The Age of Agade: Inventing Empire in Ancient Mesopotamia

by Benjamin R. Foster

Book Overview

The Age of Agade is the first book-length study of the Akkadian period of Mesopotamian history, which saw the rise and fall of the world's first empire during more than a century of extraordinary political, social, and cultural innovation. It draws together more than 40 years of research by one of the world's leading experts in Assyriology to offer an exhaustive survey of the Akkadian empire.

Addressing all aspects of the empire,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138909750
• ISBN13: 9781138909755
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"