Syria, 3000 to 300 B.C. : a handbook of political history / Horst Klengel.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

I. The Early Bronze Age -- 1. First written evidence pertaining to Syria and the period of the Ebla archives -- 2. Syria from the Ebla archives to the end of the 3rd millennium -- II. The Middle Bronze Age -- 1. The establishment of Amorite political rule in Syria (c.2000-1800 B.C.) -- 2. The period of the kingdom of Yamhad (c.1800-1600 B.C.) -- 3. The invasion of northern Syria by the Hittites -- III. The Late Bronze Age -- 1. The period of Mittanian and Egyptian domination (c.1600-1350 B.C.) -- 2. Syria at the time of Egyptian and Hittite overlordship (c.1350-1200 B.C.) -- IV. The Iron Age -- 1. Ethnic and political changes at the beginning of the Iron Age (c. 1200-1000 B.C.) -- 2. Syria in the Early Iron Age, c.1000-745 B.C .: The development of new political entities and the Assyrian aggression -- 3. Syria under Assyrian, Babylonian, and Persian rule (c. 745-330) -- V. Indexes : 1. Text references (major series) -- 2. Divine and personal names -- 3. Geographical (and ethnic) names.

A handbook for the political history of prehellenistic Syria, informing on all pertinent sources and giving an outline of about two millennia of Syrian history. It offers a concise survey of the history of Syria from the first written testimonies to the time when the Orient was conquered by Alexander the Great. Each chapter starts with an introduction into the pertinent archives and continues with an outline history referring to all relevant textual sources and to the scholarly discussion. Material from the cuneiform texts of Ebla to the testimony of the Bible is presented as clearly as possible.