Crossroads of War: A Historical Atlas of the Middle East

by Ian Barnes

From the Bronze Age to the twenty-first century, vying armies have clashed over the territory stretching from the Upper Nile to modern-day Iraq and Iran. Crossroads of War captures five millennia of conflict and conquest in detailed full-color maps, accompanied by incisive, accessible commentary.

The lands of the Middle East were home to a succession of empires--Egyptian, Babylonian, Assyrian, and Persian--that rose and declined with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674598490
• ISBN13: 9780674598492
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.7" x 11.3"