/lit/ - Literature

"Ancient Near Eastern Texts" is such a ubiquitous source of reference that citations commonly simply abbreviate it ANET without need for further explanation.

If anyone has really good histories of (parts of) the pre-Hellenistic Middle East, they would be welcome. Van De Mieroop "A History of the Ancient Near East" is too broad, too brief, and too-much written for lower-division undergraduates. I have read & enjoyed Drews' "The End of the Bronze Age" and Cline's "1177 B.C.", but both are very specifically about the BAC.