Archaeology, Mesopotamia - History, Ancient Art, Archaeology, Middle Eastern History

Sumer and the Sumerians

Name: Sumer and the Sumerians
Author: Harriet Crawford
ISBN: 9780521533386

by Harriet Crawford

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Overview

Mesopotamia produced one of the best-known ancient civilizations, with a literate, urban culture and highly-developed political institutions. Harriet Crawford reviews the extraordinary social and technological developments in the region over a period of two millennia (from 3800 to 2000 BC) in this fully revised and expanded edition of her classic text. Drawing on the most up-to-date historical and archaeological sources, she describes the physical environment and covers architecture, trade and industry, the development of writing, and changes in social and political structures. First Edition Hb (1991): 0-521-38175-4 First Edition Pb (1991): 0-521-38850-3

Synopsis

This work reviews the social and technological developments in Mesopotamia from 3800 to 2000 BC.

About the Author, Harriet Crawford

Harriet Crawford is an Honorary Visiting Professor in the Institute of Archaeology, University College London and Research Fellow at the McDonald Institute, Cambridge. She has excavated extensively in Iraq and the Gulf. Her previous publications include The Architecture of Iraq in the Third Millenium BC (Akademisk Forlag, 1977) and Dilmun and its Gulf Neighbours (CUP, 1998).

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'the real achievement of this slim book is that Crawford does not over-generalise, but leaves the reader with an understanding of both the broad patterns as well as the differences between regions in Mesopotamia and through time.' Bibliotheca Orientalis