State Formation and State Decline in the Near and Middle East
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State Formation and State Decline in the Near and Middle East

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State Formation and State Decline in the Near and Middle East

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At present, numerous Middle Eastern states experience turmoil, uprisings, and crises. Chaos, civil war, and vain negotiations seem to indicate the beginning of massive state decline and the end of the Middle East as we have known it. Discussing state formation and state decline in a historical perspective renders important insights into the region's inner mechanisms: The Near and Middle East is one of the regions in which the earliest state formations of humanity took place; its 5, 000 years of history provide many examples of the formation, the continuity, and the decline of states. History carries its consequences into the present, and current zones of conflict cannot be understood without an in-depth understanding of its historical roots. The volume State Formation and State Decline in the Near and Middle East provides a broad overview of the Middle East's diverse history and development. While not aiming at explaining the manifold reasons of the region's current fragility, the contributions focus on the material prerequisites, the social, political, and cultural factors that influence the formation, consolidation, or decline of states.

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Yes, you can access State Formation and State Decline in the Near and Middle East by Rainer Kessler,Walter Sommerfeld,Leslie Tramontini, Rainer Kessler, Walter Sommerfeld, Leslie Tramontini in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in History & Ancient History. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Harrassowitz Verlag
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9783447105651
eBook ISBN
9783447194747
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Body
  6. Introduction
  7. Norman Yoffee: The Evolution of Fragility: The Resistible Rise and Irresistible Fall of Early States
  8. Walter Sommerfeld: Umweltzerstörung und ökologische Krisen im Alten Orient
  9. Daniel.T. Potts: Material Foundations of Early States
  10. Helene Sader: The Formation and Decline of the Aramaean States in Iron Age Syria
  11. Bruce Routledge: Conditions of State Formation at the Edges of Empires: the Case of Iron Age Moab
  12. Christa Schäfer-Lichtenberger: Ethnicity and State Formation in the Levant during the Early Iron Age
  13. Josef Wiesehöfer: The Role of Lingua Francas and Communication Networks in the Process of Empire-Building: The Persian Empire
  14. Rainer Kessler: Political Elites in Ancient Judah: Continuity and Change
  15. Wim Raven: The first Arabic Empire and Modern Scholarship, 622–661
  16. Afaf H. Rahim and Precious Zikhali: Cooperation over Trans-Boundery Water Resources Management in the Middle East
  17. Peter Sluglett: Still in the Wilderness? Iraq in 2015
  18. Short Bios of Authors