The Origins of cities in dry-farming Syria and Mesopotamia in the third millennium B.C. /edited by Harvey Weiss. - Guilford, Connecticut : Four Quarters Pub. Company, (c)1986. - 167 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

The origins of cities in dry-farming Syria and Mesopotamia in the third millennium B.C. / Harvey Wiess -- The dry farming belt: the Uruk period and subsequent developments Mortuary evidence and social stratification in the Ninevite V period The origin of Tell Chuera The origins of Tell Leilan and the conquest of space in third mellennium Mesopotamia Agriculture and accountability in ancient Mesopotamia Mental maps and ideology: reflections and Subartu Ebla and Lagash: environmental contrast Dietrich Surenhagen -- Glenn M. Schwartz -- Winfried Orthmann -- Harvey Weiss -- Benjamin R. Foster -- Piotr Michalowski -- I.J. Gelb.



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Cities and towns, Ancient--Syria.
Cities and towns, Ancient--Iraq.
Agriculture--History.--Syria
Agriculture--History.--Iraq

DS94 / .O754 1986 DS94