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Patterned Past</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Harvard University Asia Center, 2002</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/primer-ugaritic-language-culture-literature/" title="A Primer on Ugaritic"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Schniedewind-book-2.jpg" alt="A Primer on Ugaritic book cover" width="196" height="293" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/primer-ugaritic-language-culture-literature/" title="A Primer on Ugaritic">A Primer on Ugaritic</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Cambridge University Press, 2007</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/afghan-history-through-afghan-eyes/" title="Afghan History Through Afghan Eyes"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/51skyui5zjL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-274x383.jpg" alt="Afghan History Through Afghan Eyes book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/afghan-history-through-afghan-eyes/" title="Afghan History Through Afghan Eyes">Afghan History Through Afghan Eyes</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Oxford University Press, 2016</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/afghanistan-in-ink/" title="Afghanistan in Ink"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/51NDq3vbYQL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-274x383.jpg" alt="Afghanistan in Ink book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/afghanistan-in-ink/" title="Afghanistan in Ink">Afghanistan in Ink</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Columbia University Press, 2013</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/afghanistans-islam/" title="Afghanistan’s Islam"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/71RmEcOok5L._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-274x383.jpg" alt="Afghanistan’s Islam book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/afghanistans-islam/" title="Afghanistan’s Islam">Afghanistan’s Islam</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">University of California Press, 2017</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/al-mamun/" title="Al Ma’mun"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cooperson-2-252x383-252x383.jpg" alt="Al Ma’mun book cover" width="252" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/al-mamun/" title="Al Ma’mun">Al Ma’mun</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Oxford: OneWorld Books, 2005</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/ancient-egyptian-society/" title="Ancient Egyptian Society"> 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href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/arsacids-sasanians-political-ideology-post-hellenistic-late-antique-persia/" title="Arsacids and Sasanians"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Shayegan-book-cover-1.jpg" alt="Arsacids and Sasanians book cover" width="180" height="264" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/arsacids-sasanians-political-ideology-post-hellenistic-late-antique-persia/" title="Arsacids and Sasanians">Arsacids and Sasanians</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Cambridge University Press, 2011</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/aspects-history-epic-ancient-iran-gaumata-wahnam/" title="Aspects of History and Epic in Ancient Iran"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Shayegan-book-cover-2.jpg" alt="Aspects of History and Epic in Ancient Iran book cover" width="156" height="234" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/aspects-history-epic-ancient-iran-gaumata-wahnam/" title="Aspects of History and Epic in Ancient Iran">Aspects of History and Epic in Ancient Iran</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Harvard University Press, 2012</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/bab-el-gasus-in-context/" title="Bab El-Gasus in Context"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/c-2-274x383.jpg" alt="Bab El-Gasus in Context book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/bab-el-gasus-in-context/" title="Bab El-Gasus in Context">Bab El-Gasus in Context</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">L'Erma Di Bretschneider, 2021</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/beholding-beauty-sa%ca%bfdi-of-shiraz-and-the-aesthetics-of-desire-in-medieval-persian-poetry/" title="Beholding Beauty: Saʿdi of Shiraz and the Aesthetics of Desire in Medieval Persian Poetry"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/coverimage-274x383.jpg" alt="Beholding Beauty: Saʿdi of Shiraz and the Aesthetics of Desire in Medieval Persian Poetry book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/beholding-beauty-sa%ca%bfdi-of-shiraz-and-the-aesthetics-of-desire-in-medieval-persian-poetry/" title="Beholding Beauty: Saʿdi of Shiraz and the Aesthetics of Desire in Medieval Persian Poetry">Beholding Beauty: Saʿdi of Shiraz and the Aesthetics of Desire in Medieval Persian Poetry</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Brill, 2020</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/birth-of-an-empire/" title="Birth of an Empire"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/9780520289741-274x383.jpg" alt="Birth of an Empire book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/birth-of-an-empire/" title="Birth of an Empire">Birth of an Empire</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">University of California Press, 2013</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/bombay-islam/" title="Bombay Islam"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/51YCThdiZOL-274x383.jpg" alt="Bombay Islam book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/bombay-islam/" title="Bombay Islam">Bombay Islam</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Cambridge University Press, 2011</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/chinese-society-age-confucius-1000-250-bc/" title="Chinese Society in the Age of Confucius (1000-250 BC)"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/lothar2006-274x383.jpg" alt="Chinese Society in the Age of Confucius (1000-250 BC) book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/chinese-society-age-confucius-1000-250-bc/" title="Chinese Society in the Age of