging conquests have long been known from the Hebrew Bible and later Greek accounts. But nearly two centuries of research now permit a rich picture of the Assyrians and their empire beyond the battlefield: their vast libraries and monumental sculptures, their elaborate trade and information networks, and the crucial role played by royal women.
Although Assyria was crushed by rising powers in the late seventh century BCE, its legacy endured from the Babylonian and Persian empires to Rome and beyond. Assyria is a stunning and authoritative account of a civilisation essential to understanding the ancient world and our own.
'A work of remarkable synthesis. The range of its sources is truly extraordinary . . . Frahm punctures a fair share of myths too' Pratinav Anil, The Times
At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was the first empire the world had ever seen.
Here, historian Eckart Frahm tells the epic story of Assyria and its formative role in global history. Assyria's wide-ranging conquests have long been known from the Hebrew Bible and later Greek accounts. But nearly two centuries of research now permit a rich picture of the Assyrians and their empire beyond the battlefield: their vast libraries and monumental sculptures, their elaborate trade and information networks, and the crucial role played by royal women.
Although Assyria was crushed by rising powers in the late seventh century BCE, its legacy endured from the Babylonian and Persian empires to Rome and beyond. Assyria is a stunning and authoritative account of a civilisation essential to understanding the ancient world and our own.
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1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
ISBN-13
978-1-5266-2370-6 (9781526623706)
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Eckart Frahm is professor of Assyriology in the department of Near Eastern languages and civilisations at Yale. One of the world's foremost experts on the Assyrian Empire, he is the author or co-author of six books on ancient Mesopotamian history and culture. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.
Content
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Assyria's Most Important Rulers
- A Note on Translations
- Maps
- Introduction
- The Long Road to Glory
- 1. A Small Town on the Tigris
- 2. Birth of a Kingdom
- 3. Disruption and Recovery
- 4. The Crown in Crisis
- Empire
- 5. The Great Expansion
- 6. On the Edges of Empire
- 7. A Ghost Story
- 8. At the Gates of Jerusalem
- 9. Sennacherib's Babylonian Problem
- 10. Mother Knows Best
- 11. 671 BCE
- 12. Scholar, Sadist, Hunter, King
- 13. Everyday Life in the Empire
- 14. Imperial Twilight
- Afterlife
- 15. Assyria's Legacy on the Ground
- 16. A Model Empire
- 17. Distorted Reflections
- 18. The Second Destruction
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations of Important Text Editions
- Notes
- Index
- Plates
