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CONTENTS OF VOLUME ONE
Preface ........................................................................................ ix
Contributors ................................................................................ xi
Bibliographical Abbreviations .................................................... xv
Note on Transliteration ............................................................ xvii
Chronological Chart .................................................................. xix
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The Character of Ancient Near Eastern Law .................... 1
Raymond Westbrook
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THIRD MILLENNIUM
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Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period ...................... 93
Richard Jasnow
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Early Dynastic and Sargonic Periods .................................. 141
Claus Wilcke
Neo-Sumerian Period (Ur III) .............................................. 183
Bertrand Lafont and Raymond Westbrook
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E ........................................................................................ 227
Amalia Catagnoti
IL
International Law in the Third Millennium ...................... 241
Jerrold Cooper
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