Melammu volumes have broadened the horizons of studies of antiquity by encouraging the crossing of geographical and cultural boundaries between ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean and Near East. The present Melammu volume extends from Greece to India, with articles on Phrygia and Armenia, also viewing texts from ancient Israel, Egypt, and Mesopotamia. The globalization described in this volume extends over language barriers and literatures, showing how texts as well as goods can travel between societies and regions. This collection of papers offer new insights and perspectives into connections between the Mediterranean World, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Persia and India. The series Proceedings of the Max Planck Research Library for the History and Development of Knowledge presents the results of scientific meetings on current issues and supports further cooperation on these issues via an electronic platform. The volumes are available both as print-on-demand books and as open-access publications on the Internet. The material is freely accessible online at www.edtion-open-access.de, supplemented by additional information and interactive features. The original scholarly work presented in these volumes is published under the responsibility of designated members of the Scientific Board and their appointed reviewers.

Markham Geller received his BA from Princeton University in 1970 and PhD from Brandeis University in 1974. He taught at University College London from 1976, in the Department of Hebrew and Jewish Studies, from where he is currently on secondment to the Freie Universität Berlin, where he is currently Professor für Wissensgeschichte. He came to the Topoi Excellence Cluster in February 2010, after having spent five research visits to the MPIWG, between 2002 and 2009. He was formerly an Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Fellow at the Universities of Munich, Leipzig, and the FU Berlin, was twice Fellow of the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), and Visiting Professor at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris. He has an honorary doctorate from the New Bulgarian University.