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Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire

byEckart Frahm

A new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. Drawing on scientific research, fieldwork, and carefully chosen case studies, the narrative gives Assyria a concrete sense of time, place, and consequence. Across the book, the rise and fall of the world’s first empire becomes a way to examine power, adaptation, responsibility, and change within history and social science.

Publisher

Basic Books

Publication date

2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

528

ISBN

9781541674400