Preface

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Figures ix
4. List of Tables xi
5. Abbreviations xiii
6. Preface xv
7. Acknowledgments xvii
8. Introduction 1
9. 1. Landscapes of Warfare: A Historiography 17
10. 2. Age of Empires: An Introduction to the Early First Millennium BCE 38
11. 3. Views from the Fortress: Examining Site Placement 71
12. 4. Reframing Urartu as a Non-Urban Empire 106
13. 5. Fortified Regional Networks (FRN): Building Blocks of Empire 122
14. 6. Movement and Mobility: The Space of Empire 162
15. 7. Traumascapes: War and Society Writ Large 192
16. 8. Unraveling the Why: Ideologies that Perpetuate Landscapes of War 223
17. Conclusion 245
18. References 255
19. Index 291
20. About the Author 301