Author: Marc Van De Mieroop Retail Price: $118.75 Our Price: $118.75
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Urban history starts in Mesopotamia: the earlist known cities developed there as a result of long indigenous processes and, for millennia, the city determined every aspect of Mesopotamian civilization. Marc Van De Mieroop examines urban life in the historical period, investigationg urban topography, the role of cities as centers of culture, their political and social structures, economy, literature, and the arts. He draws on material from the entirety of Mesopotamian history, from c.3000 to 300BC, and from both Babylonia and Assyria, arguing that the Mesopotamian city can be regarded as a prototype that inspired the rest of the ancient world and shared characteristics with the European cities of antiquity.
