The art and architecture of the ancient orient

Part one. Mesopotamia. 1. The emergence of sumerian art: the protoliterate period (circa 3500-3000 B.C.) -- 2. The early dynastic period (circa 3000-2340 B.C.) -- 3. The akkadian period (2340-2180 B.C.) -- 4. The neo-sumerian period (2125-2025 B.C.) and the period of Isin, Larsa, and Babylon (2025-1594 B.C.) -- 5. The art of the kassite dynasty (circa 1600-1100 B.C.) -- 6. The beginnings of assyrian art (circa 1350-100 B.C.) -- 7. The late assyrian perios (circa 1000-612 B.C.) -- 8. The neo-babylonian period (circa 612-539 B.C.) -- Part two. The peripheral regions. 9. Asia minor and the hittites -- 10. The levant in the second millennium B.C. -- 11. Arameans and phoenicians in Syria: north syrian art (850-650 B.C.) -- 12. The art of ancient Persia.

Contents: p. 5-7.

Acknowledgements: p. 9.

Introduction: p. 11-12.

Map of ancient near east: p. 14-15.

Notes: p. 381-41.

Abbreviations used in the bibliography and the list of illustrations: p. 413-414.

Bibliography: p. 415-416.

Additional bibliography: p. 417-436.

List of illustrations: p. 437-446.

Index: p. 447-456.