Eckart Frahm Volgorde van de boeken

The first comprehensive account of the rise and fall of what historians consider to be the world's very first empire: Assyria'A work of remarkable synthesis. The range of its sources is truly extraordinary . . . Frahm punctures a fair share of myths too' Pratinav Anil, The TimesAt its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. It was the first empire the world had ever seen. Here, historian Eckart Frahm tells the epic story of Assyria and its formative role in global history. Assyria's wide-ranging conquests have long been known from the Hebrew Bible and later Greek accounts. But nearly two centuries of research now permit a rich picture of the Assyrians and their empire beyond the battlefield: their vast libraries and monumental sculptures, their elaborate trade and information networks, and the crucial role played by royal women.Although Assyria was crushed by rising powers in the late seventh century BCE, its legacy endured from the Babylonian and Persian empires to Rome and beyond. Assyria is a stunning and authoritative account of a civilisation essential to understanding the ancient world and our own.

Die 3000 Jahre Geschichte des alten Mesopotamien umfassen – zusammen mit der ungefähr gleichzeitigen Kultur des alten Ägypten – nichts weniger als die gesamte erste Hälfte der Menschheitsgeschichte. Die in ungeheuer großer Menge überlieferten Keilschrift-Quellen sind, wie ein Assyrologe es mal formulierte, »unsere ältesten Familiendokumente«. Trotzdem erscheint uns die Kultur der Sumerer, Assyrer und Babylonier außerordentlich fremd. Sie lag Jahrtausende unter Schutt und Sand verborgen, kaum Traditionen verbinden uns mit ihr. Der deutsche, in Yale/USA lehrende Altorientalist Eckart Frahm unternimmt es, das alte Zweistromland heute verständlich zu machen.