TY - BOOK AU - Snell,Daniel C TI - Life in the ancient Near East, 3100-332 B.C.E. AV - DS62.S671.L544 1997 PY - 1997/// CY - New Haven PB - Yale University Press N1 - 1 (pages 219-259) and index; The origins of cities, 5500-2300 B.C.E. -- The rise of empires, 2300-2000 B.C.E. -- Disunity and reforms, 2000-1600 B.C.E. -- Retrenchment and empire, 1600-1100 B.C.E. -- Assyrian domination, 1100-626 B.C.E. -- Babylong and a Persian world, 626-332 B.C.E. -- Trends and implictions --; Epilogue --; Appendix: Theories of ancient economies and societies; 2 ER -