The Uruk World System: The Dynamics of Expansion of Early Mesopotamian Civilization, Second Edition [Paperback]

Guillermo Algaze (Author)

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Paperback: 174 pages
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; First Edition, 2 edition (July 1 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0226013820
ISBN-13: 978-0226013824
Product Dimensions: 2.8 x 2.2 x 0.1 cm
Shipping Weight: 499 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #913,515 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most archaeologists and historians of the ancient Near East have focused on the internal transformations that led to the emergence of early cities and states. In The Uruk World System, Guillermo Algaze concentrates on the unprecedented and wide-ranging process of external expansion that coincided with the rapid initial crystallization of Mesopotamian civilization. In this extensive study, he contends that the rise of early Sumerian polities cannot be understood without also taking into account the developments in surrounding peripheral areas. This new edition includes a substantial new chapter that explores recent data and interpretations of the expansion of Uruk settlements across Syro-Mesopotamia.

About the Author

Guillermo Algaze, a MacArthur Fellow, is professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, San Diego.

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The marked geographic, environmental, economic, and cultural contrasts between the alluvial lowlands of southern Mesopotamia and the high plains and highlands of its periphery imposed a number of enduring constraints on the development of societies in each of those areas. Read the first page

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