Tracing the Earliest Recorded Concepts of International Law: The Ancient Near East (2500-330 BCE)

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BRILL, May 10, 2012 - Law - 254 pages
This book offers a unique survey of legal practices and ideas relating to international relations in the Ancient Near East between 2500 and 330 BC.
 

Contents

2 The Old Akkadian and Ur III Periods in Mesopotamia 23502004 BCE
23
3 The Near East in the Old Babylonian Period 20031595 BCE
49
4 The Near East in the Late Bronze Age 16001200 BCE
88
5 The Near East 1200330 BCE
166
Concluding Remarks
210
Bibliography
221
Index
241
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Amnon Altman, Ph.D. (1973) in Ancient Near Eastern studies, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, formerly Professor in the Department of History at that university, is now retired. His publications include The Historical Prologue of the Hittite Vassal Treaties (Ramat-Gan 2004).