The new Middle East galleries at the Penn Museum / Steve Tinney -- The geography and agriculture of the Middle East / Naomi F. Miller and Katherine M. Moore -- The first cities / Holly Pittman -- Religion and the gods / Steve Tinney -- A view from the highlands / Holly Pittman -- Nomads / Lauren Ristvet -- The ancient Near Eastern city : 2100/500 BCE / William B. Hafford -- The royal cemetery of Ur / William B. Hafford -- Hasanlu / Lauren Ristvet -- The city under empire : Nippur from 1000 BCE to 800 CE / Richard L. Zettler and William B. Hafford -- The medieval and early modern Islamic and Persianate city / Renata Holod -- The modern city / Lauren Ristvet, Jessica Bicknell, and Ellen Owens -- Epilogue : the Middle East and globalization / Brian Spooner
