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<p>Ancient History of Western Asia India and Crete is an English version of Hrozný work translated by Jindrich Procházka. This volume largely covers the area concerning the Middle East and a concise section on ancient India. The author largely covers the prehistory of West Asian regions such as Uruk Jemdet Nasr Halaf and Obeid periods the history of Hittites of ancient Middle Eastern civilizations such as Sumerians Akkadians Hamites Babylonians and the IndoEuropean origins of SumeroAkkadians. Also it covers ancient Egypt Palestine Syria Assyria TigrisEuphrates regions the Caucasian region and the Caspian Sea area. It also covers the history and discovery of writing and the history of ancient and popular Semitic religions which also include Judaism and Christianity. This book helps to understand the Old Testament and New Testament histories and the ancient civilization of the Near East from the prehistorical and ancient times. About the Author Bedrich Hrozný (18791952) was a Czech orientalist archaeologist linguist and polyglot. He also deciphered the Hittite language and laid down the foundations of Hittite history culture and civilization in mainstream academia. He is also known as the father of Hittitology. He discovered around 1000 cuneiform tablets containing letters and other modes of exchanges of Assyrian merchants in Kältepe in modern Turkey. In 1929 he founded the journal Archiv Orientální which deals with Africa Asia and Near Eastern studies.</p>
