In Search of the First Empires
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15912800 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J N Postgate (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 293 |
| Pages | 1-13 |
| Publication date | 1994-02-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-097X • E-ISSN: 2161-8062 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1357273 |
| OpenAlex | W2328704397 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 6 |
The correlation of archaeological evidence with political phenomena is notoriously difficult and has rarely been seriously addressed in a Mesopotamian context. Here the complex relations between the political and cultural regions attested for early historical times in ancient Mesopotamia are reviewed, and how they might be reflected in the archaeological record is considered. Two or three culturally defined regions (southern Mesopotamia, the middle Euphrates, and northern Mesopotamia) are recognized in the third and early second millennia B. C., and are compared with the political realities claimed in the public statements of ruling dynasties. Cultural homogeneity and political regimes of different kinds should have different archaeological correlates, and we should be looking for them. Such a comparison with the historical record may well suggest interpretations for the effective prehistoric archaeology of the formative Uruk period in the later fourth millennium
Ancient history · Archaeological evidence · Archaeological record · Archaeology · Art · Context (archaeology · Formative assessment · Mesopotamia · Period (music · Political science · Politics · Prehistory · Sociology · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Near East History · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Law
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Centre and Periphery in the Ancient World New Directions in Archaeology
Provinzen des neusumerischen Reiches von Ur
The Uruk Expansion
| Citations per year | 0.23 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1995 - 2020 (26) |
| Highly cited | No |