The Ancient Mesopotamian City - Softcover

Van De Mieroop, Marc

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198152868 ISBN 13: 9780198152866

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1999

Synopsis

Urban history starts in ancient Mesopotamia. In this volume Marc Van de Mieroop examines the evolution of the very earliest cities which, for millennia, inspired the rest of the ancient world. The author argues that the city determined every aspect of Mesopotamian civilization, and the political and social structure, economy, literature, and arts of Mesopotamian culture cannot be understood without acknowledging their urban background.

About this title

About the Author:

Marc Van De Mieroop is at Columbia University.

Review:

`offers a starting point to the cities of Mesopotamia for both the lay reader and the undergraduate student.'
E.J. Owens, The Classical Review, 2000.

`Van de Mieroop's thoroughgoing treatment of the subject can be read to advantage by every kind of ancient historian ... a splendid work of synthesis.'
A R George, Bulletin of the SOAS 62:3 1999

`His comparison and contrast of southern versus northern cities and planned versus unplanned cities gives a sense of the complexity, and his intelligent analysis of th e multiple loci fo social power offers insights into the contradictions ... frequent references to archaeological material are
well integrated. This book deserves a wide audience.'
Anthony Sinclair, Antiquity

This work is the survey of a city in Mesopotamian history by an author who has studied Old Babylonian Ur with distinction and it is a welcome addition to our understanding of Mesopotamian society, economics and politics. The book is attractive and well illustrated. - Daniel Snell -
Bibliotheca Orientalis LV No 5/6 Sept-Dec 1988

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0198152868
• ISBN 13: 9780198152866
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288