Mobile pastoralism and the formation of Near Eastern civilizations: weaving together society
by Porter, Anne
In this book, Anne Porter explores the idea that mobile and sedentary members of the ancient world were integral parts of the same social and political groups in greater Mesopotamia during the period 4000 to 1500 BCE. She draws on a wide range of archaeological and cuneiform sources to show how networks of social structure, political and religious ideology, and everyday as well as ritual practice worked to maintain the integrity of those groups when the pursuit of different subsistence activiti…
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- Full title :Mobile pastoralism and the formation of Near Eastern civilizations : weaving together society / Anne Porter.
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In this book, Anne Porter explores the idea that mobile and sedentary members of the ancient world were integral parts of the same social and political groups in greater Mesopotamia during the period 4000 to 1500 BCE. She draws on a wide range of archaeological and cuneiform sources to show how networks of social structure, political and religious ideology, and everyday as well as ritual practice worked to maintain the integrity of those groups when the pursuit of different subsistence activities dispersed them over space. These networks were dynamic, shaping many of the key events and innovat.
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- Publication Date:2012.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cambridge University Press
- Place of Publication:Cambridge
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012.
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The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (x, 389 pages) : : illustrations, maps
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0521764432, 9780521764438, 9781139339780, 1139339788, 9781139338202, 113933820X, 9781139341363, 1139341367, 9780511895012, 0511895011, 9781107666078, 1107666074
- oclc:on1056574892
- LC Classification:DS73.1
- Dewey Decimal:939/.4
Table of Contents
Cover ; Mobile Pastoralism and the Formation of Near Eastern Civilizations; Title ; Copyright ; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One The Problem with Pastoralists; Chapter Two Wool, Writing, and Religion; Chapter Three From Temple to Tomb; Chapter Four Tax and Tribulation, or Who Were the Amorrites?; Conclusion: Beyond "Tribe" and "State"; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
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