Trevor Bryce is an Honourary Research Consultant in the University of Queensland, and an Emeritus Professor of the University of New England, Australia, where he was Professor of Classics and Ancient History. He is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and has been awarded an Australian Centenary medal for services to History.Although trained as a Classicist, primarily in Latin language and literature, most of his research has been conducted in the field of Near Eastern history and civilization, with some emphasis also on the links between the Classical and Near Eastern worlds. He is the author of numerous books and articles on Near Eastern history, including most recently The World of the Neo-Hittite Kingdoms (2012, also published by Oxford University Press).

• PART I: THE BRONZE AGES; PART II: FROM THE IRON AGE TO THE MACEDONIAN CONQUEST; PART III: SYRIA UNDER SELEUCID RULE; PART IV: SYRIA UNDER ROMAN RULE; PART V: THE RISE AND FALL OF PALMYRA

This book can be thoroughly recommended for anyone wishing to gain a broad overview of the history of ancient Syria.

Trevor Bryce is an Honourary Research Consultant in the University of Queensland, and an Emeritus Professor of the University of New England, Australia, where he was Professor of Classics and Ancient History. He is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and has been awarded an Australian Centenary medal for services to History.Although trained as a Classicist, primarily in Latin language and literature, most of his research has been conducted in the field of Near Eastern history and civilization, with some emphasis also on the links between the Classical and Near Eastern worlds. He is the author of numerous books and articles on Near Eastern history, including most recently The World of the Neo-Hittite Kingdoms (2012, also published by Oxford University Press).

• PART I: THE BRONZE AGES; PART II: FROM THE IRON AGE TO THE MACEDONIAN CONQUEST; PART III: SYRIA UNDER SELEUCID RULE; PART IV: SYRIA UNDER ROMAN RULE; PART V: THE RISE AND FALL OF PALMYRA

This book can be thoroughly recommended for anyone wishing to gain a broad overview of the history of ancient Syria.

Trevor Bryce is an Honourary Research Consultant in the University of Queensland, and an Emeritus Professor of the University of New England, Australia, where he was Professor of Classics and Ancient History. He is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities and has been awarded an Australian Centenary medal for services to History.Although trained as a Classicist, primarily in Latin language and literature, most of his research has been conducted in the field of Near Eastern history and civilization, with some emphasis also on the links between the Classical and Near Eastern worlds. He is the author of numerous books and articles on Near Eastern history, including most recently The World of the Neo-Hittite Kingdoms (2012, also published by Oxford University Press).

• PART I: THE BRONZE AGES; PART II: FROM THE IRON AGE TO THE MACEDONIAN CONQUEST; PART III: SYRIA UNDER SELEUCID RULE; PART IV: SYRIA UNDER ROMAN RULE; PART V: THE RISE AND FALL OF PALMYRA

This book can be thoroughly recommended for anyone wishing to gain a broad overview of the history of ancient Syria.