Authors: Helen Hindmarsh and Cathy Harnack, soft cover, 387 A4 size pages. Published by Nelson Cenage Learning
The Near East is a beautifully illustrated book covering the history of the great nations of the ancient world: Assyria; Israel and Judah; and Persia. This book, written specifically for the NSW Higher School Certificate course of Ancient History, gives support to the Bible as an historical record through the use of ancient texts and archaeological discoveries. It provides a sweeping overview of the key historical periods, societies and personalities of the time, giving particular consideration to Sennacherib, Solomon, Hezekiah and Xerxes.
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This book is profusely illustrated with pictures, maps and charts.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Sister Helen Hindmarsh has been the Ancient History teacher at Christadelphian Heritage College Sydney since its inception in 1998, and has focused on the Near East section of the HSC course due to its close connection with Bible history. This has given the senior students a wonderful opportunity to study the historical period of the Kings of Israel and Judah, as well as the features of Assyrian society, and relate them both to the available ancient written and archaeological sources.
Cathy Harnack has written a comprehensive consideration of Persian history from a more secular viewpoint, and supports it with graphic archaeological material and beautiful photographs. The focus of the Persian history is from the reign of Cyrus the Great to the last Persian king, Darius III, whose defeat at the hands of Alexander the Great brought to end the Persian Empire.
This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 25 March, 2010.
