Mario Liverani
Professor of Ancient Near East History

Mario Liverani

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Professor of Ancient Near East History
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10 January 1939(Rome, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Mario Liverani (born 1939 in Rome), is Professor of Ancient Near East History at the University of Rome La Sapienza. He is a member of many institutions, such as the American Oriental Society, Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, and doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Copenhagen and the Autonomous University of Madrid.

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  • 2014 Sheikh Zayed Book Award in the "Arabic Culture in Other Languages" category for his book "Imagining Babylon"

    Selected works

    • International Relations in the Ancient Near East, 1600-1100 BC (Studies in Diplomacy)
    • Myth And Politics In Ancient Near Eastern Historiography - written in co-operation with Zainab Bahrani.
    • Israel's History And the History of Israel
    • Antico Oriente. Storia, società, economia
    • Uruk: La Prima Città
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