Civilizations of The Ancient Near East </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> <partNumber>vol.2</partNumber> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> <partName>History and culture</partName> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Jack M. Sasson</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Editor</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">0:4</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Charles Scribner's Sons</publisher> <dateIssued>1995</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>6511369tr.</extent> <extent>Hardcover, illustrations, maps, 4 volumes</extent> <extent>28cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Civilizations of the ancient Near East presents this enormously rich world from a variety of perspectives. It describes the physical world of the ancient Near East, evaluates the impact of ancient near eastern civilizations on succeeding cultures, and reconstructs its cultural contexts based on archaeological findings and the deciphering of documents. The set consists of 189 articles organized in eleven parts, enhanced by 46 maps and 612 photographs and line drawings.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Jack M. Sasson</note> <subject> <topic>Jews -- History</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Middle East -- Antiquities</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">220.09</classification> <classification authority="ddc">C582-E13</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780684192796, 0684197219</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/11027/img-67421.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/11027/img-67421.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordContentSource authority="marcorg"/> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2023-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119070952.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>