Ancient Mesopotamia at the dawn of civilization : the evolution of an urban landscape / Guillermo Algaze.

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Algaze, Guillermo, 1954-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 230 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780226013787
0226013782
1282070304
9781282070301
9786612070303
6612070307

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ancient Mesopotamia at the dawn of civilization.DDC classification:

307.760935 22

LOC classification:

HT114 .A524 2008eb

Other classification:

15.32

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-219) and index.

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.