Ancient Mesopotamia at the dawn of civilization : the evolution of an urban landscape /

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The alluvial lowlands of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in southern Mesopotamia are widely known as the "cradle of civilization" owing to the scale of the processes of urbanization that took place in the area by the second half of the fourth millennium BC. In Ancient Mesopotamia at the Da...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Algaze, Guillermo, 1954-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Temas:
To 634
Cities and towns, Ancient > Iraq.
City planning > Iraq.
Commerce, Prehistoric > Iraq.
Villes antiques > Irak.
Commerce préhistorique > Irak.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Urban.
Cities and towns, Ancient
City planning
Civilization
Commerce, Prehistoric
Sumerer
Stadtlandschaft
Verstädterung
Historische Geografie
Wirtschaftsgeografie
Archeologie.
Urbanisatie.
Geografische aspecten.
Prehistorie.
Stadsplanering > historia > Mesopotamien.
Handel > historia > Mesopotamien.
Iraq > Civilization > To 634.
Irak > Civilisation > Jusqu'à 634.
Iraq
Mesopotamien > Süd
Irak.
Mesopotamien > kultur- och samhällsliv.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Sumerian takeoff
  • Factors hindering our understanding of the Sumerian takeoff
  • Modeling the dynamics of urban growth
  • Early Mesopotamian urbanism : why?
  • Early Mesopotamian urbanism : how?
  • The evidence for trade
  • Early Mesopotamian urbanism in comparative perspective
  • The synergies of civilization
  • Conclusion: The Mesopotamian conjuncture
  • Epilogue: Early Sumerian civilization : a research agenda.

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