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1. 1. The Sumerian World

   

   A concise, interdisciplinary survey of southern Mesopotamia’s earliest urban civilization, synthesizing archaeological and textual evidence to trace the rise of cities, institutions, and social hierarchies from the Ubaid and Uruk periods into the early second millennium BCE. Contributions from leading scholars explore religion and temple economies, kingship and law, trade and craft production, writing, art, and daily life, while situating this culture within broader Near Eastern networks. The result is an accessible, authoritative portrait of how one of the world’s first complex societies formed, functioned, and influenced later civilizations.

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