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