An authoritative guide to the whole of the cradle of civilization.

In the early modern world, the Safavid, Ottoman, and Mughal empires sprawled across a vast swath of the earth, stretching from the Himalayas to the Indian Ocean

Two classic illustrated anthologies, now combined in one convenient volume James Pritchard's classic anthologies of the ancient Near East have introduced genera

This clear, balanced and authoritative survey of the history of the region is now fully up to date again. The text contains a general regional introduction, fol