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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818090503321

Autore

Charvat Petr

Titolo

Mesopotamia before history / / Petr Charvat

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

1-134-53077-3

0-203-27904-2

1-134-53078-1

1-280-09449-4

0-203-16481-4

Edizione

[Rev. and updated ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (356 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CharvatPetr

Disciplina

935

Soggetti

Excavations (Archaeology) - Iraq

Iraq Civilization To 634

Iraq Antiquities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: Ancient Mesopotamia. c1993.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Mesopotamia Before History; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Introduction; Chapter One:  The Palaeolithic; Chapter Two:  The Mesolithic or Epipalaeolithic; Chapter Three: The Neolithic; Chapter Four:  The Chalcolithic; Chapter Five:  The Uruk culture; Chapter Six: When kingship descended upon the earth   The Jemdet Nasr and Early Dynastic periods; Chapter Seven:  Conclusions; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Mesopotamia was one of the earliest regions to produce writing, literature and the fine arts, as well as being one of the first areas to construct states. This comprehensive and detailed survey of the region's prehistory and protohistory shows how these fascinating developments were possible.Petr Charvát explores the economic, social and spiritual spheres in Mesopotamia from the Palaeolithic to the time of the early states, c. 100,000 BC to 2334 BC. The narrative is supplemented by numerous descriptions of the principal archaeological sites for each phase, and by conclusions outlining the