The Sumerian world

by Crawford, Harriet E. W.

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Full title :The Sumerian world / edited by Harriet Crawford.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:Milton Park, Abingdon
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

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Description based upon print version of record.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (1454 p.).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:1138238635, 9781138238633, 1136219056, 9781136219054, 0203096606, 9780203096604, 1136219110, 9781136219115, 1136219129, 9781136219122
DOI:10.4324/9780203096604
oclc:on1329487222
LC Classification:DS72
Dewey Decimal:935.5

Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Chronological framework for fourth millennium southern Mesopotamia; Historical phases and kings of the third millennium BC; Introduction; PART I: 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 II: SUMERIAN SOCIETY: THE MATERIAL REMAINS; 7 Patterns of settlement in Sumer and Akkad

8 The organisation of a Sumerian town: the physical remains of ancient social systems9 Public buildings, palaces and temples; 10 Kings and queens: representation and reality; 11 The Sumerian sacred marriage: texts and images; 12 In the service of the gods: the ministering clergy; PART III: SYSTEMS OF GOVERNMENT; 13 Democracy and the rule of law, the assembly and the first law code; 14 Administrators and scholars: the first scribes; 15 Calendars and counting; 16 Seals and sealings in the Sumerian World; PART IV: LIFE AND DEATH; 17 Everyday life in Sumer

18 Women and agency: a survey from Late Uruk to the end of Ur III19 A note on Sumeria…