Historical geography is one of the most important disciplines which allow a reconstruction of the history of the Ancient Near East. There are principally the cuneiform sources which open the access to the numerous attested geographical names. The present volumes are the second part of the Neo-Assyrian toponyms for the series Répertoire Géographique des Textes Cunéiformes (RGTC 7). RGTC 7/2 comprises approx. 1500 toponyms from the Assyrian heartland and neighbouring areas (the Transtigridean region, the Middle Euphrates, the Northern Jezireh, the Habur-Basin, the Eastern Jezireh and Northern Mesopotamia), as well from Egypt and the Arabian peninsula. The first part was published by the author in 2007 and dealt with the Levant (RGTC 7/1). The third and last part (RGTC 7/3) is in preparation and will cover the Eastern regions of the Assyrian empire and Babylonia.

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Ariel M. Bagg, geb. 1959, ist außerplanmäßiger Professor am Institut für Assyriologie der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. Er hat Bauingenieurwesen und Geschichte in Buenos Aires (Argentinien) und Altorientalistik in Tübingen studiert, wo er 1997 promoviert wurde. Er habilitierte an der FU Berlin mit einer Arbeit über historische Geographie der Levante in neuassyrischer Zeit. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind die altorientalische Technikgeschichte und die historische Geographie.