Ancient Iran and its neighbours : local developments and long-range interactions in the fourth millennium BC /
The fourth millennium BC was a critical period of socio-economic and political transformation in the Iranian Plateau and its surrounding zones. This period witnessed the appearance of the world's earliest urban centres, hierarchical administrative structures, and writing systems. These developm...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Oxford ; Oakville, CT :
Oxbow Books,
[2013]
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Colección: | British Institute of Persian Studies archaeological monographs series ;
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The fourth millennium BC was a critical period of socio-economic and political transformation in the Iranian Plateau and its surrounding zones. This period witnessed the appearance of the world's earliest urban centres, hierarchical administrative structures, and writing systems. These developments are indicative of significant changes in socio-political structures that have been interpreted as evidence for the rise of early states and the development of inter-regional trade, embedded in longer-term processes that began in the later fifth millennium BC. Iran was an important player in western. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (viii, 469 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 9781782972280 1782972285 9781782972297 1782972293 9781782972303 1782972307 |