The Oxford handbook of the state in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean / 
edited by Peter Fibiger Bang and Walter Scheidel. 
 - New York :  Oxford University Press,  2013. 
 - xii, 555 p. :  ill., maps ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Preface -- Studying the state / Walter Scheidel -- Egypt / Joseph G. Manning -- Fertile crescent city-states / Steven Garfinkle -- Mesopotamian empires / Gojko Barjamovic -- Anatolian states / Trevor Bryce -- Jewish states / Seth Schwartz -- Iranian empires / Josef Wiesehöfer -- Bronze age Greece / John Bennet -- Greek city-states / Mogens H. Hansen -- Greek multi-city states / Ian Morris -- The Greek koinon / Emily Mackil -- Hellenistic empires / John Ma -- Carthage / Walter Ameling -- The Roman Empire I: the republic / Henrik Mouritsen -- The Roman Empire ii: the monarchy / Peter F. Bang -- The Byzantine successor state / John Haldon -- The Germanic successor states / Ian Wood -- The first Islamic empire / Chase Robinson. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780195188318 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012009018 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>State, The--History--To 1500.<br/>Political science--History--To 1500.<br/>Comparative government.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Middle East--Politics and government.<br/>Mediterranean Region--Politics and government.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JC51  / .O94 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>320.935