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Ancient Near East

Knapp, A. Bernard. The History and Culture of Ancient Western Asia and Egypt. Dorsey, 1988. Broad overview of history, with recent specialized references.

Kramer, Stanley Noah. History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine 'Firsts' in Man's Recorded History. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1989. A classic on the “firsts” in recorded history.

Macqueen, J. G. The Hittites and their Contemporaries in Asia Minor. Thames & Hudson, 1996. History of Anatolia and the people who established a kingdom there almost 4,000 years ago.

Nissen, Hans J. Trans. E. Lutzeier and K. J. Northcott. The Early History of the Ancient Near East, 9000-2000 BC. University of Chicago Press, 1988. Detailed study of historical and cultural development in Mesopotamia.

Von Soden, Wolfram. Trans. Donald G. Schley. The Ancient Orient: An Introduction to the Study of the Ancient Near East. Eerdmans, 1994. Overview of the ancient Near East and its philosophies, languages, economics, arts, and more.

Babylonian History

Bienkowski, Piotr, and others, eds. Dictionary of the Ancient Near East. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000. Extensive single-volume dictionary that covers Babylon.

Landau, Elaine. The Babylonians. Millbrook, 1997. Young person's guide to the ancient Babylonian Empire and the evolution of its society.

Leick, Gwendolyn. The Babylonians: An Introduction. Routledge, 2002. A survey revealing the Babylonians, from kings and merchants to women and slaves.

Oates, Joan. Babylon. Thames & Hudson, 1979, 1986. A look at the city and its culture, from minor village to leading center.

Saggs, H. W. F. Babylonians. University of California Press, 2000. Traces the development of a remarkable civilization.

Spence, Lewis. Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria. Kessinger, 1997. Provides a popular account of the religion and mythology of ancient Babylonia and Assyria.

Van de Mieroop, Marc. The Ancient Mesopotamian City. Oxford University Press, 1999. This volume examines the evolution of the very earliest cities that inspired the rest of the ancient world.

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