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1 online resource (291 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 244
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Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series ; 244.
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| Note |
Papers from a conference at the University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, in January 1996. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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 and from Crete to Egypt. Topics addressed include the influence of agriculture intensification, of trade, of craft specialization and of writing on the rise of cities. The roles of cultural elites, of ideologies and of relations between proximal urban centres are also examined. The contributors to. |
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| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
In English; one contribution in French. |
| Subject |
Bible. Old Testament -- Antiquities.
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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Antiquities. |
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Bible. Old Testament. |
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Cities and towns, Ancient -- Middle East -- Congresses.
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Cities and towns, Ancient. |
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Middle East. |
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- Middle East -- Congresses.
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Excavations (Archaeology) |
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Middle East -- Antiquities -- Congresses.
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Urbanization -- Middle East -- Congresses.
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Urbanization. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Aufrecht, Walter Emanuel, 1942-
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Mirau, Neil A. (Neil Arnold), 1952-
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Gauley, Steven W.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Urbanism in antiquity. Sheffield, Eng. : Sheffield Academic Press, ©1997 185075666X 9781850756668 (DLC) 97206507 (OCoLC)37570309 |
| ISBN |
9780567269881 (electronic book) |
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0567269884 (electronic book) |
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185075666X (acid-free paper) |
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9781850756668 |
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