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Product Description
- Mountains and Lowlands is an engaging exploration of the history of ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) and Iran from 6000 BC-AD 650
Mountains and Lowlands explores this relationship providing a detailed but accessible account covering the period 6000 BC AD 650, from the development of the first agricultural communities to the coming of Islam. The story is told through the superlative Ancient Near Eastern collections in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, supplemented by images of photographs of archaeological sites and of iconic pieces in other collections including the Louvre, Paris. The discussion is further supported by six maps commissioned especially for this publication.
Contents:
1. Introduction
2. From Village to City: 6000-3000 BC
3. From City to Kingdom: 3000-1500 BC
4. From Kingdom to Empire: 1500-500 BC
5. From India to Egypt: 500 BC-AD 650
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