| Description |
1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
List of Figures ; Preface to English Edition; Preface to German Edition; 1. Sources and Problems ; 2. The Time of Settelement (ca. 9000-6000 B.C.) ; 3. From Isolated Settlement to Town (ca. 6000-3200 B.C.); 4. The Period of Early High Civilization (ca. 3200-2800 B.C.); 5. The Period of the Rival City-States (ca. 2800-2350 B.C.); 6. The Period of the First Territorial States (ca. 2350-2000 B.C.) ; 7. Prospects ; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Hans J. Nissen here provides a much-needed overview of 7000 years of development in the ancient Near East from the beginning of settled life to the formation of the first regional states. His approach to the study of Mesopotamian civilization differs markedly from conventional orientations, which impose a sharp division between prehistoric and historic, literate, periods. Nissen argues that this approach is too rigid to explain the actual development of that civilization. He deemphasizes the invention of writing as a turning point, viewing it as simply one more phase in the evolution of social |
| Notes |
Translation of: Grundzüge einer Geschichte der Frühzeit des Vorderen Orients |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-210) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
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| SUBJECT |
Middle East -- History -- To 622.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090507
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| Subject |
Middle East
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lutzeier, Elizabeth, translator
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Northcott, Kenneth J., translator
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| ISBN |
9780226182698 |
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022618269X |
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