The Sumerian World 2012 Routledge Worlds 1st Edition by Harriet Crawford ISBN 0415569672 978-0415569675

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ISBN 10: 0415569672 

ISBN 13: 978-0415569675

Author: Harriet E. W. Crawford

The Sumerian World explores the archaeology, history and art of southern Mesopotamia and its relationships with its neighbours from c.3,000 – 2,000BC. Including material hitherto unpublished from recent excavations, the articles are organised thematically using evidence from archaeology, texts and the natural sciences. This broad treatment will also make the volume of interest to students looking for comparative data in allied subjects such as ancient literature and early religions.

Providing an authoritative, comprehensive and up to date overview of the Sumerian period written by some of the best qualified scholars in the field, The Sumerian World will satisfy students, researchers, academics, and the knowledgeable layperson wishing to understand the world of southern Mesopotamia in the third millennium.

Table of contents: 

Part 1: The Background

1. Physical Geography
2. Hydraulic Landscapes and Irrigation Systems of Sumer
3. Sumerian Agriculture and Land Management
4. The End of Prehistory and the Uruk Period
5. The Sumerian Language
6. History and Chronology

Part 2: Sumerian Society – The Material Remains
7. Patterns of Settlement in Sumer and Akkad
8. The Organisation of a Sumerian Town
9. Public Buildings, Palaces and Temples
10. Kings and Queens: Representation and Reality
11. Sacred Marriage
12. In the Service of the Gods: The Ministering Clergy

Part 3: Systems of Government
13. Democracy and the Rule of Law
14. Administrators and Scholars: The First Scribes and Their Ethos
15. Calendars and Counting
16. Seals and Sealings in the Sumerian World

Part 4: Life and Death
17. Archaeology of the Sumerian Home
18. Women and Agency
19. A Note on Sumerian Fashion
20. Sumerian Industries and Their Makers
21. Death and Burial
22. Sumerian Mythology

Part 5: The Neighbours
23. Trade in the Sumerian World
24. North Mesopotamia in the 3rd Millennium BC
25. Cultural Developments in Western Syria and the Middle Euphrates Valley
26. Sumer, Akkad, Ebla and Anatolia
27. The Kingdom of Mari
28. Ebla

Part 6: The Ends of the Sumerian World
29. Iran and Its Neighbours
30. The Sumerians and the Gulf
31. Mesopotamia, Meluhha, and Those In Between
32. Egypt and Mesopotamia

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