Catalog > Fiction > Narrative Literature > Novelistic Biographies > Dr Gwendolyn Leick & Gwendolyn Leick: Who's Who in the Ancient Near East (PDF)

Dr Gwendolyn Leick & Gwendolyn Leick
Who’s Who in the Ancient Near East [PDF ebook]

Support

Cover of Dr Gwendolyn Leick & Gwendolyn Leick: Who's Who in the Ancient Near East (PDF)

What do we know of the real Nebuchadnezzar? Was there an historical precedent for the mythical Gilgamesh? Who were the Hittites? When did Isaiah preach? How did Jezebel get her reputation?These and many more questions are answered in this fascinating survey of the people who inhabited the Near East between the twenty-fifth and the second centuries BC. From Palestine to Iran and from Alexander the Great to Zechariah, Who’s Who in the Ancient Near East presents a unique and comprehensive reference guide for all those with an interest in the ancient history of the area. A comprehesive glossary, chronological charts, maps and bibliographical information complement the biographical entries.

€12.86

Buy this ebook and get 1 more FREE!

Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 256 ● ISBN 9780203065815 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2002 ● Downloadable 6 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 2285687 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

Requires a DRM capable ebook reader

More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor

Dr Gwendolyn Leick Gwendolyn Leick

73,894 Ebooks in this category

Cover of Erwin James: Redeemable

Erwin James: Redeemable

Erwin James lost his mother when he was seven. Shipped from home to home after his father turned to alcohol and violence, he committed his first crime of breaking and entering when he was ten. His pe …

Cover of Bevan Sewell: The US and Latin America

Bevan Sewell: The US and Latin America

The US in the 1950s and 1960s wanted to prevent a new communist regime in the Western hemisphere at any cost. Under President Eisenhower the US pursued a policy of support for dictators, the economic …

Cover of Crawford F. Sams & Zabelle Zakarian: Medic

Crawford F. Sams & Zabelle Zakarian: Medic

In the aftermath of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Crawford F. Sams led the most unprecedented and unsurpassed reforms in public health history, as chief of the Public Health and Welfare Sect …

Cover of Fay Afaf Kanafani: Nadia, Captive of Hope: Memoir of an Arab Woman

Fay Afaf Kanafani: Nadia, Captive of Hope: Memoir of an Arab Woman

A rare feminist perspective on a people and a culture in one of the most tumultuous regions in the world, Nadia, Captive of Hope is the autobiography of Fay Afaf Kanafani, an Arab Muslim woman born i …

Cover of Gregory Tillett: The Elder Brother

Gregory Tillett: The Elder Brother

A leading figure in the Theosophical Society, Leadbeater was a prolific author, writing on subjects ranging from Buddhism, Masonic history and the origins of Christianity through to the power of thou …

Cover of Simon Barnes: Losing It

Simon Barnes: Losing It

To understand Anna Karenina, Mellors, Molly Bloom, Dante, Romeo, Juliet and Bridget Jones you must also have loved and lost and won. To understand sport in the greatest arenas of them all you too mus …

Cover of Pavitra Kumar Pavitra Kumar: Bhujia Barons

Pavitra Kumar Pavitra Kumar: Bhujia Barons

How a family-run business from humble Bikaner transformed Haldiram into a global, much-loved brand In the early twentieth century, a young man, Ganga Bhishan Agarwal, aka Haldiram, gained a reputatio …

Cover of Scott Quinnell: The Hardest Test

Scott Quinnell: The Hardest Test

Scott Quinnell’s book is called The Hardest Test . It is the story of how he became a successful rugby player, in spite of having to fight against learning difficulties at school. When he retired in …

Cover of Irving Horowitz: Eli Ginzberg

Irving Horowitz: Eli Ginzberg

The world of Eli Ginzberg can readily be thought of as a triptych-a career in three parts. In his early years, Ginzberg”s work was dedicated to understanding the history of economics, from Adam Smit …

Cover of Tina Nash: Out of the Darkness

Tina Nash: Out of the Darkness

It was the case that shocked the nation. On the evening of 20 April 2011, Tina Nash”s life changed forever. After suffering months of beatings and domestic abuse at the hands of boyfriend Shane Jenk …