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The early history of the ancient Near East, 9000-2000 B.C. / Hans J. Nissen ; translation by Elizabeth Lutzeier, with Kenneth J. Northcott

Author
Nissen, Hans Jörg
Uniform Title
Grundzüge einer Geschichte der Frühzeit des Vorderen Orients. English
Published
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1988.
Physical Description
1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators
Lutzeier, Elizabeth and Northcott, Kenneth J.
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Contents
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.
Summary
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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9780226182698 (electronic bk.)
022618269X (electronic bk.)
0226586561
9780226586564
0226586588
Note
Translation of: Grundzüge einer Geschichte der Frühzeit des Vorderen Orients.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-210) and index.
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