Mario Liverani

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Mario Liverani is Professor of Ancient Near East History at the University of Rome La Sapienza. He is a member of many institutions, such as the American Oriental Society, Accademia delle Scienze de Torino, and doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Copenhagen and the Autonomous University of Madrid.

Liverani started his career as a historian among the complex tablets from the 13th century BCE found at Ugarit, finding a rich and complex historical narrative which emerged from these tablets. This period, which saw the height of the Hittite power, the rise and fall of the Mitannian Empire, the constant presence of the Egyptians in Syria and the inexorable spread of Assyrian might, has always held a fascination for Liverani. He has provided his university students with a massive tome which covers most aspects of the ancient near east from the earliest Sumerian period before 3000 BCE down to the fall of Babylon to the Persians in 539 BCE. He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of Mesopotamia and the Levant but, although he has written much, little has been translated into English. He is regularly cited in the bibliographies of historians of the Ancient Near East.

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International Relations in the Ancient Near East, 1600-1100 Bc (Studies in Diplomacy)
Myth And Politics In Ancient Near Eastern Historiography - written in co-operation with Zainab Bahrani.
Israel's History And the History of Israel
Antico Oriente. Storia, società, economia