L. W. King’s survey of the ancient Near East reflects the explosion of archaeological knowledge in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries — the decipherment of cuneiform, the excavation of Nineveh and Babylon, the discovery of Tell el-Amarna letters, and the opening of Egyptian royal tombs. King synthesises these discoveries to produce a comprehensive account of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Syria, and the Levant from prehistory to the Persian conquest.
This free EPUB edition is formatted for e-readers. Despite advances in the field since publication, King’s work remains a valuable survey and an important document in the history of Near Eastern archaeology and historiography.