Daniel T. Potts Explained

Daniel T. Potts, FBA (born 1953), is an American historian and archeologist^[1] who is the Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Archeology and History at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World of New York University.

Career

Potts graduated from Harvard University (B.A. in 1975 and Ph.D. in 1980) and worked at the Free University of Berlin (1981–86) and the University of Copenhagen (1980–81, 1986–1991). From 1991 to 2012 he was the Edwin Cuthbert Hall Professor of Middle Eastern Archaeology at the University of Sydney. Currently he is the Professor of Ancient Near Eastern Archeology and History at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World of New York University.^[2] He also previously worked in Iran, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.^[3]

Potts is an expert in the history of the ancient Near East.^[2] He primarily focused his research in the history of Iran from ancient times to the pre-modern era^[1] and the history of the Arabian Peninsula.^[3]

Potts also is a co-editor of The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East,^[4] one of the most authoritative series of the collective works about the subject.^[5]

Selected bibliography

Author

• Book: Potts, Daniel T. . Persia Portrayed: Envoys to the West, 1600-1842 . Mage Publishers . 2022 . 978-1-949-44539-8 . en.
• Book: [{{Google books|plainurl=y|id=HEAAAQBAJ|page=1}} Agreeable News from Persia: Iran in the Colonial and Early Republican American Press, 1712-1848. 3 volume set ]. . 2022 . 978-3-658-36032-0 . Wiesbaden . en . Potts . Daniel T. . Universal- und kulturhistorische Studien / Studies in Universal and Cultural History . 10.1007/978-3-658-36032-0 . 2524-3799 . . limited .
• Book: Potts, Daniel T. . [{{Google books|plainurl=y|id=8c3QAgAAQBAJ|page=1}} Nomadism in Iran: From Antiquity to the Modern Era ]. . 2014 . 978-0-199-33079-9 . New York . en . 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199330799.001.0001 . Google Books . limited .
• Book: Potts, Daniel T. . Mesopotamia, Iran and Arabia from the Seleucids to the Sasanians . . 2010 . 978-1-409-40535-1 . Farnham . en . . 962.
• Book: Potts, Daniel T. . Ancient Magan: The Secrets of Tell Abraq . Trident Press, Ltd. . 2000 . 978-1-900-72431-9 . Winnipeg, MB . en . In Depth Adventure Guides . Ancient Coastal Settlements, Ports and Harbours .
• Book: Potts, Daniel T. . The Archaeology of Elam: Formation and Transformation of an Ancient Iranian State . . 1999 . 978-0-511-32330-0 . Cambridge . en . Cambridge World Archaeology . 10.1017/CBO9780511489617 . .
• Book: Potts, Daniel T. . [{{Google books|plainurl=y|id=OdZS9gBu4KwC|page=1}} Mesopotamian Civilization: The Material Foundations ]. . 1997 . 978-0-801-43339-9 . Ithaka, N. Y. . en . Athlone Publications in Egyptology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies . Google Books . limited.
• Book: Potts, Daniel T. . [{{Google books|plainurl=y|id=_AA1NyZKzx0C|page=1}} The Pre-Islamic Coinage of Eastern Arabia ]. . 1991 . 978-8-772-89156-9 . Coppenhagen . en . Carsten Niebuhr Institut København

  CNI Publications

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• Book: Potts, Daniel T. . The Arabian Gulf in Antiquity: From Prehistory to the Fall of the Achaemenid Empire . Clarendon Press . 1992 . 978-0-198-14390-1 . Oxford . en . Etudes bibliques . I.
• Book: Potts, Daniel T. . The Arabian Gulf in Antiquity: From Alexander the Great to the Coming of Islam . Clarendon Press . 1990 . 978-0-198-14391-8 . Oxford . en . . II.
• Book: Potts, Daniel T. . [{{Google books|plainurl=y|id=ffNlxjgHpQIC|page=1}} Miscellanea Hasaitica ]. Museum Tusculanum Press . 1989 . 978-8-772-89068-5 . Coppenhagen . en . Carsten Niebuhr Institut København: CNI publications . 9 . Google Books . limited.

Edited books

• Book: The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Iran . Oxford University Press . 2013 . 978-0-19-973330-9 . Oxford and New York City . en . Potts . Daniel T. . 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199733309.001.0001 . . registration.
• Book: A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East . . 2012 . 978-1-405-18988-0 . Chichester . en . Potts . Daniel T. . Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World . 94 . 10.1002/9781444360790 . the Internet Archive .

The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East

• Book: The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East: From the Beginnings to Old Kingdom Egypt and the Dynasty of Akkad . Oxford University Press . 2020 . 978-0-190-68785-4 . New York . en . Radner . Karen . Karen Radner . 1 . Moeller . Nadine . Nadine Moeller . Potts . Daniel T..
• Book: The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East: From the End of the Third Millennium BC to the Fall of Babylon . Oxford University Press . 2022 . 978-0-190-68760-1 . New York . en . Radner . Karen . 2 . Moeller . Nadine . Potts . Daniel T..
• Book: The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East: From the Hyksos to the Late Second Millennium BC . Oxford University Press . 2022 . 978-0-190-68757-1 . New York . en . Radner . Karen . 3 . Moeller . Nadine . Potts . Daniel T..
• Book: The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East: The Age of Assyria . Oxford University Press . 2023 . 978-0-190-68763-2 . New York . en . Radner . Karen . 4 . Moeller . Nadine . Potts . Daniel T..
• Book: The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East: The Age of Persia . Oxford University Press . 2023 . 978-0-190-68766-3 . New York . en . Radner . Karen . 5 . Moeller . Nadine . Potts . Daniel T..

Notes and References

1. Web site: Professor Daniel T. Potts FBA . May 16, 2024 . British Academy.
2. Web site: Daniel T. Potts . May 16, 2024 . Institute for the Study of the Ancient World.
3. Web site: Daniel T. Potts . January 5, 2017 . May 16, 2024 . Dartmouth College.
4. News: ISAW Professor Dan Potts Co-Edits The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East . May 16, 2024 . Institute for the Study of the Ancient World . May 2, 2023 . Wichert . Lily .
5. Book Review: [''The Oxford History of the Ancient Near East. Vol. 3, From the Hyksos to the Late Second Millennium BC'' Edited by Karen Radner, Nadine Moeller, and D. T. Potts. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2022. Pp. 1000. ISBN: 9780190687601 (hardcover) $150.] . . Middleton . Guy D. . 4 . 127 . . 10.1086/727123 . 2023 . Chicago . en . 0002-9114 . 1939-828X.