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Life at the bottom of Babylonian society : servile laborers at Nippur in the 14th and 13th centuries, B.C. /
Life at the Bottom of Babylonian Society is a study of the population dynamics, family structure, and legal status of publicly-controlled servile workers in Kassite Babylonia. It compares some of the demographic aspects proper to this group with other intensively studied past populations, such as Ro...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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| Colección: | Culture and history of the ancient Near East ;
v. 51. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Life at the Bottom of Babylonian Society is a study of the population dynamics, family structure, and legal status of publicly-controlled servile workers in Kassite Babylonia. It compares some of the demographic aspects proper to this group with other intensively studied past populations, such as Roman Egypt, Medieval Tuscany, and American slave plantations. It suggests that families, especially those headed by single mothers, acted as a counter measure against population reduction (flight and death) and as a means for the state to control this labor force. The work marks a step forward in the. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 268 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789004206892 9004206892 9789004207042 900420704X 1283161885 9781283161886 9786613161888 6613161888 |
| ISSN: | 1566-2055 ; |