Confucius (1000-250 BC)">Chinese Society in the Age of Confucius (1000-250 BC)</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, 2006</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/classical-arabic-biography/" title="Classical Arabic Biography"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cooperson-274x383.jpg" alt="Classical Arabic Biography book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/classical-arabic-biography/" title="Classical Arabic Biography">Classical Arabic Biography</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Cambridge University Press, 2000</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/culture-authority-baroque/" title="Culture and Authority in the Baroque"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Culture-and-Authority-in-the-Baroque-.jpg" alt="Culture and Authority in the Baroque book cover" width="231" height="346" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/culture-authority-baroque/" title="Culture and Authority in the Baroque">Culture and Authority in the Baroque</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Toronto University Press, 2005</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/cyrus-the-great-life-and-lore/" title="Cyrus the Great: Life and Lore"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/9780674987388-lg-274x383.jpg" alt="Cyrus the Great: Life and Lore book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/cyrus-the-great-life-and-lore/" title="Cyrus the Great: Life and Lore">Cyrus the Great: Life and Lore</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Harvard University Press, 2019</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/daidalos-origins-greek-art/" title="Daidalos and the Origins of Greek Art"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/morris1995-274x383.jpg" alt="Daidalos and the Origins of Greek Art book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/daidalos-origins-greek-art/" title="Daidalos and the Origins of Greek Art">Daidalos and the Origins of Greek Art</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Princeton University Press, 1995</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/de-la-maladie-damour-ou-melancolie-erotique/" title="De la maladie d’amour ou mélancolie érotique"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/415MGZdQ7EL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-274x383.jpg" alt="De la maladie d’amour ou mélancolie érotique book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/de-la-maladie-damour-ou-melancolie-erotique/" title="De la maladie d’amour ou mélancolie érotique">De la maladie d’amour ou mélancolie érotique</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Classiq Garnier , 2010</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/disease-and-disability-in-medieval-and-early-modern-art-and-literature/" title="Disease and Disability in Medieval and Early Modern Art and Literature"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/41wI543RLcL-274x383.jpg" alt="Disease and Disability in Medieval and Early Modern Art and Literature book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/disease-and-disability-in-medieval-and-early-modern-art-and-literature/" title="Disease and Disability in Medieval and Early Modern Art and Literature">Disease and Disability in Medieval and Early Modern Art and Literature</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Brepols , 2021</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/egyptian-archaeology/" title="Egyptian Archaeology"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/wendrich-book-2-274x383.jpg" alt="Egyptian Archaeology book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/egyptian-archaeology/" title="Egyptian Archaeology">Egyptian Archaeology</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Wiley-Blackwell, 2010</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/elam/" title="Elam"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Carter1984.jpg" alt="Elam book cover" width="250" height="250" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/elam/" title="Elam">Elam</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">University of California Press, 1984</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/excavating-an-empire/" title="Excavating an Empire"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/71tBXwa1ML._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-274x383.jpg" alt="Excavating an Empire book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/excavating-an-empire/" title="Excavating an Empire">Excavating an Empire</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Mazda Publishers, 2014</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/excavations-anshan-tal-e-malyan-middle-elamite-period/" title="Excavations at Anshan (Tal-e Malyan)"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/carter1996.jpg" alt="Excavations at Anshan (Tal-e Malyan) book cover" width="243" height="332" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/excavations-anshan-tal-e-malyan-middle-elamite-period/" title="Excavations at Anshan (Tal-e Malyan)">Excavations at Anshan (Tal-e Malyan)</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/global-islam/" title="Global Islam"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/41wzXGuHdUL._SX319_BO1204203200_-274x383.jpg" alt="Global Islam book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/global-islam/" title="Global Islam">Global Islam</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Oxford University Press, 2020</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/global-muslims-in-the-age-of-steam-and-print/" title="Global Muslims in the Age of Steam and Print"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/9780520275027-274x383.jpg" alt="Global Muslims in the Age of Steam and Print book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/global-muslims-in-the-age-of-steam-and-print/" title="Global Muslims in the Age of Steam and Print">Global Muslims in the Age of Steam and Print</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">University of California Press, 2014</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/how-asia-found-herself/" title="How Asia Found Herself"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/51a3vDXhhhL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-274x383.jpg" alt="How