The archaeology of Elam : formation and transformation of an ancient Iranian state / D.T. Potts.
The archaeology of Elam : formation and transformation of an ancient Iranian state / D.T. Potts.
The archaeology of Elam : formation and transformation of an ancient Iranian state / D.T. Potts.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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1999.
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N935/30
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xxviii, 490 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
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1. Elam: what, when, where? -- 2. Environment, climate and resources -- 3. The immediate precursors of Elam -- 4. Elam and Awan -- 5. The dynasty of Shimashki -- 6. The grand regents of Elam and Susa -- 7. The kingdom of Susa and Anshan -- 8. The Neo-Elamite period -- 9. Elam in the Achaemenid empir...
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999.
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1999.
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"From the middle of the 3rd millennium B.C. until the coming of Cyrus the Great, southwestern Iran was referred to in Mesopotamian sources as the land of Elam. A heterogeneous collection of regions, Elam was home to a variety of groups, alternately the object of Mesopotamian aggression, and aggressors themselves, an ethnic group seemingly swallowed...
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The archaeology of Elam : formation and transformation of an ancient Iranian state / D.T. Potts.
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Cambridge world archaeology.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [445]-480) and index.
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N935/30
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0521563585
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0521564964 (pbk.)
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0521563585 :
9780521564960(pbk.) :
0521564964(pbk.) :
9780521563581
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