Kozyreva N.V. Studies in the History of Southern Mesopotamia in Early Antiquity (from the 7th to the middle of the 2nd millennium BC). St. Petersburg : Contrast, 2016. 552 p., ill. (Studia Mesopotamia). ISBN 978-5-4380-0149-2
The book provides a historical reconstruction o f the social institutions, economic and political
structures of Southern Mesopotamia and its neighbours in Early Antiquity. The period was marked
by dynamic interactions o f the different ethnic groups with different cultural and economical
background which culminated in creating the earliest forms o f life and labour organization in the
city-states along with the first systems o f government, the appearance o f written language and
writing down the first law collections. The study relies on exhaustive research o f the numerous
epigraphic evidences (Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform texts), excavated artifacts and the interpretation
o f the archaeological record as a whole. The book is accessible to a wider audience,
while it also provides a wealth o f new material to the specialist in the field.
The 3rd International Academic Conference “The Written Heritage of the Orient” dedicated to the 140th anniversary of B.Ya. Vladimirtsov (1884–1931) will take place at the IOM RAS on April 22–24. The conference program is now available.
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