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The Prehistory of the Balkans; and the Middle East and the Aegean world, tenth to eighth centuries B.C.

Series The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 3, Part 1

Edited by John Boardman, I. E. S. Edwards, N. G. L. Hammond and E. Sollberger

Publication Date 1982

Hardback ISBN-10 0521224969

Hardback ISBN-13 9780521224963

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1017/CHOL9780521224963

Overview

Volume III of The Cambridge Ancient History was first published in 1925 in one volume. The new edition has expanded to such an extent, owing to the immense amount of new information now available, that it has had to be divided into three parts. Volume III Part 1 opens with a survey of the Balkans north of Greece in the Prehistoric period. This is the first time such a survey has been published of this area which besides its intrinsic interest is important for its influence on the cultures of the Aegean and Anatolia. The rest of the book is devoted to the tenth to the eigth centuries B. C. In Greece and the Aegean the main theme is the gradual regeneration from the Dark Age and the emergence of a society in which can be seen the beginnings of the city-state. During the same period in Western Asia and the Middle East the Kingdoms of Assyria and Babylonia rise to power, the Urartians appear, and in Palestine the kingdoms of Israel and Judah flourish. In Egypt the country's fortunes revive briefly under Shoshenq I. The final chapter in this part deals with the languages of Greece and the Balkans and with the invention and spread of alphabetic writing.

For more details of the print book, and how to buy it online, please see The Prehistory of the Balkans; and the Middle East and the Aegean world, tenth to eighth centuries B.C. in the Cambridge University Press online catalogue.

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The Cambridge Ancient History Vol. 3, part 1: The Prehistory of the Balkans; and the Middle East and the Aegean world, tenth to eighth centuries B.C.

Frontmatter

The Prehistory of the Balkans to 1000 B.C.

The Middle East

The Balkans and the Aegean

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