Mario Liverani ; edited and translated by Zainab Bahrani and Marc Van De Mieroop.
Oakville :
Equinox Pub.,
2006.
1 online resource (xii, 97 pages) :
illustrations, maps.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
History of the question -- Social transformation of the territory -- The administration of a complex economy -- Politics and culture of the early state -- Center and periphery.
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Provides historical analysis of the origins of the city and of the state in southern Mesopotamia. This book develops an argument that weaves together an amount of information and places it within a context of contemporary scholarly debates on such questions as the ancient economy and world systems.