The pre-Islamic Middle East

Introduction The Middle East in Early Antiquity Egypt and Asia The Rise and Decline of Assyria The Rise and Fall of Media The Empire of the Achaemenids The Persian-Greek Wars The Macedonian Conquest The Dissolution of Alexander's Empire Reconfiguration of the Middle East Rome Enters the Middle East The Roman-Parthian Conflict The Struggle over the Euphrates Frontier The Roman-Persian Stalemate The Era of Shapur II The Struggle for Persia's Frontiers End of the Sassanid Empire Afterword Bibliography