Ancient Turkey [Paperback]

Students of antiquity often see ancient Turkey as a bewildering array of cultural complexes. Ancient Turkeybrings together in a coherent account the diverse and often fragmented evidence, both archaeological and textual, that forms the basis of our knowledge of the development of Anatolia from the earliest arrivals to the end of the Iron Age.

Much new material has recently been excavated and unlike Greece, Mesopotamia, and its other neighbours, Turkey has been poorly served in terms of comprehensive, up-to-date and accessible discussions of its ancient past. Ancient Turkeyis a much needed resource for students and scholars, providing an up-to-date account of the widespread and extensive archaeological activity in Turkey.

Covering the entire span before the Classical period, fully illustrated with over 160 images and written in lively prose, this text will be enjoyed by anyone interested in the archaeology and early history of Turkey and the ancient Near East.

1. Introduction  2. Earliest Arrivals: The Palaeolithic and Epipalaeolithic (1,000,0009600 BC)  3. A New Social Order: Pre-Pottery Neolithic (96007000 BC)  4. Anatolia Transformed: From Pottery Neolithic through Middle Chalcolithic (70004000 BC)  5. Metalsmiths and Migrants: Late Chalcolithic and the Early Bronze Age (ca. 40002000 BC)  6. Foreign Merchants and Native States: The Middle Bronze Age (20001650 BC)  7. Anatolias Empire: Hittite Domination and the Late Bronze Age (16501200 BC)  8. Legacy of the Hittites: Southern Anatolia in the Iron Age (1200600 BC)  9. A Kingdom of Fortresses: Urartu and Eastern Anatolia in the Iron Age (1200600 BC)  10. New Cultures in the West: Phrygia, Lydia and the Aegean Coast (1200600 BC)  

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