A Companion to Assyria (Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World)

<p>A Companion to Assyria is a collection of original essays on ancient Assyria written by key international scholars. These new scholarly contributions have substantially reshaped contemporary understanding of society and life in this ancient civilization.<br></p><ul> <li>The only detailed up-to-date introduction providing a scholarly overview of ancient Assyria in English within the last fifty years </li> <li>Original essays written and edited by a team of respected Assyriology scholars from around the world </li> <li>An in-depth exploration of Assyrian society and life, including the latest thought on cities, art, religion, literature, economy, and technology, and political and military history </li></ul>