Umfang:
XXIV, 659 S.
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Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
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25 cm
ISBN:
9780415569675
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0415569672
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9781138238633
Serie:
The Routledge worlds
Inhalt:
Physical geography / Jennifer Pournelle -- Hydraulic landscapes and irrigation systems of sumer / Tony J Wilkinson -- Sumerian agriculture and land management / Magnus Widell -- The end of prehistory and the Uruk period / Guillermo Algaze -- The Sumerian language / Graham Cunningham -- History and chronology / Nicole Brisch -- Patterns of settlement in Sumer and Akkad / Jason Ur -- The organisation of a Sumerian town : the physical remains of ancient social systems / Elizabeth C. Stone -- Public buildings, palaces and temples / Marlies Heinz -- Kings and queens : representation and reality / Claudia E. Suter -- Sacred marriage / Kathleen McCaffrey -- In the service of the gods : the ministering clergy / Joan Goodnick Westenholz -- Democracy and the rule of law, the assembly and the first law code / Marc Van de Mieroop -- Administrators and scholars : the first scribes and their ethos / Jon Taylor -- Calendars and counting / Tonia Sharlach -- Seals and sealings in the Sumerian world / Holly Pittman
Inhalt:
Archaeology of the Sumerian home : reconstructing Sumerian daily life / Paul Collins -- Women and agency : a survey from late Uruk to the end of Ur III / Julia M. Ascher-Greve -- A note on Sumerian fashion / Lamia al Gailani -- Sumerian industries and their makers : crafting textiles / Rita P. Wright -- Death and burial / Helga Vogel -- Sumerian mythology / Benjamin R. Foster -- Trade in the Sumerian world / Harriet Crawford -- North Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BC / Augusta McMahon -- Cultural developments in western Syria and the Middle Euphrates Valley during the Sumer, Akkad, Ebla and Anatolia / Christoph Bachhuber -- The kindgom of Mari / Jean-Claude Margueron -- Ebla / Frances Pinnock -- Iran and its neighbours / C.C.Lamberg-Karlovsky -- The Sumerians and the Gulf / Robert Carter -- Mesopotamia, Meluhha, and those in between / Christopher P. Thornton -- Egypt and Mesopotamia / Alice Stevenson -- The Mesopotamian marshlands, a personal recollection / Azzam Alwash
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
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Physical geography
,
Archaeology of the Sumerian home : reconstructing Sumerian daily life
,
Hydraulic landscapes and irrigation systems of sumer
,
Sumerian agriculture and land management
,
The end of prehistory and the Uruk period
,
The Sumerian language
,
History and chronology
,
Patterns of settlement in Sumer and Akkad
,
The organisation of a Sumerian town : the physical remains of ancient social systems
,
Public buildings, palaces and temples
,
Kings and queens : representation and reality
,
Sacred marriage
,
In the service of the gods : the ministering clergy
,
Democracy and the rule of law, the assembly and the first law code
,
Administrators and scholars : the first scribes and their ethos
,
Calendars and counting
,
Seals and sealings in the Sumerian world
,
Women and agency : a survey from late Uruk to the end of Ur III
,
A note on Sumerian fashion
,
Sumerian industries and their makers : crafting textiles
,
Death and burial
,
Sumerian mythology
,
Trade in the Sumerian world
,
North Mesopotamia in the 3rd millennium BC
,
Cultural developments in western Syria and the Middle Euphrates Valley during the Sumer, Akkad, Ebla and Anatolia
,
The kindgom of Mari
,
Ebla
,
Iran and its neighbours
,
The Sumerians and the Gulf
,
Mesopotamia, Meluhha, and those in between
,
Egypt and Mesopotamia
,
The Mesopotamian marshlands, a personal recollection
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780203096604
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Geschichte
Schlagwort(e):
Sumer
;
Archäologie
;
Geschichte 3000 v. Chr.-2000 v. Chr.
;
Sumer
;
Geschichte 3000 v. Chr.-2000 v. Chr.
;
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