Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-219) and index
Machine generated contents note: 1. The Middle East in Early Antiquity -- 2. Egypt and Asia -- 3. The Rise and Decline of Assyria -- 4. The Rise and Fall of Media -- 5. The Empire of the Achaemenids -- 6. The Persian-Greek Wars -- 7. The Macedonian Conquest -- 8. The Dissolution of Alexander's Empire -- 9. Reconfiguration of the Middle East -- 10. Rome Enters the Middle East -- 11. The Roman-Parthian Conflict -- 12. The Struggle over the Euphrates Frontier -- 13. The Roman-Persian Stalemate -- 14. The Era of Shapur II -- 15. The Struggle for Persia's Frontiers -- 16. End of the Sassanid Empire -- Afterword -- Bibliography -- Index