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Informationen zum Autor 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 (1977) and Dilmun and its Gulf Neighbours (Cambridge University Press, 1998). Klappentext 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 Zusammenfassung Mesopotamia produced one of the best-known ancient civilizations! with a literate! urban culture and highly-developed political institutions. In this fully revised and expanded edition of her classic text! Sumer and the Sumerians! Harriet Crawford reviews the extraordinary social and technological developments in the region from 3800 to 2000 BC. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The rediscovery of the ancient Near East: the physical environment; 2. History, chronology and social organization; 3. Patterns of settlement and agriculture; 4. Town planning and temple architecture; 5. Public buildings and private housing; 6. Upper Mesopotamia; 7. Life, death and the meaning of the universe; 8. Manufacturing industries; 9. Trade; 10. Writing and the arts; 11. Conclusions.
