TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nissen,Hans Jörg
AU  - Lutzeier,Elizabeth
AU  - Northcott,Kenneth J.
TI  - The early history of the ancient Near East, 9000-2000 B.C.
SN  - 9780226182698
AV  - DS62.2 .N5713 1988eb
U1  - 939.4 19
PY  - 1988///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - Ancient
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Middle East
KW  - History
KW  - To 622
KW  - Moyen-Orient
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Jusqu'à 622
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Translation of: Grundzüge einer Geschichte der Frühzeit des Vorderen Orients; Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-210) and index; List of Figures ; Preface to English Edition; Preface to German Edition; 1. Sources and Problems ; 2. The Time of Settelement (ca. 9000-6000 B.C.) ; 3. From Isolated Settlement to Town (ca. 6000-3200 B.C.); 4. The Period of Early High Civilization (ca. 3200-2800 B.C.); 5. The Period of the Rival City-States (ca. 2800-2350 B.C.); 6. The Period of the First Territorial States (ca. 2350-2000 B.C.) ; 7. Prospects ; Bibliography; Index
N2  - Hans J. Nissen here provides a much-needed overview of 7000 years of development in the ancient Near East from the beginning of settled life to the formation of the first regional states. His approach to the study of Mesopotamian civilization differs markedly from conventional orientations, which impose a sharp division between prehistoric and historic, literate, periods. Nissen argues that this approach is too rigid to explain the actual development of that civilization. He deemphasizes the invention of writing as a turning point, viewing it as simply one more phase in the evolution of social
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