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…
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…
The lamentation over the destruction of Ur
by Samet, Nili
fromMesopotamian civilizations
The lamentation over the destruction of Ur
by Samet, Nili
fromMesopotamian civilizations
"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."
"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…