Mobile pastoralism and the formation of Near Eastern civilizations : weaving together society /

"In this book, Anne Porter explores the idea that mobile and sedentary members of the ancient world were integral parts of the same social and political groups in greater Mesopotamia during the period 4000 to 1500 BCE. She draws on a wide range of archaeological and cuneiform sources to show ho...

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Main Author: Porter, Anne,‪ 1957- (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: New York ; Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.

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Pastoral systems > Middle East > History > To 1500.

Migration, Internal > Middle East > History > To 1500.

Sedentary behavior > Middle East > History > To 1500.

Social archaeology > Iraq.

Social archaeology > Middle East.