Asia Found Herself book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/how-asia-found-herself/" title="How Asia Found Herself">How Asia Found Herself</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Yale University Press, 2022</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/bible-became-book/" title="How the Bible Became a Book"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Schniedewind-book-1.jpg" alt="How the Bible Became a Book book cover" width="196" height="293" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/bible-became-book/" title="How the Bible Became a Book">How the Bible Became a Book</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Cambridge University Press, 2004</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/irans-erbe/" title="Irans Erbe"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/51mb9ED5PDL-274x383.jpg" alt="Irans Erbe book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/irans-erbe/" title="Irans Erbe">Irans Erbe</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Philipp Von Zabern, 2009</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/iraq-muslim-conquest/" title="Iraq After The Muslim Conquest"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/morony2006-274x383.jpg" alt="Iraq After The Muslim Conquest book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/iraq-muslim-conquest/" title="Iraq After The Muslim Conquest">Iraq After The Muslim Conquest</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Gorgias Press, 2006</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/islam-and-the-army-in-colonial-india/" title="Islam and the Army in Colonial India"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/71p-HWT5UL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-274x383.jpg" alt="Islam and the Army in Colonial India book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/islam-and-the-army-in-colonial-india/" title="Islam and the Army in Colonial India">Islam and the Army in Colonial India</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Cambridge University Press, 2009</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/lloyd-cotsen-study-collection-of-chinese-bronze-mirrors/" title="Lloyd Cotsen Study Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/81x8OtaM-8L_1024x1024-274x383.jpg" alt="Lloyd Cotsen Study Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/lloyd-cotsen-study-collection-of-chinese-bronze-mirrors/" title="Lloyd Cotsen Study Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors">Lloyd Cotsen Study Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, 2011, 2012</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/making-space/" title="Making Space"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/61xIeBPSJhL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-274x383.jpg" alt="Making Space book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/making-space/" title="Making Space">Making Space</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Oxford University Press, 2012</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/modern-armenian-drama/" title="Modern Armenian Drama"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cowe-1-274x383.jpg" alt="Modern Armenian Drama book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/modern-armenian-drama/" title="Modern Armenian Drama">Modern Armenian Drama</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Columbia University Press, 2001</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/myth-philosophy-presocratics-plato/" title="Myth and Philosophy from the Presocratics to Plato"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/morgan2000-274x383.jpg" alt="Myth and Philosophy from the Presocratics to Plato book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/myth-philosophy-presocratics-plato/" title="Myth and Philosophy from the Presocratics to Plato">Myth and Philosophy from the Presocratics to Plato</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Cambridge University Press, 2000</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/persepolis/" title="Persepolis"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/mousavi-persepolis-cover-274x383.jpg" alt="Persepolis book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/persepolis/" title="Persepolis">Persepolis</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">de Gruyter, 2012</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/pindar-construction-syracusan-monarchy-fifth-century-b-c/" title="Pindar and the Construction of Syracusan Monarchy in the Fifth Century B.C."> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/morgan2015-274x383.jpg" alt="Pindar and the Construction of Syracusan Monarchy in the Fifth Century B.C. book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a 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2021</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/the-amorites-and-the-bronze-age-near-east/" title="The Amorites and the Bronze Age Near East"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/The-Amorites-and-the-Bronze-Age-Near-East_Cover_hires-274x383-1.jpg" alt="The Amorites and the Bronze Age Near East book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/the-amorites-and-the-bronze-age-near-east/" title="The Amorites and the Bronze Age Near East">The Amorites and the Bronze Age Near East</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Cambridge University Press, 2021</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/the-archaeology-of-mobility/" title="The Archaeology of Mobility"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/lf-274x383.webp" alt="The Archaeology of Mobility book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/the-archaeology-of-mobility/" title="The Archaeology of Mobility">The Archaeology of Mobility</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press, 2008</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/the-armenian-manuscripts/" title="The Armenian Manuscripts"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cowe2.jpg" alt="The Armenian Manuscripts book cover" width="190" height="284" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/the-armenian-manuscripts/" title="The Armenian Manuscripts">The Armenian Manuscripts</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Peeters Publishers, 1994</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/the-art-of-antiquity/" title="The Art of Antiquity"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/papadopoulos2007-274x383.jpg" alt="The Art of Antiquity book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/the-art-of-antiquity/" title="The Art of Antiquity">The Art of Antiquity</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2007</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/the-athenian-agora/" title="The Athenian Agora"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/The-Athenian-Agora.