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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The Oxford handbook of the state in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean / edited by

Peter Fibiger Bang and Walter Scheidel.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978–0–19–518831–8

1. State, The—History—To 1500. 2. Political science—History—To 1500.

3. Middle East—Politics and government. 4. Mediterranean Region—

Politics and government. 5. Comparative government.

I. Bang, Peter F. (Peter Fibiger), 1973– II. Scheidel, Walter, 1966–

JC51.O94 2013

320.935—dc23

2012009018

ISBN 978–0–19–518831–8

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