TY  - BOOK
AU  - Algaze,Guillermo
TI  - Ancient Mesopotamia at the dawn of civilization: the evolution of an urban landscape 
SN  - 9780226013787
AV  - HT114 .A524 2008eb
U1  - 307.760935 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Cities and towns, Ancient
KW  - Iraq
KW  - City planning
KW  - Commerce, Prehistoric
KW  - Villes antiques
KW  - Irak
KW  - Commerce préhistorique
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Urban
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Sumerer
KW  - gnd
KW  - Stadtlandschaft
KW  - Verstädterung
KW  - Historische Geografie
KW  - Wirtschaftsgeografie
KW  - Archeologie
KW  - gtt
KW  - Urbanisatie
KW  - Geografische aspecten
KW  - Prehistorie
KW  - Stadsplanering
KW  - historia
KW  - Mesopotamien
KW  - sao
KW  - Handel
KW  - To 634
KW  - Civilisation
KW  - Jusqu'à 634
KW  - Süd
KW  - kultur- och samhällsliv
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - gtlm
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-219) and index; 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
N2  - 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 Dawn of Civilization, Guillermo Algaze draws on the work of modern economic geographers to explore how the unique river-based ecology and geography of the Tigris-Euphrates alluvium impacted the development of urban civilization in southern Mesopotamia. He argues that these natural conditions granted southern po
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