The Pre-Islamic Middle EastBloomsbury Academic, 30.04.2000 - 240 Seiten Sicker explores the political history of the Middle East from antiquity to the Arab conquest from a geopolitical perspective. He argues that there are a number of relatively constant environmental factors that have helped condition-not determine-the course of Middle Eastern political history from ancient times to the present. These factors, primarily, but not exclusively geography and topography, contributed heavily to establishing the patterns of state development and interstate relations in the Middle East that have remained remarkably consistent throughout the troubled history of the region. |
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... position at the time . The Babylonian king Kashtiliashu IV ( c . 1242–1235 ) was already under assault by the newly invigorated Elamite state that had reemerged as a major political force in the region after a hiatus of some four ...
... position , but not necessarily in its conquest , which would have entailed a host of practical problems . It is quite likely that he would have been satisfied if his suzerainty were to have been acknowl- edged by the states of the ...
... position to severely damage Parthia's economic position . Like the Parthians , the Kushans derived much of their income from serving as mid- dlemen and conduits for international trade . By the beginning of the sec- ond century , the ...
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Introduction | 1 |
The Middle East in Early Antiquity | 9 |
Egypt and Asia 25 5 | 25 |
Urheberrecht | |
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