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Topography and Toponymy in the Ancient Near East: Perspectives and Prospects

Topography and Toponymy in the Ancient Near East: Perspectives and Prospects

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Series: Publications de L'Institut Orientaliste de Louvain, Book 71

ArchaeologyAncient History GeneralGeneral Middle Eastern History

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ISBN10: 9042935057
ISBN13: 9789042935051
Publisher: Peeters
Published: Feb 8 2018
Pages: 412
Weight: 2.07
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.90 Depth: 10.40
Language: English
The present volume, based on a conference on Ancient Near Easternhistorical geography and toponymy held at the Université catholique deLouvain (Belgium) on 27-28 February 2014, brings together 12contributions by Belgian and international specialists on variousaspects of this field of research. They deal with the entire AncientNear East (Anatolia, Levant, Mesopotamia and Iran). Chronologically, thevarious contributions in the volume discuss topics situated in the 3rd,2nd and 1st Millennia BC.
The articles in this volume arearranged geographically, starting with items on Anatolia, followed bystudies on Mesopotamian and Levantine topography and finally a thirdpart on ancient Iran and Elam. They will doubtlessly demonstrate thehigh importance of the study of historical geography and toponymy forour understanding of the history of the Ancient Near East and will alsostimulate the research on the historical geography of the ancient NearEast.

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