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Ancient Turkey: A Traveller's History Paperback – February 23, 2013

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"An elegantly written account of Turkey's history by one of the greatest living authorities on the subject. . . . The historically minded visitor would be well advised to pack this beguiling book."―British Archaeological News

Seton Lloyd's lively account of Turkey's early history is for the increasing number of people visiting the ancient sites of this fabled land. Written by an archaeologist who spent much of his life in the Near East, the book is not a conventional "guide" to the antiquities of Anatolia. It is instead Lloyd's attempt to share his profound interest in an antique land, its inhabitants, and the surviving monuments that link the present to the past.
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"An elegantly written account of Turkey's history by one of the greatest living authorities on the subject. . . The historically minded visitor would be well advised to pack this beguiling book."--"British Archaeological News

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"Very well written and very readable, presented with the mastery and wisdom of long and intimate experience. . . . It will awaken and stimulate the interest of lay readers, provide a welcome historical frame that is lacking in most accounts of Anatolian archaeology, and be an instructive and delightful companion for professional scholars."—Crawford H. Greenewalt, Jr., University of California, Berkeley

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of California Press; First Edition, 25th Anniversary (February 23, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 248 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0520275950
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0520275959
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.36 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.75 x 0.55 x 9.44 inches
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Thomas Brudenell
5.0 out of 5 stars Focus on Ancient
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2013
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This book arrived first of a number of orders of books about Turkey and the language. This book offers a great way to understand the relationship between the culture(s) and the geography with their interaction throughout the long history of Turkey. The text is dense with information-packed sentences. It poses a bit of a challenge in that regard, but it is well worth the effort.
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Patricia A. Martin
4.0 out of 5 stars Good source on ancient history in Asia Minor
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2007
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I bought this book as background reading for an upcoming trip to Turkey. It is a comprehensive and well-written overview of ancient history, from the Hittites up through the beginnings of Christianity in what is now Turkey, with context relating to the influence of adjacent areas as needed. It puts things in context and provides maps to help locate cultures and events geographically. I would recommend it for anyone interested in the subject, or reading up for a visit.
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Libby
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent guide for anyone wishing to learn more about Turkey
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2013
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I especially appreciated the author's descriptions of important events and locations in Turkey. The book made me even more eager to visit Turkey and to learn more about it's important role in the growth of civilization.
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Joe King
2.0 out of 5 stars Not A Traveller's History
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2010
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I bought this before travelling to Turkey, looking for an accessible guide to the fascinating multi-layered history behind the cities and sights. That is not this book. It is not arranged by city or region: instead, the chapters are chronological through the history of the whole area. It is not accessible: the writing is both dense with unexplained historian-only asides and references, and also really dry and stilted.

So: It is not a history for travellers, and doesn't live up to its title! Maybe the title means that the author travelled to Turkey, and wrote a history?

We're travelling with friends to Turkey, and one of them said "I'm buying a Turkish history book so I'll be smart about where we're going"--turns out he found the same one on Amazon. We both were looking for some history for our travels, and this sounded perfect from the title and the positive reviews. But he also thought it was "terrible, unreadable, practically turned me off of history."

If you are making the same Amazon book search that my friend and I did, and looking for the same thing, DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE WE DID!

Here's a much better alternative. The  Cadogan Guide to Turkey  is a general travel book that includes rich historical background to all the cities and individual sights described. This has been my absolutely favorite reference, with wonderful depth of vivid commentary.
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Orlando
4.0 out of 5 stars A reliable guide
Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2013
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I've just returned from a month in Turkey and I wish I'd had this book with me. It is a very readable and reliable guide to the amazing variety of cultures of ancient Turkey by someone who is an expert but who writes for amateurs. I bought another copy to send to friends in Turkey!
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Charva
3.0 out of 5 stars Writing could be better
Reviewed in the United States on June 4, 2008
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I picked up this book in preparation for a class trip to Turkey to look at architecture and landscape. I have found it to be exhaustive in details pertaining to archeological discoveries and sequence. I wish that it would leave off some of these details, and spend a little more time painting the bigger picture. The book reads as if you are listening to a one-sided conversation with a very specialized and opinionated professor. It is almost casual in tone, and spends too much time and emotion on issues that don't really aid understanding of the history of Turkey. Having said that, if you can struggle through the dense parts, and keep refering back to the maps, you can get a pretty good idea of the progression and significance of events.
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Larry N. Stout
5.0 out of 5 stars A very good book indeed!
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2012
People who complain about what this book is not evidently didn't read its title with understanding. It's for people who are traveling to Turkey and want to know the most important things about the country's ancient history. I've traveled in Turkey (unfortunately, before getting a copy of this book), and I've read quite a bit more about various aspects of Anatolian ancient history in other books and magazines. Seton's book is both authoritative and written in a lovely style. In my opinion, it's perfect for its stated purpose. I intend to revisit Turkey, and this time my experience will be greatly enhanced by my having read beforehand "Ancient Turkey: A Traveller's History"!
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AB
4.0 out of 5 stars Ancient Turkey: A traveller's history
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2010
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Very detailed summary of human activity in Anatolia since the Stone Age. Written by a British archeologist whose specialty is Mesopotamia and Anatolia. The accompanying maps could be better or at least better indexed.
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