Chapter 1 Review: Suggested References

The combination of archaeological and linguistic research informs scholarship on the history of the ancient Near East, Egypt, and Greece. New discoveries and new ideas both help historians achieve a clearer understanding of these earliest societies of Western civilization.

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Bryce, Trevor. Life and Society in the Hittite World. 2004.

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Cline, Eric H. 1171 B.C. The Year Civilization Collapsed. 2010.

Crouch, Carly L. War and Ethics in the Ancient Near East. 2009.

*Dalley, Stephanie, trans. Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others. 1991.

Ikram, Salima. Ancient Egypt: An Introduction. 2010.

Mieroop, Marc Van De. King Hammurabi of Babylon: A Biography. 2005.

Partridge, Robert B. Fighting Pharaohs: Weapons and Warfare in Ancient Egypt. 2002.

Podany, Amanda H. Brotherhood of Kings: How International Relations Shaped the Ancient Near East. 2010.

Sanders, N. K. The Sea Peoples: Warriors of the Ancient Mediterranean, 1250–1150 B.C. Rev. ed. 1985.

Scarre, Chris. The Human Past: World Prehistory and the Development of Human Societies. 2009.

*Simpson, William Kelly, ed. The Literature of Ancient Egypt. An Anthology of Stories, Instructions, and Poetry. 3rd ed. 2003.

Szapakowska, Kasia. Daily Life in Ancient Egypt: Recreating Lahun. 2008.

Tyldesley, Joyce. Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh. 1998.