Athlone Publications in Egyptology & Ancient Near Eastern Studies
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D.T. Potts approaches the ancient civilization of Southern Mesopotamia (Southern Iraq) from a perspective of particular value to students of archaeology and anthropology. His focus is upon the material infrastructure of Mesopotamia as the pre-condition for its high cultural achievement, relating its sophisticated literature and religious philosophy to the geographical and material foundations of the land and its society as a whole.
There is widespread interest in the Ancient Near East and its civilizations, and the volumes in this series are designed to contribute across a broad front to our understanding of ancient history, the social sciences, art history and allied disciplines. This first volume focuses upon the material infrastructure of Mesopotamia as the pre-condition for its high cultural achievement, relating its sophisticated literature and religious philosophy to the geographical and material foundations of the land and its society as a whole.