-The-Early-Iron-Age.-The-Cemeteries-274x383.jpg" alt="The Athenian Agora book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/the-athenian-agora/" title="The Athenian Agora">The Athenian Agora</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 2018</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> 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class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/the-cost-of-death/" title="The Cost of Death">The Cost of Death</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Egyptologische Uitgaven, 2007</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/the-deceived/" title="The Deceived"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/71Hf08w7e7L-274x383.jpg" alt="The Deceived book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/the-deceived/" title="The Deceived">The Deceived</a></dt> <dd class="publisher"> Italica Press, 2018</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/early-iron-age-cemetery-torone/" title="The Early Iron Age Cemetery at Torone"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/papadopoulos2005-274x383.jpg" alt="The Early Iron Age Cemetery at Torone book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" 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href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/the-finger-of-the-scribe/" title="The Finger of the Scribe">The Finger of the Scribe</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Oxford University Press, 2019</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/the-good-kings/" title="The Good Kings"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/c-274x383.jpg" alt="The Good Kings book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/the-good-kings/" title="The Good Kings">The Good Kings</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">National Geographic , 2021</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/the-history-and-archaeology-of-jaffa-1/" title="The History and Archaeology of Jaffa 1"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/jafa-1-274x383-1.jpg" alt="The History and Archaeology of Jaffa 1 book cover" width="274" height="383" 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href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/the-love-of-strangers/" title="The Love of Strangers"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/91u51s4sCJL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-274x383.jpg" alt="The Love of Strangers book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/the-love-of-strangers/" title="The Love of Strangers">The Love of Strangers</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Princeton University Press, 2016</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/the-persianate-world/" title="The Persianate World"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/71OEcgSTbVL._AC_UF10001000_QL80_-274x383.jpg" alt="The Persianate World book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/the-persianate-world/" title="The Persianate World">The Persianate World</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">University of California Press, 2019</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/proto-elamite-texts-tepe-yahya/" title="The Proto-Elamite Texts from Tepe Yahya"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Englund-book-1-274x383.jpg" alt="The Proto-Elamite Texts from Tepe Yahya book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/proto-elamite-texts-tepe-yahya/" title="The Proto-Elamite Texts from Tepe Yahya">The Proto-Elamite Texts from Tepe Yahya</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Harvard University Press, 1989; 2003</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/talmud-iranian-context/" title="The Talmud in its Iranian Context"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/talmud-cover-image.jpg" alt="The Talmud in its Iranian Context book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/talmud-iranian-context/" title="The Talmud in its Iranian Context">The Talmud in its Iranian Context</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/woman-king-woman-king/" title="The Woman Who Would be King"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cooney-1-274x383.jpg" alt="The Woman Who Would be King book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/woman-king-woman-king/" title="The Woman Who Would be King">The Woman Who Would be King</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Crown Publishing Group, 2014</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/torah-functions-meanings-and-diverse-manifestations-in-early-judaism-and-christianity/" title="Torah: Functions, 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height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/walled-up-to-heaven/" title="Walled Up to Heaven">Walled Up to Heaven</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">Eisenbrauns, 2008</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/when-women-ruled-the-world/" title="When Women Ruled the World"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Capture-274x383.jpg" alt="When Women Ruled the World book cover" width="274" height="383" class="cover" /> </a> <dl> <dt class="title"><a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/when-women-ruled-the-world/" title="When Women Ruled the World">When Women Ruled the World</a></dt> <dd class="publisher">National Geographic, 2018</dd> <dd class="author"> </dd> </dl> </li> <li> <a href="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/book/world-antiquarianism/" title="World Antiquarianism"> <img src="https://pourdavoud.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/lothar2013-274x383.jpg" 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