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Ancient Mesopotamia at the dawn of civilization : the evolution of an urban landscape /

The alluvial lowlands of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in southern Mesopotamia are widely known as the "cradle of civilization" owing to the scale of the processes of urbanization that took place in the area by the second half of the fourth millennium BC. In Ancient Mesopotamia at the Da...

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Основен автор: Algaze, Guillermo, 1954-
Формат: Електронна книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
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Подобни документи: Print version:: Ancient Mesopotamia at the dawn of civilization.
Съдържание:
  • The Sumerian takeoff
  • Factors hindering our understanding of the Sumerian takeoff
  • Modeling the dynamics of urban growth
  • Early Mesopotamian urbanism : why?
  • Early Mesopotamian urbanism : how?
  • The evidence for trade
  • Early Mesopotamian urbanism in comparative perspective
  • The synergies of civilization
  • Conclusion: The Mesopotamian conjuncture
  • Epilogue: Early Sumerian civilization : a research agenda.