Mobile Pastoralism And The Formation Of Near Eastern Civilizations by Katherine Anne Porter
Weaving Together Society
A reinterpretation of early Near Eastern state formation that foregrounds mobile pastoralists as active partners with settled agricultural communities. Drawing on archaeological and textual evidence, it shows how herding lifeways, seasonal movement, kinship networks, and ritual practices interconnected landscapes and economies, enabling exchange, political authority, and cultural creativity across steppe and riverine zones. Challenging the traditional nomad–sedentary divide, it portrays a mosaic of interdependence through which complex societies emerged.
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