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Households and Urbanism in Ancient Mesopotamia by Florian is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document summarizes an article that proposes an alternative model for the emergence of cities in ancient Mesopotamia during the 4th millennium BC. It suggests that urbanism evolved from a metaphorical extension of the household, which represented a creative transformation of a familiar social structure, rather than a deliberate functional adaptation or a revolutionary change. This unintended transformation may seem radical to archaeologists but not to inhabitants at the time. The model questions the ap
- Author
- Florian
- Language
- EN