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No handbook provides a full overview of the political history during these six centuries. Following Will 1979–1982, which remains the preferred choice for the whole of the Hellenistic age, only Sartre 2003 studies this period in detail. Capdetrey 2007, which is dedicated to the administrative and political organization, adds new and essential insights. The discovery of the inscription from Maresha has made known elements indispensable for our understanding of the origins of the Jewish conflict in the years 178–152 ce, and the conclusions drawn by Honigman 2014 from the new document and her precise analysis of the books of the Maccabees imposes a complete revision of this crisis. The primary documentation has been perfectly brought together in the new edition of the old book by Schürer 1973–1987, but the modern bibliography on Hellenistic and imperial Judaism is constantly increasing. For the Roman imperial period, one can consult Bowersock 1983 (only on Arabia); Millar 1993; Butcher 2003a; Sartre 2001 (2nd ed. 2003, with the English translation 2005); while Dodgeon and Lieu 1994 collects the sources. On questions of defense, Isaac 1992 and id. 1998 provide important and innovative insights, while Gebhardt 2002 is interested rather in the imperial politics in Syria. The crises of Syria in the third century ce are analyzed lucidly by Baldus 1971 and for the Palmyrene episode (the subject of books as numerous as they are unnecessary) only Hartmann 2001; Southern 2008; Winsbury 2010; and Sartre-Fauriat and Sartre 2014 are the work of historians. Two excellent books with the same title (From Pompey to Muhammad) have been published in 2020 by Saliou and Fisher.