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Cover 1 Contents 6 Translator's Preface 8 Bibliography 11 List of Diagrams and Figures 12 Introduction 14 Uruk, the First Complex Society in the Ancient Near East 14 Chapter 1 18 1. The Urban Revolution and the Legacy of the Nineteenth Century 18 2. Theories in Conflict: ‘Modernists’ and ‘Primitivists’ 20 3. Neo-evolutionism and Continuity 21 4. Complexity and Transition 23 5. The ‘Archaic’ Texts from Uruk 25 Chapter 2 28 1. Primitive Accumulation and Technical Innovations 28 2. Destination of the Surplus 32 3. Demography and Settlement 38 4. Social Structure 41 Chapter 3 45 1. The Cycle of Barley 45 2. The Cycle of Wool 49 3. Commerce: Procurement or Profit? 53 4. Crafts: Centralization or Dispersal? 57 5. Services: Who Serves Whom? 63 Chapter 4 66 1. The Scribe and the Administration of the Storage House 66 2. The Sexagesimal World 70 3. The House of God 72 4. Ideological Mobilization 75 Chapter 5 80 1. The Regional System 80 2. Primary and Secondary State Formation 83 3. The Problem of Collapse 86 Bibliography 90 Introduction: Uruk, the First Complex Society in the Ancient Near East 90 Chapter 1. History of the Question 90 Chapter 2. Social Transformation of the Territory 91 Cha

Author

Liverani, Mario; Bahrani, Zainab; Van De Mieroop, Marc

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EN