Dictionary of the Ancient Near East
By Unknown Author.
Description
Selected by Choice magazine in 2000 as an Outstanding Academic BookThe earliest farms, cities, governments, legal codes, and alphabets developed in the ancient Near East. Four major religions—Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, and Islam—began in the region. Ideas, inventions, and institutions spread to all parts of the globe from the urban centers of the ancient Egyptians, Syrians, Hittites, Assyrians, Babylonians, and other peoples of the biblical world. For good reason is the ancient Near East known as the cradle of civilization.The only single-volume dictionary to embrace...
ISBN(s)
0812235576, 9780812235579
