History
Felix Wiedemann
Am Anfang war Migration
Wanderungsnarrative in den Wissenschaften vom Alten Orient im 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhundert
[In the Beginning Was Migration. Migration Narratives in Ancient Near East Studies in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries.]
2020. XII, 575 pages.
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Published in German.
Mass migrations of peoples have always been key motifs in modern historiography. Relying on narratological approaches, Felix Wiedemann explores the migration narratives that historians of nineteenth and early twentieth centuries used to explain the rise and fall of civilizations in the ancient Near East.