Research Guides: Ancient Middle Eastern Art: History

History Reading List

A History of the Ancient near East, Ca. 3000-323 BC by Marc Van De Mieroop
ISBN: 9781118718179
Publication Date: 2015
Presents a comprehensive overview of ancient Near East civilizations.
Weavers, Scribes, and Kings by Amanda H. Podany
ISBN: 9780190059040
Publication Date: 2022
Examines the daily life of ancient people, from kings, priestesses, and merchants to bricklayers, musicians, and weavers.
The Ancient Near East by Amelie Kurht
ISBN: 0415013526
Publication Date: 1995
Provides a basic history of the Ancient Near East.
Ritual, Performance, and Politics in the Ancient near East by Lauren Ristvet
ISBN: 9781107065215
Publication Date: 2014
Investigates the relationship between ritual, performance, and politics in the ancient Near East.
Gender in the Ancient near East by Stephanie Budin
ISBN: 9781000860788
Publication Date: 2023-04-28
Presents our current understanding of gender constructs in ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Anatolia, Cyprus, and the Levant, and incorporates current trends in gender theory.

The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic by A. R. George
ISBN: 0198149220
Publication Date: 2003
This book collects all the extant texts of the Babylonian Gilgamesh epic in one place, including twenty-three fragments published for the first time.
The Bloomsbury Handbook of Material Religion in the Ancient Near East and Egypt by Nicola Laneri
ISBN: 9781350280830
Publication Date: 2023
Explores religions and ritual practices in ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern communities.
Before the Muses by Benjamin R. Foster
ISBN: 1883053234
Publication Date: 1996
Comprehensive collection of ancient Akkadian literature.
Myths from Mesopotamia by Stephanie Dalley
ISBN: 0198143974
Publication Date: 1989
Provides new translations of the main myths and epics written in Akkadian.