Urbanism in antiquity : from Mesopotamia to Crete

Urbanism in antiquity : from Mesopotamia to Crete / edited by Walter E. Aufrecht, Neil A. Mirau & Steven W. Gauley.

The origin and growth of cities in antiquity. The origin and growth of cities forms one of the most important chapters in human history. In this volume, 17 researchers present archaeological, epigraphic and textual data on the rise of urbanism in the ancient Near Eastern world, Cyprus to Mesopotamia...

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Other Authors: Aufrecht, Walter Emanuel, 1942-, Mirau, Neil A. (Neil Arnold), 1952-, Gauley, Steven W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
French
Published: Sheffield, Eng. : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1997.
Series:Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 244.
Subjects:
Bible. > Old Testament > Antiquities.
Bible. > Old Testament
To 1500
Cities and towns, Ancient > Middle East > Congresses.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Middle East > Congresses.
Urbanization > Middle East > Congresses.
City planning > Middle East > History > To 1500.
Cities and towns, Ancient > Middle East.
Urbanization > Middle East > History > To 1500.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
City planning
Antiquities
Cities and towns, Ancient
Excavations (Archaeology)
Urbanization
Verstädterung
Aufsatzsammlung
Steden.
Klassieke oudheid.
CIDADES ANTIGAS (ASPECTOS URBANÍSTICOS;CONGRESSOS) > ASIA.
ESCAVAÇÃO ARQUEOLÓGICA (CONGRESSOS) > ASIA.
URBANIZAÇÃO (CONGRESSOS) > ASIA.
ARQUEOLOGIA BÍBLICA (CONGRESSOS)
Urbanisme > Antiquité > Congrès.
Urbanisation > Moyen-Orient > Congrès.
Fouilles archéologiques > Moyen-Orient.
Middle East > Antiquities > Congresses.
Middle East
Alter Orient
History
Conference papers and proceedings
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Table of Contents:
  • Spatial perspectives on early urban development in Mesopotamia / E.B. Banning
  • Writing as a factor in the rise of urbanism / Ronald F.G. Sweet
  • Urbanisation et 'redistribution' de surplus agricoles en Mésopotamie septentrionale (3000-2500 av. J.-C.) / Michel Fortin
  • Craft specialization and the rise of secondary urbanism : a view from the Southern Levant / Steven A. Rosen
  • The agricultural base of urbanism in the Early Bronze II-III Levant / Arlene Miller Rosen
  • The social context of early iron working in the Levant / Neil A. Mirau
  • Urbanization and Northwest Semitic inscriptions of the late Bronze and Iron Ages / Walter E. Aufrecht
  • Learning to love the king : urbanism and the state in Iron Age Moab / Bruce Routledge
  • Urbanism at Tell el-ʻUmeiri during the late Bronze IIB-Iron IA transition / Larry G. Herr
  • Tell Jawa : a case study of Ammonite urbanism during Iron Age II / P.M. Michèle Daviau
  • Archaeology, urbanism, and the rise of the Israelite state / William G. Dever
  • The urban center of Jerusalem and the development of the literature of the Hebrew Bible / Ehud Ben Zvi
  • The ancient Egyptian 'city' : figment or reality? / Donald B. Redford
  • Temple as the center in ancient Egyptian urbanism / Carolyn Routledge
  • 'Metro' Nea Paphos : suburban sprawl in southwestern Cyprus in the Hellenistic and earlier Roman periods / David W. Rupp
  • Palace-centered polities in eastern Crete : neopalatial Petras and its neighbors / Metaxia Tsipopoulou
  • A viiw from the outskirts : realignments from modern to postmodern in the archaeological study of urbanism / D. Bruce Mackay.

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