The emergence of civilization from hunting and gathering to agriculture, cities, and the state in the Near East /

• Main Author: Maisels, Charles Keith
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1993, c1990.
• Subjects: Middle East > Civilization > To 622.; Electronic books.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The premisses of social succession
• 3. The ecology of the Zagrosian Arc
• 4. The origin and growth of villages
• 5. The heartland of cities
• 6. The institions of urbanism
• 7. Theories of the state
• 8. From status to state
• 9. Modelling societies : modes of production
• 10. Ideology and political economy of the Mesopotamian state
• 11. Summary and overview.