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  • Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Economies of Mesopotamia

    4th and 3rd Millennia BCE

    Series series Elements in Ancient and Pre-modern Economies
    The Element reconstructs economic developments in the crucial phase of State formation in Mesopotamia, from the 4th to early 3rd millennium BCE, trying to understand how interrelating environmental, social, economic, and political factors in the two main areas of Mesopotamia profoundly changed the structures of societies and transformed the relations between social components, giving rise to ... Read more

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  • Ancient Economies in Comparative Perspective

    Material Life, Institutions and Economic Thought

    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book investigates the economic organization of ancient societies from a comparative perspective. By pursuing an interdisciplinary approach, including contributions by archaeologists, historians of antiquity, economic historians as well as historians of economic thought, it studies various aspects of ancient economies, such as the material living conditions including production technologies, ... Read more

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