The Age of Agade: Inventing Empire in Ancient Mesopotamia by Benjamin R. Foster

The Age of Agade: Inventing Empire in Ancient Mesopotamia

Benjamin R. Foster

456 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative mysterious slow-paced
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Benjamin R. Foster's The Age of Agade: Inventing Empire in Ancient Mesopotamia is a captivating read for anyone fascinated by the intricacies of ancient civilizations, politics, and culture, offering a rich and immersive journey through the rise and fall of the world's first empire, a true treasure trove for history enthusiasts and scholars alike.

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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 draw...

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