Author Description

Physical Geography / Jennifer Pournelle -- Hydraulic Landscapes And Irrigation Systems Of Sumer / Tony J Wilkinson -- Sumerian Agriculture And Land Management / Magnus Widell -- The End Of Prehistory And The Uruk Period / Guillermo Algaze -- The Sumerian Language / Graham Cunningham -- History And Chronology / Nicole Brisch -- Patterns Of Settlement In Sumer And Akkad / Jason Ur -- The Organisation Of A Sumerian Town: The Physical Remains Of Ancient Social Systems / Elizabeth C. Stone -- Public Buildings, Palaces And Temples / Marlies Heinz -- Kings And Queens: Representation And Reality / Claudia E. Suter -- Sacred Marriage / Kathleen Mccaffrey -- In The Service Of The Gods: The Ministering Clergy / Joan Goodnick Westenholz -- Democracy And The Rule Of Law, The Assembly And The First Law Code / Marc Van De Mieroop -- Administrators And Scholars: The First Scribes And Their Ethos / Jon Taylor -- Calendars And Counting / Tonia Sharlach -- Seals And Sealings In The Sumerian World / Holly Pittman. Archaeology Of The Sumerian Home: Reconstructing Sumerian Daily Life / Paul Collins -- Women And Agency: A Survey From Late Uruk To The End Of Ur Iii / Julia M. Ascher-greve -- A Note On Sumerian Fashion / Lamia Al Gailani -- Sumerian Industries And Their Makers: Crafting Textiles / Rita P. Wright -- Death And Burial / Helga Vogel -- Sumerian Mythology / Benjamin R. Foster -- Trade In The Sumerian World / Harriet Crawford -- North Mesopotamia In The 3rd Millennium Bc / Augusta Mcmahon -- Cultural Developments In Western Syria And The Middle Euphrates Valley During The Sumer, Akkad, Ebla And Anatolia / Christoph Bachhuber -- The Kindgom Of Mari / Jean-claude Margueron -- Ebla / Frances Pinnock -- Iran And Its Neighbours / C.c.lamberg-karlovsky -- The Sumerians And The Gulf / Robert Carter -- Mesopotamia, Meluhha, And Those In Between / Christopher P. Thornton -- Egypt And Mesopotamia / Alice Stevenson -- The Mesopotamian Marshlands, A Personal Recollection / Azzam Alwash. Edited By Harriet Crawford. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.