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"This work analyzes the role played by individual entrepreneurs under the kings of the Third Dynasty of Ur and highlights its operation. It also addresses the issue of private vs. state enterprise in the economy of the Ur III state."
The traditional scholarship on Mamluk architecture has concentrated most heavily in the matter of description of specific monuments--the approach of Briggs and Creswell, amongst others. The strength of this approach is in its archaeological documentation of the specifics of each…
The raison d'etre of this dissertation is the nebulous nature of Muslim public opinion with regard to the procedures of conducting state affairs and transfer of political power. Qur'an exhorts Muslims to manage their affairs, both private and public, through Shura (mutual consul…
This dissertation investigates one of the most important archaeological discoveries of the 20th century - the jewelry belonging to a female named Pu-abi buried in the so-called Royal Cemetery at the site of Ur in southern Mesopotamia, modern Iraq. The mid-third millennium B.C. a…
"This work attempts to convey a broad understanding of the physical principles underlying the workings of these quantum-based atomic clocks, with introductory chapters placing them in context with the early development of mechanical clocks. and the introduction of electronic tim…
This volume collects the proceedings of a three-day conference held in Madrid in July 2010, and it highlights the vitality of the study of late-third-millennium B.C. Mesopotamia. Workshops devoted to the Ur III period have been a feature of the Rencontre Assyriologique Internati…
This volume collects the proceedings of a three-day conference held in Madrid in July 2010, and it highlights the vitality of the study of late-third-millennium B.C. Mesopotamia. Workshops devoted to the Ur III period have been a feature of the Rencontre Assyriologique Internati…
The rediscovery of Ur -- The earliest levels at Ur -- Uruk and Jemdat Nasr -- The rise of the city state -- Art and technology: objects from the royal cemetery -- The defeat of the city state by the rulers of Akkad -- Imperial Ur: the public face -- Ur beyond the sacred precinct…
The ancient Mesopotamian city of Ur flourished as a centre of trade and civilisation between 2800 and 2000 BCE. It has suffered from the disastrous Gulf war and from neglect but still remains a potent symbol for people of all faiths. This account of Ur's past looks at the ancien…