The Ancient History of the Near East from the Earliest Times to the Battle of Salamis. 7th edition

1927

Brasch DS H489 1927

London: Methuen & Co.

H. R. Hall’s Ancient History of the Near East (first published in 1913) starts with pre-history Greece, Old Egypt, and Babylonia, and finishes with the Greco-Persian Wars, where at the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC Greek forces repulsed the Persian army under King Xerxes. Historians believe that a Persian victory would have hampered the development of Ancient Greece. Here is a map of Palestine during the Biblical era of the Period of Judges (1270–1030 BC), roughly equating to the occupation of Canaan and the establishment of the Hebrew monarchy. Canaan became the land of the Philistines, or ‘Palestine’, centred at first around coastal towns such as Gaza and Ashkelon.