Topography and Toponymy in the Ancient Near East: Perspectives and Prospects

The present volume, based on a conference on Ancient Near Eastern

historical geography and toponymy held at the Universite catholique de

Louvain (Belgium) on 27-28 February 2014, brings together 12

contributions by Belgian and international specialists on various

aspects of this field of research. They deal with the entire Ancient

Near East (Anatolia, Levant, Mesopotamia and Iran). Chronologically, the

various contributions in the volume discuss topics situated in the 3rd,

2nd and 1st Millennia BC.
The articles in this volume are

arranged geographically, starting with items on Anatolia, followed by

studies on Mesopotamian and Levantine topography and finally a third

part on ancient Iran and Elam. They will doubtlessly demonstrate the

high importance of the study of historical geography and toponymy for

our understanding of the history of the Ancient Near East and will also

stimulate the research on the historical geography of the ancient Near

East.