Associated Regional Chronologies for the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean

History & Philology

Edited by Walther Sallaberger Edited by Ingo Schrakamp

Book cover: Associated Regional Chronologies for the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean

Extent: 461 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Ancient Near East, Mediterranean Archaeology

Series: Arcane

Series volume number: 3

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(March 2015)

ISBN: 9782503534947

Price: $195.00

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The volume on History and Philology within the ARCANE project is an up-to-date presentation of the data and problems connected to the chronology of the third millennium BC of Mesopotamia and adjacent regions. As an introduction, Walther Sallaberger and Ingo Schrakamp provide an overview of the pertinent cuneiform sources and discuss the reconstruction of a historical chronology. Furthermore the book includes articles on chronological problems and a regional history from the Fara period to the end of the millennium from leading experts: A. Archi and M.-G. Biga on Ebla, K. De Graef on Susa, G. Marchesi on early dynasties, F. Pomponio on Adab, I. Schrakamp on historical geography, W. Sommerfeld on the Akkadian period, H. Steible on Fara, P. Steinkeller on the Gutian period.

Walther Sallaberger teaches Assyriology (Akkadian and Sumerian) at the University of Munchen. He has published on the culture and history of Mesopotamia, especially the early periods. Ingo Schrakamp is Assistant Professor, Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, at the Freie Universitat Berlin. His main research interests are devoted to the Sumerian and Akkadian documentation of third millennium Mesopotamia.

  • Edited by Walther Sallaberger
  • Edited by Ingo Schrakamp