- Paperback: 174 pages
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press; 2nd Revised edition edition (5 July 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0226013820
- ISBN-13: 978-0226013824
- Product Dimensions: 2.8 x 2.2 x 0.1 cm
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- #3 in Books > History > Ancient History & Civilisation > Middle East
- #16 in Books > History > Countries & Regions > Asia > Middle East > Iraq
- #62 in Books > History > Countries & Regions > Asia > Middle East > Arabian Peninsula
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Most archaeologists and historians of the ancient Near East have focused on the internal transformations that led to the emergence of early cities and states. In "The Uruk World System," Guillermo Algaze concentrates on the unprecedented and wide-ranging process of external expansion that coincided with the rapid initial crystallization of Mesopotamian civilization. In this extensive study, he contends that the rise of early Sumerian polities cannot be understood without also taking into account the developments in surrounding peripheral areas. This new edition includes a substantial new chapter that explores recent data and interpretations of the expansion of Uruk settlements across Syro-Mesopotamia.
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The marked geographic, environmental, economic, and cultural contrasts between the alluvial lowlands of southern Mesopotamia and the high plains and highlands of its periphery imposed a number of enduring constraints on the development of societies in each of those areas. Read the first page
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The marked geographic, environmental, economic, and cultural contrasts between the alluvial lowlands of southern Mesopotamia and the high plains and highlands of its periphery imposed a number of enduring constraints on the development of societies in each of those areas. Read the first page
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