Interconnections in the ancient Near-East : a study of the relationships between the arts of Egypt, the Aegean, and western Asia / William Stevenson Smith.

Includes bibliographical reference (p. [187]-189)

Part I. Historical Survey of Interconnections -- Chapter 1. Syria as a Cultural Link and Early Sea Trade -- Chapter 2. Chariotry and the Age of International Relations -- Chapter 3. The Part Played by the Manufacture of Glazed Faiences -- Chapter 4. Readjustment after the Invasion of the Sea Peoples and the Rise of the Later Empires of Assyria, Babylonia, and Persia -- Part II. The Composition of Wall Scenes -- Chapter 5. The Mycenae Silver Rhyton and Aegean Paintings -- Spatial Relationships -- Concentric Compositions -- The Hagia Trinada Paintings -- Mainland Painting -- Historical Problems -- Chapter 6. Palace Decoration in Western Asia -- Problems of Style : The Mari Paintings -- North Syria and the Aegean : Alalakh -- Mesopotamian Painting and the Question of the Development of Stone Wall Relief -- The Later Assyrian Palaces -- Chapter 7. Egyptian Wall Decorations : The Basic Register System and its Variations -- The Egyptian Middle Kingdom and Crete -- The Arrangement of Subject Matter in Large Wall Compositions -- Early Hunting and Battle Scenes -- New Kingdom Egypt and the Aegean -- The Ramesside Battle Scenes -- The End of an Epoch.