TABLES
0. 1 Chronological framework for fourth millennium southern
Mesopotamia
0. 2 Historical phases and kings of the third millennium BC
2. 1 Range of gradients of floodplain and levee slopes
3. 1 Proportions (length: width) of the 269 fields in the Lagash cadastral
texts
6. 1 Chronological framework for southern Mesopotamia
6. 2 Periods of third and early second millennium southern Mesopotamia
6. 3 Some kings of Early Dynastic III
6. 4 Kings of the Dynasty of Akkad
6. 5 Kings of the Third Dynasty of Ur (Ur III)
12. 1 Sumerian ecclesiastic hierarchy
12. 2 The nomenclature of the high priesthood
20. 1 Ur III – ratio of warp/weft, size, weave, wool quality, time spent in
production
20. 2 Colors, uses, and classes
24. 1 Current approximate chronological label equivalencies, Sumer and
North Mesopotamia
32. 1 Absolute and relative dates compared
MAPS
0. 1 The Sumerian world
0. 2 Ancient Mesopotamia–– Illustrations ––xiv