Sumer and the Sumerians
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Mesopotamia produced one of the best-known ancient civilizations, with a literate, urban culture and highly-developed political institutions. In this fully revised and expanded edition of her classic text, Sumer and the Sumerians, Harriet Crawford reviews the extraordinary social and technological developments in the region from 3800 to 2000 BC. Drawing on the most up-to-date historical and archaeological sources, she provides a thematic exploration of this ancient civilization, examining its physical and historical background, changing settlement patterns, public and private architecture…
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Key features
- Fully revised and expanded, including a completely new chapter on Upper Mesopotamia
- Written in a style accessible to both a student and a non-specialist audience
- Reflects on the heritage of the region in the aftermath of the second Gulf War
About the book
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511816208
- Subjects Archaeology,Archaeology of Europe and The Near and Middle East,Area Studies,Middle East Studies
- Format: Paperback
- Publication date: 25 October 2004
- ISBN: 9780521533386
- Dimensions (mm): 246 x 189 mm
- Weight: 0.57kg
- Contains: 87 b/w illus. 9 maps
- Page extent: 264 pages
- Availability: Available
- Format: Digital
- Publication date: 28 May 2018
- ISBN: 9780511816208
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