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Title: Early Mesopotamia: Society and Economy at the Dawn of History by Nicholas Postgate, J. N. Postgate ISBN: 0-415-11032-7 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: August, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $38.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent, but dry.
Comment: This is a true scholarly work, exhaustively researched and written by a pre-eminent authority in the field, making it unfortunately very dull. Postgate is unquestionably a master, with a vast knowledge of his field. He leaves no stone unturned, and explores all the critical issues in Mesopotamian archaeology, complete with numerous citations from cuneiform texts. However, being a true academic, his writing is very dry and sometimes awkward, making it difficult to stay awake when reading. Postgate provides detailed information and insightful commentaries on all aspects of Mesopotamian life, making this a worthwhile read. One can't help but wonder however, if the Mesopotamians weren't somewhat more exciting than Postgate's writing makes them.
Rating: 5
Summary: A 'must' for all serious students of ancient Mesopotamia.
Comment: Postgate has written an extremely helpful volume for students of ancient Near Eastern history and culture. It is a scholarly work yet quite readable. His emphasis upon geographical and environmental factors is refreshing and fills a needed gap at this level. Brief citations from contemporanious texts provide helpful illustrations along the way. Always conservative in his own estimation, Postgate provides a variety of alternative solutions to problems and questions raised by the evidence. He does not hesitate, however, to challenge prevailing views where the evidence suggests an alternative like the central role of the temple vs. the palace in this ancient economic setting. The book opens with a historical survey and moves on to provide an understanding of early Mesopotamian society up to the Old Babylonian period. This is a very fine volume.
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Title: The Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East (CULTURAL ATLAS OF) by Michael Roaf ISBN: 0816022186 Publisher: Checkmark Books Pub. Date: November, 1990 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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Title: Ancient Iraq by Georges Roux ISBN: 014012523X Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: March, 1993 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Sumer and the Sumerians by Harriet E. W. Crawford ISBN: 0521388503 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 26 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Ancient Mesopotamia: Portrait of a Dead Civilization by A. Leo Oppenheim, Erica Reiner ISBN: 0226631877 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: September, 1977 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine "Firsts" in Recorded History by Samuel Noah Kramer, Hiroshi Tanaka ISBN: 0812212762 Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Pub. Date: December, 1989 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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