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Uruk - The First City (Paperback)
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Uruk - The First City (Paperback)
Series: Bibleworld
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"Uruk: the First City" is the first fully historical analysis of
the origins of the city and of the state in southern Mesopotamia,
the region providing the earliest evidence in world history related
to these seminal developments. Contrasting his approach - which has
been influenced by V. Gordan Childe and by Marxist theory - with
the neo-evolutionist ideas of (especially) American anthropological
theory, the author argues that the innovations that took place
during the 'Uruk' period (most of the fourth millennium B.C.) were
a 'true' revolution that fundamentally changed all aspects of
society and culture. This book is unique in its historical approach
and its combination of archaeological and textual sources. It
develops an argument that weaves together a vast amount of
information and places it within a context of contemporary
scholarly debates on such questions as the ancient economy and
world systems. It explains the roots of these debates briefly
without talking down to the reader. The book is accessible to a
wider audience, while it also provides a cogent argument about the
processes involved to the specialist in the field.
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