The Sumerian World (Routledge Worlds)

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THE SUMERIAN WORLD
 The Sumerian Worldexplores the archaeology, history and art of southern Mesopotamia and its relationships ...

THE ROUTLEDGE WORLDS THE REFORMATION WORLD Edited by Andrew Pettegree THE MEDIEVAL WORLD Edited by Peter Linehan, Janet L. Nelso ...

THE SUMERIAN WORLD
 Edited by Harriet Crawford ...

First published 2013 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Ca ...

CONTENTS
 List of illustrations ix List of contributors xv Chronological framework for fourth millennium southern Mesopotamia ...

PART II: SUMERIAN SOCIETY: THE MATERIAL REMAINS 129 7 Patterns of settlement in Sumer and Akkad 131 Jason Ur 8 The organisation ...

21 Death and burial 419 Helga Vogel 22 Sumerian mythology 435 Benjamin R. Foster PART V: THE NEIGHBOURS 445 23 Trade in the Sume ...

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ILLUSTRATIONS
 FIGURES 1 (a) The Mesopotamian Zone geosyncline. (b) Mesopotamian Zone tectonic subunits. (c) Mesopotamian al ...

4 b Diagrammatic layout showing the possible distribution of lateral canals and their associated irrigated land versus a single ...

1 Vase from Uruk 2 Stela of Ur-Nanshe from al-Hiba 3 Door plaque of Ur-Nanshe from Tello 4 Seal of Gudea from Tello 5 Stela top ...

9 Modern impression of a cylinder seal showing the “priest-king” offering vegetation to sheep with a pair of Inanna gate posts ...

4 Plan of City II 5 Reconstruction of Mari 6 The Man of Mari 7 Plan of City III 8 Reconstruction and plan of the palace of Zimr ...

TABLES 0. 1 Chronological framework for fourth millennium southern Mesopotamia 0. 2 Historical phases and kings of the third mil ...

CONTRIBUTORS
 Guillermo Algazeobtained a Ph.D. in Mesopotamian and Near Eastern Archaeology from the University of Chicago in ...

Nicole Brisch(PhD University of Michigan 2003 ) is an independent scholar. Her research interests include Mesopotamian literatur ...

Lamia al Gailani Werris an Iraqi archaeologist living in London. She is an honorary associate research fellow at the Institute o ...

Mesopotamia, women’s roles in Syria and Mesopotamia. She has published a number of books and essays on Near Eastern art and arch ...

Christopher P. Thorntonis a Consulting Scholar of the Asian Section of the University of Pennsylvania Museum, where he received ...