Five Empires in Ancient Mesopotamia: From the Assyrians to the Parthians

The Assyrian Empire was the first of five empires that emerged in the Near East in the first millennium BCE; it was succeeded by the Neo-Babylonian, Persian, Seleucid, and Parthian Empires. Based on a set of uniquely rich sources, this co-authored volume traces the history of imperialism in Western Asia by focusing on Mesopotamia, center of the first imperial states but later subjected to imperial rule by foreigners.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501521179
• ISBN13: 9781501521171
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 470 Pages
• Grade Range: Postsecondary